This Week’s Links
Sonnambula Residency at Frick Museum
Klaus Thunemann – bassoon (obituary)
Gil Shaham – violin (Winter Concerto video on Weather Channel)
Autumnal Equinox – September 22, 2025
First Hour
Leonara Duarte (1610-1678), Sinfonia #7 (trascr. keyboard), Sonnambula, AVIE, AV2746, PASSING FANCY – BEAUTY IN A MOMENT OF CHAOS
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705-1770), Sonata #5 in F: selections, Ensemble Mirable, Greer Ellison – flute, Elizabeth Blumenstock – violin, Joanna Blendulf – viola da gamba, William Skeen – cello, JungHae Kim – harpsichord, Ensemble Mirable, 66449 43242, CONVERSATIONS GALANTES
Salomone Rossi (c.1570-1630), Gagliarda detta La Norsina from Il primo libre dell sinfonie et gagliarde (1607), Sinfonia a 5 from Il primo libro delle s& Elohim Hashivenu (Psalm 80), Sonnambula, James Kennerley – tenor, AVIE, AV2746, PASSING FANCY – BEAUTY IN A MOMENT OF CHAOS
Giacobbe Basevi Cervetto (c.1680-1783), Sonata in C op.1 #4, Martin Zeller – cello, Marco Frezzato – cello, Roberto Bevilacqua – cello, Stefano Demichelli – harpsichord, MV Cremona, 005/011, CERVETTO: SIX SONATAS FOR THREE VIOLONCELLOS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Organ Sonata #5 in C, BWV 529 (Arr. for Oboe, Violin & Harpsichord), Xenia Loeffler – oboe, Flora Fabri – harpsichord, Daniel Deuter – violin, Katharina Litschig – cello, ACCENT, ACC24406, BACH’S OBOE
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Herr Gott nun schleu den Himmel auf BWV 617, Baroklyn, Simone Dinnerstein – piano, Jennifer Johnson Cano – mezzo soprano, Supertrain, COMPLICITE
Second Hour
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Gloria RV588: Et in terra pax, Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Analekta, AN 2 9995, THE RETURN OF ANGELS
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Nais: Overture, Entree majestueux des Dieux, Gavotte gracieuse en Rondeau, Sarabande, & musette, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen, Glossa, 921106, JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU ORCHESTRAL SUITES
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Judas Maccabaeus: Part III: O lovely peace (Duet), Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chor Lubeck, Rolf Beck, Nuria Rial – soprano, Lucia Duchonova – mezzo soprano, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 88697720242, HANDEL: JUDAS MACCABAEUS
Vincenzo Capirola (1474-after 1548), Et in terra pax (from Missa Pange lingua by Josquin des Prez), Jacob Heringman – lute, Discipline Global Mobile, 0006, JOSQUIN DES PREZ (16TH C. LUTE SETTINGS)
Georg Philipp Telemann, Suite “Querre ou la Paix”, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Astoria, 90006, RAMEAU & BIBER & SCHMELZER & TELEMANN: BATAILLE
Third Hour
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), Corrente prima, Corrente seconda, Corrente terza, & Corrente quarta, Luc Beausejour – piano, Analekta, AN 2 9128, BAROQUE SESSION ON PIANO
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Concerto in D BWV 972 (after Vivaldi), Rapha l Feuill tre – guitar, Deutsche Grammophon, 4864073, VISAGES BAROQUES
Donna Lucretia Vizzana (1590-1662), Ornaverunt Faciem Templi, Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Cappella Clausura, 2007, PASSIONATELY UN-CONVENTIONAL
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantabile in G BWV1019A, Rachel Barton Pine – violin, Jory Vinikour – harpsichord, Cedille, CDR 90000 177, JS BACH: THE SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & HARPSICHORD
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Bassoon Concerto #36 in Bb RV504, I Musici, Klaus Thunemann – bassoon, Philips, 432124, Vivaldi 6 Bassoon Concerti
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745), Sonata #5 in F for 2 oboes, bassoon, Heinz Holliger & Maurice Bourgue – oboes, Thomas Zehetmair – violin; Klaus Stoll – bass, Jonathan Rubin lute, Klaus Thunemann – bassoon, Christiane Jaccottet – harpsichord, ECM, 1671/72, ZELENKA TRIO SONATAS
Fourth Hour
Henry Desmarest (1661-1741), La Diane de Fontainebleau: Overture, La Simphonie du Marais, Hugo Reyne, Astree, 8633, LA DIANE DE FONTAINEBLEAU
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto #3 in F op.8 AUTUMN RV293, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Gil Shaham – violin, Deutsche Grammophon, 439933, VIVALDI THE 4 SEASONS
John Bull (c.1562-1628), King’s Hunting Jigge, London Brass, LB-CD, 001, AN EVENING WITH LONDON BRASS
Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669), Autumne, Les Voix Humaines (The Human Voices), ATMA, ACD 2 2182, CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON THE 4 SEASONS
James Oswald (1711-1769), Night Shade (Autumn), Broadside Band, Jeremy Barlow, Dorian, 80164, AIRS FOR THE SEASONS
Giovanni Antonio Guido (c.1675-after 1728), Concerto #3 AUTUMN, The Band of Instruments, Roger Hamilton – harpsichord, Caroline Balding – violin, Divine Art, dda 25072, GIOVANNI ANTONIO GUIDO * THE FOUR SEASONS
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