New CDs with Early Music. Two new CDs: ‘Johan Kuhnau Sacred works VI’ by Opella Musica and Camerata lipsiensis conducted by Gregor Meyer, and ‘Edinburgh 1742 Barsanti and Händel’ by Ensemble Marsyas conducted by Peter Whelan.
Johann Kuhnau (1660-1720)
1. “Bone Jesu, Care Jesu”
2. “Laudate pueri Dominum”
– Sonata. Laudate pueri Dominum
– Sit nomen Domini benedictum
– A solis ortu usque ad occasum
– Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus
– Quis sicut Dominus deus noster
– Alleluja
3. “Ihr Himmel, jubiliert von oben”
– Ihr Himmel, jubiliert von oben
– Es ist volbracht
– Indessen bleibt die Seele
– Jesu, wenn ich dich nur habe
– Gib Jesu, dass dein wille mag geschehen
Opella Musica and camerata lipsiensis conducted by Gregor Meyer
(CD Johann Kuhnau – Complete Sacred Works VI. CPO 555 305-2)
Francesco Barsanti (approx. 1690-1775)
4. Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 3 No. 9
– Tempo di March-Grave
– Allegro
– Adagio
– Menuet-Allegro
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 -1759)
5. Overture to Atalanta, HWV 35
– [no title]
– Allegro
Ensemble Marsyas conducted by Peter Whelan
Francesco Barsanti
From ‘A Collection of old Scots Tunes’:
6. Dumbarton’s drums
7. Ettrick banks
8. The bush aboon Traquair
9. Cornriggs are bonnie
Colin Scobie, violin. Elisabeth Kenny, baroque guitar
10. Concerto grosso in C major, Op. 3 No. 6
– Sostenuto
– Allegro
– Adagio
– Allegro
Ensemble Marsyas conducted by Peter Whelan
(CD Edinburgh 1742 – Barsanti & Handel Parte 2, Linn Records Linn CKD 626)