The baroque spirit in all his musical shapes. Early Baroque music in a Christmas atmosphere, and an Overture by Johann Bernhard Bach.
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
From ‘Selva morale e spirituale’:
1. Beatus vir I
Giovanni Valentini (1582-1649)
2. Hodie Christus natus est
Carlos Mena, countertenor. Vokalensemble Basel and La Cetra Barockorchester Basel conducted by Andrea Marcon
(CD Vespro di natale – Christmas Vespers, Deutsche Grammophon 486 2977, 2022)
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
“Befiehl dem Engel, dass er kommt” BuxWV 10 3.
Cantus Cölln conducted by Konrad Junghänel
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
4. “Heute ist Christus der Herr geboren” SWV439
Concerto Vocale conducted by René Jacobs
(CD box set A baroque Christmas, Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908984.87, 2019)
Johann Bernhard Bach (1676-1749)
5. Overture for orchestra no.3 in e minor
– Overture
– Air
– Les Plaisirs
– Minuets I & II
– Air
– Rigaudon
– Courante
– Gavotte and Rondeau
L’Achéron conducted by François Joubert-Caillet
(CD Johann Bernhard Bach – Overtures, Ricercar RIC 373, 2016)
Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky (1633-1693)
6. Sonata natalis
Ars Antiqua Austria conducted by Gunar Letzbor, violin
Giovanni Zamboni (1650-ca.1720)
7. Pastorale
Laboratorio ‘600 conducted by Franco Pavan, lute
Johann Pfeiffer (1697-1761)
8. From Suite for orchestra in G major: Pastorale
Batzdorfer Hofkapelle
(CD Pastorale – Weihnachtliche Instrumentalmusik des Barock, Christophorus CHR 77466, 2022)
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