The baroque spirit in all its musical shapes. Spring started a month ago, and that’s why the main component of today’s epsiode will be symphony ‘The Spring’ by English baroque composer Christopher Simpson. Additionally, we will listen to works of Gregorio Strozzi, Giovanni Bonaventura Viviani and Robert de Visée.
Gregorio Strozzi (1610 – 1675)
From ‘Capricci da sonar cembali et organi’, op. 4:
1 Corrente prima
2 Corrende seconda
3 Corrente terza
4 Corrente quarta
5 Corrente quinta
6 Corrente sesta
Elena Sartori, harpsichord
(CD: Gregorio Strozzi – Capricci da sonar op. IV. Tactus TC 614401, 2011)
Christopher Simpson (1605 – 1669)
7 ‘The Spring’
– I Fancy
– II Ayre
– III Galliard
Sophie Watillon, dessus & basse de viole. Friederike Heumann, Brian Franklin, basse de viole. Matthias Spaeter, theorbo and archlute. Luca Guglielmi, harpsichord and organ.
(CD: Christopher Simpson – The seasons, the monthes & other divisions of time – I. Alpha Classics 088, 2005)
Giovanni Bonaventura Viviani (1638 – 1693)
From: Capricci armonici da chiesa e da camera, op. 4
8 Sinfonia cantabile
9 Symphonia prima
10 Symphonia seconda
Sonoko Asabuki, violin. Takashi Kaketa, violoncello. Marie Nishiyama, harpsichord
(CD: G.B. Viviani – Capricci armonici da chiesa e da camera, Op. 4. OMF KCD2075, 2020)
Robert de Visée (ca 1655 – na 1732)
From ‘Pièces pour théorbe sur différents modes’:
11 Suite in a minor
– I Prelude
– II Allemande “La royale”
– III Courante
– IV Sarabande
– V Masquerade
– VI Chaconne
Xavier Diaz-Latorre, theorbe
(CD: Robert de Visée – Pièces pour la théorbe & la guitare. Passacaille 1038, 2018)
Additionally:
Christopher Simpson
12 Divisions in a
Sophie Watillon, dessus & basse de viole. Friederike Heumann, Brian Franklin, basse de viole
(CD: see 7)
