UNGER-HAMILTON, C.: Discover Music of the Baroque Era (Unabridged)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Unger-Hamilton, Clive, Author.

Contributor:

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, Composer.

Anonymous, Lyricist.

Certon, Pierre, -1572, Composer.

Couperin, François, 1668-1733, Composer.

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, Composer.

Lawes, William, 1602-1645, Composer.

Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687, Composer.

Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643, Composer.

Pachelbel, Johann, 1653-1706, Composer.

Purcell, H., Composer.

Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764, Composer.

Stradella, Alessandro, 1639-1682, Composer.

Telemann, Georg Philipp, 1681-1767, Composer.

Vivaldi, Antonio, Composer.

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704, Composer.

Scarlatti, A. (Alessandro), Composer.

Rossi, Giacomo, Lyricist.

Allegri, Gregorio, 1582-1652, Composer.

Henrici, Christian Friedrich, 1700-1764, Lyricist.

Scarlatti, Domenico, 1685-1757, Composer.

Gay, John, Lyricist.

Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon, 1562-1621, Composer.

Corelli, Arcangelo, 1653-1713, Composer.

Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715, Lyricist.

Schütz, Heinrich, Composer.

Buxtehude, Dietrich, 1637-1707, Composer.

Arnulf, Abbot of Villers-la-Ville, approximately 1200-approximately 1250, Lyricist.

Gabrieli, Giovanni, approximately 1554-1612, Composer.

Crees, Eric, arranger of music.

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical Music.

Local Subjects:

Classical Music.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Songs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2009.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Enter the Players ( 02 min., 07 sec. )

Individuality ( 01 min., 14 sec. )

Italy: The Cradle of the Baroque ( 01 min., 34 sec. )

Concerto Grosso in B Minor, Op. 6, No. 12, HWV 330: III. Larghetto, e piano - Variatio ( 03 min., 46 sec. ) / Handel

Instrumental Development and Choral Virtuosity ( 31 sec. )

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio ( 03 min., 27 sec. ) / Bach

This change is especially dramatic... ( 17 sec. )

Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K. 120/L.215/P.146: Allegrissimo ( 04 min., 11 sec. ) / Scarlatti

Many regard the choral music of J.S. Bach... ( 27 sec. )

Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51: Aria: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! ( 04 min., 39 sec. ) / Bach

It's time now to go back to the early seventeenth century... ( 26 sec. )

Il salmo Miserere mei Deus ( 10 min., 13 sec. ) / Allegri

Chapter 2: The Beginnings - Italy ( 02 min., 11 sec. )

Sacrae symphoniae: Sonata pian e forte a 8 (arranged E. Crees for brass) ( 05 min., 06 sec. ) / Gabrieli

The contribution to music of the next great Italian composer... ( 02 min., 21 sec. )

Vespers of the Blessed Virgin: Domine ad adiuvandum ( 02 min., 07 sec. ) / Monteverdi

When Monteverdi's patron died in 1612... ( 04 min., 54 sec. )

Mein junges Leben hat ein End, SwWV 324 ( 06 min., 20 sec. ) / Sweelinck

As well as being an outstanding composer... ( 02 min., 46 sec. )

La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire ( 02 min., 08 sec. ) / Certon

Well now, from the engaging work of A Minor composer... ( 02 min., 10 sec. )

Psalmen Davids sampt etlichen Moteten und Concerten, Op. 2: Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt, SWV 36, "Psalm 100" ( 05 min., 02 sec. ) / Schütz

In 1625 Schutz was stricken by the death of his wife... ( 03 min., 07 sec. )

England ( 02 min., 03 sec. )

Royal Consort in D Major for 2 theorbos: V. Ecco ( 02 min., 59 sec. ) / Lawes

When civil war broke out in England... ( 54 sec. )

Chapter 3: The Fashion Spreads - Different Styles for Different Lands ( 42 sec. )

Development of Dance Suites ( 01 min., 33 sec. )

Major, Minor and Modulation ( 01 min., 41 sec. )

Italy: The Land of Song ( 03 min., 48 sec. )

O di Betlemme, altera poverta: Aria: L'Autor d'ogni mio bene ( 04 min., 02 sec. ) / Scarlatti

The Violin ( 03 min., 22 sec. )

