Playlist 2026-03-01

This Week’s Links

National Procrastination Week

Antonio Vivaldi

Vivaldi goes to Vienna

The History of Marches

Susan Orlando – artistic director of The Vivaldi Edition (Suzanne’s Interview)

The Vivaldi Edition

Vivaldi JUDITHA TRIUMPHANS (oratorio)

Purim

Esther

First Hour

Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669), Fantasia #3 in C: March (from The Monthes), Sophie Watillon – dessus de viole, Friederike Heumann & Brian Franklin – basses de viole, Matthias Spaeter – theorbo & archlute, Luca Guglielmi – organ, Alpha, 88, C. SIMPSON:THE SEASONS,THE MONTHES & OTHER DIVISIONS OF TIME – 1

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), March of Combattants (Alceste,1674), Concert of Nations, Jordi Savall, Alia Vox, 99/1, SAMPLER: THE ORCHESTRA OF THE SUN KING

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Follia Sonata #12 in d Op.1 RV63, Il Giardino Armonico (Harmonic Garden), Giovanni Antonini, Teldec, 73268, VIVALDI: CONCERTI DA CAMERA VOL.2

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), SAUL: Symphony & Act 3:Dead March, Mourn Israel, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Deutsche Grammophon, 474511, GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: SAUL

Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707), Prince of Denmark’s March, English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Newman, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, Sony, 66244, WYNTON MARSALIS – IN GABRIEL’S GARDEN

James Paisible (c.1656-1721), She Wou’d and She Wou’d Not:suite, London Oboe Band, Paul Goodwin, Harmonia Mundi, 907181, PLAYHOUSE AIRS: 18TH C. ENGLISH THEATRE MUSIC

Second Hour

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Gloria RV589: Gloria in excelsis Deo (Glory to God) & Laudamus te (We Praise You), Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Shannon Mercer & Monika Mauch – sopranos, Shannon Mercer & Monika Mauch – sopranos, Analekta, 29917, VIVALDI’S ANGELS

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Cello Sonata #4 in Bb RV45, Ensemble Pulcinella, Ophelie Gaillard – cello, Naive Ambroisie, 9992, ANTONIO VIVALDI COMPLETE CELLO SONATAS

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Orlando Furioso RV728: Chiara al pari di lucida stella & Vorrebbe amando il cor, Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Blandine Staskiewicz – mezzo soprano (Medoro), Naive, OP30393, ORLANDO FURIOSO

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto re minore ‘Il Gran Mogol’ RV431a, Modo Antiquo, Federico Maria Sardelli, Alexis Kossenko – flauto traverso, Naive, OP 30534, VIVALDI: NEW DISCOVERIES II

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto #1 in E op.8 SPRING, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Gil Shaham – violin, Deutsche Grammophon, 439933, VIVALDI THE 4 SEASONS

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Oratorio JUDITHA TRIUMPHANS RV644: coro: O quam vaga, coro: Mundi rector, & coro: Salve, invicta Juditha, Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Analekta, AN 2 9995, THE RETURN OF ANGELS

Third Hour

Traditional, Pass’e mezzo & saltarello bolognesa, Ensemble Lucidarium, K617, K617174, LA ISTORIA DE PURIM: MUSIC & POETRY OF JEWS OF RENAISSANCE ITALY

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Solomon: Arrival of Queen of Sheba, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon, 429390,
ALBINONI:ADAGIOPACHELBEL:CANON BACHHANDELCORELLIVIVALDI*PURCELL

Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Sonata III L’Astree (The Star), Les Delices, Debra Nagy – baroque oboe, Emily Walhout – viola da gamba, Scott Metcalfe – violin, Lisa Goode Crawford – harpsichord, Les Delices, LES DELICES THE TASTES REUNITED

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Esther HWV50a: Overture, AIR: Tune your harps to cheerful strains, & CHORUS: The Lord our enemy has slain, Dunedin Consort, Thomas Hobbs – tenor, LINN RECORDS, CKD 397, ESTHER HWV50A

Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758), Concerto in D FWV L:D15, Tempesta di Mare (Sea Tempest), Emlyn Ngai – violin (concertmaster), Chandos, 0751, JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH (1688-1758) ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

Fourth Hour

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Ballet de Xerxes: Overture & Air, Aradia Baroque Ensemble, Kevin Mallon, Naxos, 554003, BALLET MUSIC FOR THE SUN KING

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Hippolyte & Aricie: Suite, Les Arts Florissants (Flourishing Arts), William Christie, Erato, 3984-26129, MUSIQUE DE BALLET LES ARTS FLORISSANTS WILLIAM CHRISTIE

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Concerto in d TWV 51.d2 for Oboe, Strings & B.C., La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider, Luise Baumgartl – oboe, cpo, 777401, TELEMANN WIND CONCERTOS VOL.5

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto fragment in G RV312 for sopranino recorder, strings & continuo, La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler, Pamela Thorby – recorder, AVIE, 2201, VIVALDI GODS, EMPERORS & ANGELS

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Contrapunctus 14, Brecon Baroque, Rachel Podger – violin, Channel Classics, 38316, J.S. BACH THE ART OF FUGUE

Henry Purcell (1659-1695), The Indian Queen (1695): Suite, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, Jeremy Budd – tenor, Kirsty Hopkins – soprano, CORO, COR16129, HENRY PURCELL – THE INDIAN QUEEN

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