Playlist 2026-04-05

This Week’s Links

Easter

Easter Symbols and Traditions

Passover

George Frideric Handel – ISRAEL IN EGYPT

Salamone Rossi – violin, composer

First Hour

Anonymous (c. 1500), GLORIA, Empire Brass w/principal brass of NY Philharmonic & Boston Symph Orchestra, Telarc, 80553, THE GLORY OF GABRIELI – ANTIPHONAL MUSIC FOR BRASS CHOIRS

Salomone Rossi (c.1570-1630), Sinfonia decima, Gagliard disperata, Corrente sesta, Sinfonia duodecima, Corrente settima, & Gagliarda, Profeti della Quinta (Prophets of the Perfect Fifth), Elam Rotem, LINN, CKR 429, ROSSI: IL MANTOVANO HEBREO

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantata BWV6 Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Deutsche Grammophon, 463580, EASTER CANTATAS

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Suite in D TWV 55 D:18 for 2 trumpets, percussion and strings, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin (Academy for Ancient Music), Harmonia Mundi, 901744, LA BIZARRE SUITES

Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704), Rosary Sonata #11 – The Resurrection, Leah Gale Nelson – violin,
Daniel Swenberg – theorbo, Dongsok Shin – organ, Lyrichord, LEMS 8079, THE SACRED MYSTERIES THE ROSARY SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & CONTINUO

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Sinfonia from Cantata #42 (Easter), La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe, Harmonia Mundi, 901328, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CANTATAS

Second Hour

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), I am the Resurrection and the Life, Stile Antico, Harmonia Mundi, HMU 807555, PASSION & RESURRECTION: MUSIC INSPIRED BY HOLY WEEK

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C RV537, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Michael Laird – natural trumpet, Ian Wilson – natural trumpet, L’Oiseau Lyre, 410553, PACHELBEL: CANON

Johann Rosenmuller (1619-1684), Christum ducem, qui per crucem (solo motet for Passiontide), Agave Baroque, Reginald Mobley – countertenor, VGo Recordings, VG1022, PEACE IN OUR TIME

Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708-c.1762/63), Sonata da camera op.4 #21 (Passion Quartet), Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players, Gwyn Roberts – flute, Karina Schmitz & Daniela Giulia Pierson – violas, Chandos, CHAN 0820, JOHANN GOTTLIEB JANITSCH REDISCOVERIES FROM THE SARA LEVY COLLECTION

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Easter Oratorio BWV249: Sinfonia, adagio, & Kommt, eilet und laufet (Chorus), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, BIS, 1561, EASTER ORATORIO BWV249

Giovanni Gabrieli (1554/7-1612), Sonata XIX, English Chamber Orchestra Brass Ensemble, Donald Fraser, RCA, 61541, BAROQUE BRASS

Third Hour

Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), Surrexit Pastor bonus (Good Shepherd is Risen), Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Collegium, 123, A BANQUET OF VOICES: MUSIC FOR MULTIPLE CHOIRS

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656-1746), Orchestral Suite #1 in C SPRING JOURNAL, L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, Michi Gaigg, cpo, 777 150, LE JOURNAL DU PRINTEMPS OP.1 SPRING DIARY

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), Hosanna to the Son of David, Voices of Ascension, Dennis Keene, Delos, 3165, BEYOND CHANT: MYSTERIES OF THE RENAISSANCE

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Organ Concerto in F major op.4 #4 HWV292, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, Alastair Ross – organ, CORO, 16066, HANDEL CORONATION ANTHEMS

William Byrd (1540-1623), In resurrectione tua (motet), Stile Antico, Harmonia Mundi, HMU 807555, PASSION & RESURRECTION: MUSIC INSPIRED BY HOLY WEEK

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), The Resurrection: Sonata & concluding chorus, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman, Nancy Argenta & Barbara Schlick – sopranos, Guillemette Laurens – alto, Guy de Mey – tenor, Klaus Mertens – bass, Erato, 45617, HANDEL: LA RESURREZIONE

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Concerto in D after BWV249, Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel, Hannes Kothe – trumpet, Ute Hartwich – trumpet, Almut Rux – trumpet, Deutsche Grammophon, 471150, BACHIANA MUSIC BY THE BACH FAMILY

Fourth Hour

John Sheppard (c.1515-1558), Christ rising again, Stile Antico, Harmonia Mundi, 807509, MEDIA VITA
Tielmann Susato (c.1500-c.1561), Five Dances from La Danserie, Millar Brass Ensemble, Delos, 3171, BRASS SURROUND

Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Deus in adjutorium (Psalm 70:2), La Capella Ducale & Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson, cpo, 916-2, JOHANN PACHELBEL EASTER CANTATAS

Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Canon and Gigue in D, Voices of Music, Katherine Kyme – baroque violin, Carla Moore – baroque violin, Cynthia Freivogel – baroque violin, Voices of Music, CONCERTO BAROCCO

George Frideric Handel, Israel in Egypt : Part 1. Sinfonia & Part 2. EXODUS: Apollo’s Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, AVIE, AV2629, ISRAEL IN EGYPT

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