Sonata in D Major a 8 viole con una tromba: I. Allegro ( 01 min., 28 sec. ) / Stradella

Stradella, incidentally, while not in the first division... ( 01 min., 28 sec. )

Germany ( 01 min., 53 sec. )

Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75: III. Ad manus: Quid sunt plagae istae ( 01 min., 59 sec. ) / Buxtehude

Some years younger than Buxtehude was Johann Pachelbel... ( 56 sec. )

Toccata in C Major ( 02 min., 22 sec. ) / Pachelbel

France ( 03 min., 19 sec. )

Benedictus: Benedictus ( 04 min., 11 sec. ) / Lully

Less formal in his approach to composition... ( 48 sec. )

Un flambeau, Janette, Isabelle!, H. 460c ( 03 min., 24 sec. ) / Charpentier

French Keyboard Music ( 04 min., 05 sec. )

England ( 01 min., 59 sec. )

Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z. 15 ( 02 min., 50 sec. ) / Purcell

In 1683 came the first of Purcell's Odes for St Cecilia's Day... ( 01 min., 53 sec. )

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: When I am laid in earth ( 03 min., 48 sec. ) / Purcell

A few years later, at the end of the freezing winter of 1695... ( 44 sec. )

Chapter 4: Full Flower - High Baroque ( 01 min., 38 sec. )

Italy ( 01 min., 11 sec. )

Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto": VI. Pastorale ( 03 min., 53 sec. ) / Corelli

Born near Bologna, Corelli began to learn the violin... ( 02 min., 51 sec. )

Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3, RV 428, "Il gardellino": I. Allegro ( 03 min., 54 sec. ) / Vivaldi

It must have been the public thirst for novelty... ( 01 min., 01 sec. )

Beatus vir in C Major, RV 597: Beatus vir qui timet Dominum ( 03 min. ) / Vivaldi

It seems as if Vivaldi became restless... ( 58 sec. )

Baroque Concertos Beyond Vivaldi ( 07 min., 26 sec. )

Keyboard Sonata in E Major, K.380/L.23/P.483: Andante comodo ( 05 min., 03 sec. ) / Scarlatti

By contrast, the Sonata in D Major, K. 96 is much more rapid... ( 40 sec. )

Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K. 96/L.465/P.210: Allegrissimo ( 04 min., 53 sec. ) / Scarlatti

Germany ( 01 min., 46 sec. )

Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 550 ( 08 min., 10 sec. ) / Bach

Although he appeared to have been comfortable enough... ( 02 min., 04 sec. )

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai ( 02 min., 40 sec. ) / Bach

At least two of Bach's four Orchestral Suites... ( 01 min., 39 sec. )

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861 ( 03 min., 29 sec. ) / Bach

One vocal work to emerge from Bach's secular years... ( 31 sec. )

Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten, BWV 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria: Sich uben im Lieben ( 04 min., 56 sec. ) / Bach

It was on his return from a visit to Karlsbad... ( 04 min., 28 sec. )

St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part III: Chorus: Wir setzen uns mit Tranen nieder ( 06 min., 34 sec. ) / Bach

There were consolations in Bach's difficult time in Leipzig... ( 36 sec. )

Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo ( 02 min., 58 sec. ) / Bach

Towards the end of the seventeenth century... ( 02 min., 33 sec. )

German Opera ( 04 min., 48 sec. )

Overture (Suite) in D Major, TWV 55:D15: VIII. Rejouissance ( 02 min., 24 sec. ) / Telemann

Telemann has sometimes been accused of superficiality... ( 31 sec. )

France ( 02 min., 26 sec. )

Pieces de clavecin, Book 1: 1st Ordre in G Minor-major: Les Sentiments ( 03 min., 46 sec. ) / Couperin

Further on in the same suite... ( 13 sec. )

Pieces de clavecin, Book 1: 1st Ordre in G Minor-major: La Manon ( 01 min., 26 sec. ) / Couperin

In 1716, at the height of his fame and success... ( 02 min., 44 sec. )

Abaris ou les Boreades: Gavotte pour les Fleures et les Zephirs ( 03 min., 43 sec. ) / Rameau

Unfortunately, the opera was never produced... ( 01 min., 14 sec. )

