Your Sunday repose with pleasant early music; special delights from 5 centuries of music history.
1. Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672).
from Symphoniae Sacrae III, op. 12 (1650):
– Der Herr ist mein Hirt, SWV 398.
– Siehe, es erschien der Engel des Herren, SWV 403.
– O Jesu suss, wer dein gedenkt, SWV 406.
Cantus Cölln and Concerto Palatino led by Konrad Junghänel.
(HMC 901850.51)
2. Francesca Maria Veracini.
Sonata Terza in d.
– Largo.
– Allegro.
– Largo.
– Allegro.
La Barca Leyden: Raymond Honing, transverse flute. Cees van der Poel, organ. Cassandra Luckhardt, cello.
(ACD HN 022-2)
3. Robert Jones (fl.1597-1615).
– Sweet Kate.
Tobias Hume.
– A Spanish Humour (The Lord Hayes’ Favourite).
Robert Jones.
– Ite caldi sospiri.
Michael Chance and David Cordier, countertenor. Tragicomedia led by Stephen Stubbs.
(CDA 66335)
4. John Playford.
from The English Dancing Master, 1651:
– A Mask no. 6.
– Drive the cold winter away, The Beggar Boy.
Les Witches.
(Alpha 502)
5. Johann Bernhard Bach (1676-1749).
Suite No. 2 in G-dur:
– I. Ouverture.
– II. Gavotte en Rondeau.
– III. Sarabande.
– IV. Bourree: Gayement.
– V. Air: Grave.
– VI. Gigue.
Freiburger Barockorchester led by Thomas Hengelbrock.
(Virgin 5 61485 2)
