Your Sunday repose with pleasant early music; special delights from 7 centuries of music history.
1. Henry Purcell (1659-1695).
– Welcome, welcome glorious morn.
– Be welcome then, great Sir.
– The sparrow and the gentle dove.
James Bowman, countertenor. Charles Daniels, tenor. The King’s Consort and Choir led by Robert King.
(Hyperion KING 2, 1994)
2. John Johnson (England, early 17th century).
– Wakefilde on a green.
John Daniel (England, early 17th century).
– Passymeasure Galliard.
Anonyme (England, early 17th century).
– Callinoe.
John Johnson.
– Trenchmore.
Le Poème Harmonique.
(Alpha 081, 2005)
3. Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179).
– Antiphona: Cum erubuerint infelices.
– Sequentia: Audi chorum organicum.
– Symphonia virginum: O dulcissime amator.
La Reverdie.
(Arcana A 314, 2003)
4. Barbara Strozzi (1619-1664?).
– Pensaci ben mio core.
Emanuela Galli, soprano. Ensemble Galilei led by Paul Beier.
(Stradivarius STR 33487, 1998)
5. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741).
Concerto in A major ‘in due cori con flauti obligati’, RV 585.
– Allegro.
– Adagio.
– Allegro.
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet. The Academy of Ancient Music led by Christopher Hogwood.
(L’Oiseau Lyre 436 905-2, 1994)
Possibly supplemented with:
6. Anonyme (England, early 17th century).
– Love is strange.
Le Poème Harmonique.
(Alpha 081, 2005)
