Playlist 2026-05-10

This Week’s Links

Mother’s Day

Anna Jarvis – Mother’s Day

Julia Ward Howe’s MOTHER’S DAY PROCLAMATION

Benefits of Lullabies

Eugenia Zukerman – flutist, author, journalist

Johann Sebastian Bach – Goldberg Variations

First Hour

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite #1 in G BWV1007: prelude & gigue, Matt Haimovitz – cello, Pentatone, 5186 555, THE CELLO SUITES ACCORDING TO ANNA MAGDALENA

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Sonata #3 in f, Michala Petri – recorder, David Petri – cello, Hanne Petri – harpsichord, RCA, 59112, ARTIST OF THE CENTURY – THE ULTIMATE RECORDER COLLECTION

Francesco Barsanti (1690-1772), A Collection of Old Scots Tunes (Excerpts Arr. for 2 Cellos & Harpsichord): No. 25, O Dear Mother, What Shall I Do, Sarah Freiberg – baroque cello, Colleen McGary-Smith – baroque cello, Michael Sponseller – harpsichord, Centaur, CRC3973, HAVE CELLOS, WILL TRAVEL

Johann Sebastian Bach (168501750), Partita #3 in a BWV827, Rochelle Sennet – piano, Albany, Troy 1910-12, BACH TO BLACK SUITES FOR PIANO VOLUME II

Martin Codax (c.1230), Quantas sabedes amare (Cantiga de amigo V), Montserrat Figueras – voice, Arianna Savall – harp & voice, Ferran Savall – voice, Jordi Savall – vielle, Alia Vox, AV 9841, DU TEMPS & DE L’INSTANT

Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669), Winter: II. Ayre & Galliard, The Sirius Viols, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 88875 190982, CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON THE FOUR SEASONS

Las Huelgas Codex. c.1300, Mater patris et filia, Anonymous 4, Harmonia Mundi, HMU 807510, SECRET VOICES

Second Hour

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C BWV564: adagio, Susan Petersen – cello, Adam Petersen – piano, WGUC, QCBach, QUEEN CITY BACH

Angelo Conti, Sonata #1 in G, Duo Arparimba, Gudrun Haag – harp, Babette Haag – marimba, Koch Schwan, 1582, FROM BAROQUE TO RAG – IMPRESSIONS FOR HARP AND MARIMBA

Anonymous England, Mater Christi nobilis (Noble Mother of Christ), Trio Mediaeval, ECM, 1753, WORDS OF THE ANGEL
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Orchestral Suite #2 in b BWV1067, Shanghai Quartet, Eugenia Zukerman – flute, Anthony Newman – harpsichord, Delos, 3173, MUSIC FOR A SUNDAY MORNING

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), MESSIAH: There were Shepherds abiding in the Field, And the Angel Said until them & Glory to God, American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas, Arianna Zukerman – soprano, Delos, 3360, MESSIAH (AUTOGRAPH SCORE – VERSION OF 1741)

Marin Marais (1656-1728), Suite deux violes in G (Premier livre, 1686) , A 2 violes esgales, Jonathan Dunford – basse de viole, Sylvia Abramowicz – basse de viole, Thomas Dunford – archilute, Musica Ficta, MF8024, MARIN MARAIS SUITES A DEUX VIOLES

Third Hour

Antonia Padoani Bembo (c. 1640 c. 1720), Produzioni Armonische #11: Pace a voi al re, Armonia delle Sfere (Harmony of the Spheres), Miho Kamiya – soprano, Tactus, TC640280, BEMBO – PRODUZIONI ARMONISCHE

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729), Sonata in G (from Pieces de Clavecin, 1707), Ensemble Amarillis, H LO SE GAILLARD, Evidence, EVCD088, ELISABETH CLAUDE JACQUET DE LA GUERRE:JUDITH & SEMELE

Wilhelmine von Bayreuth (1709 1758)/Johann Gotthilf, Concerto in g for Harpsichord, Strings and Basso Continuo, Camerata resund, Peter Spissky – violin/leader, Channel Classics, CCS49325, IN WILHELMINE’S FOOTSTEPS

Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723-1787), Sonata in F for flute & b.c., Emmanuel Pahud – flute, Jonathan Manson – cello, Trevor Pinnock – harpsichord, EMI Classics, 84220, THE FLUTE KING

Francesca Caccini (1587-1640), Primo Libro delle Musiche: Ch’amor sio nudo
Francesca Campana (c.1615-1665), Fanciulla vezzosa
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677), Il Primo Libro de Madrigali, a due, tre, quattro, e cinque voce: Sonetto. Proemio dell’opera, Les Kapsber’girls, Alpha Classics, ALPHA1098, VOX FEMINAE

Fourth Hour

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Wachet Auf BWV645 (Wake, Awake, for Night is Passing), Alison Balsom – trumpet, Stephen Cleobury – organ, Warner Classics, 925116, JUBILO

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), L’Olimpiade: aria (Licida) Mentre dormi, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Markellos Chryssicos, Franziska Gottwald – mezzo soprano, Naive, V 5295, L’OLIMPIADE THE OPERA

Salomone Rossi (c.1570-1630), Hashkiveinu (lay us down to sleep in peace), New York Baroque, Eric Milnes, Dorian, 93210, THE SONGS OF SOLOMON VOL.1: MUSIC FOR THE SABBATH

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Trios pour le coucher du Roy, Chatham Baroque, Dorian, 90272, DANSE ROYALE

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Goldberg Variations: Aria, Var.13-18, Les Violons du Roy (King’s Violins), Bernard Labadie, Dorian, 90281, GOLDBERG VARIATIONS ARRANGED FOR STRINGS & CONTINUO

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