VII. Musette en rondeau ( 03 min., 06 sec. ) / Rameau

VIII. Tambourin ( 01 min., 13 sec. ) / Rameau

England ( 02 min., 52 sec. )

Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II: Aria: Lascia ch'io pianga ( 04 min., 37 sec. ) / Handel

Back in Hanover the following summer... ( 02 min., 12 sec. )

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act II: Aria: O ruddier than the cherry ( 03 min., 05 sec. ) / Handel

Italian opera at this time was all the rage in London... ( 02 min., 33 sec. )

Keyboard Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432: VI. Passacaille ( 04 min., 41 sec. ) / Handel

As the public wearied of temperamental divas and castrati... ( 02 min., 50 sec. )

Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: For unto a child is born ( 04 min., 06 sec. ) / Handel

Strange to say, Messiah was not so well received... ( 01 min., 34 sec. )

Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 6, No. 10, HWV 328: VI. Allegro moderato ( 01 min., 42 sec. ) / Handel

Handel surely sensed that the musical world... ( 04 min., 44 sec. )

Coda ( 01 minutes, 23 sec. )

Participant:

Comberti, Sebastian, Reader -- Kopelman, Jozef, Conductor -- Capella Istropolitana, Orchestra -- Dael, Lucy van, Artist -- Cummings, Laurence, Artist -- Kertesi, Ingrid, Artist -- Antál, Mátyás, Conductor -- Failoni Orchestra, Budapest, Orchestra -- Oxford Camerata, Choir -- Summerly, Jeremy, Conductor -- Crees, Eric, Conductor -- London Symphony Brass, Ensemble -- Scholars Baroque Ensemble, Ensemble -- Christie, James David, Artist -- Hellstrom-Farnlof, Lena, Artist -- Farnlof, Bertil, Conductor -- Bourrasque Ensemble, Ensemble -- Westra Aros Pipers, Ensemble -- Heringman, Jacob, Artist -- Miller, David, Artist -- Rose Consort of Viols, The, Ensemble -- Boog, Maya, Artist -- Müller-Brühl, Helmut, Conductor -- Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra -- Schuster, Jürgen, Artist -- Radio Svizzera Choir, Lugano, Choir -- Fasolis, Diego, Conductor -- Accademia Instrumentale Italiana, Ensemble -- Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca, Ensemble -- Rübsam, Wolfgang, Artist -- Niquet, Hervé, Conductor -- Concert Spirituel Chorus, Choir -- Bessette, Tracy Smith, Artist -- Stelmacovich, Christine, Artist -- Mallon, Kevin, Conductor -- Aradia Ensemble, Ensemble -- Amps, Kym, Artist -- Drahos, Béla, Artist -- Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Orchestra -- Oxford Schola Cantorum, Choir -- Ward, Nicholas, Conductor -- Northern Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra -- Szokolay, Balázs, Artist -- Jandó, Jenő, Artist -- Wagner, Friederike, Artist -- Brembeck, Christian, Conductor -- Hungarian Festival Choir, Choir -- Oberfrank, Geza, Conductor -- Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Hoeren, Harald, Artist -- Terey-Smith, Mary, Conductor -- Capella Savaria, Orchestra -- Rowland, Gilbert, Artist -- Kovács, László, Conductor -- Camerata Budapest, Ensemble -- Asch, David van, Artist -- Bach, Johann Sebastian, Composer -- Anonymous, Lyricist -- Certon, Pierre, Composer -- Couperin, François, Composer -- Handel, George Frideric, Composer -- Bible - New Testament, Lyricist -- Lawes, William, Composer -- Lully, Jean-Baptiste, Composer -- Monteverdi, Claudio, Composer -- Bible - Old Testament, Lyricist -- Pachelbel, Johann, Composer -- Purcell, Henry, Composer -- Rameau, Jean-Philippe, Composer -- Stradella, Alessandro, Composer -- Telemann, Georg Philipp, Composer -- Vivaldi, Antonio, Composer -- Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, Composer -- Scarlatti, Alessandro, Composer -- Rossi, Giacomo, Lyricist -- Allegri, Gregorio, Composer -- Henrici, Christian Friedrich, Lyricist -- Scarlatti, Domenico, Composer -- Gay, John, Lyricist -- Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon, Composer -- Corelli, Arcangelo, Composer -- Tate, Nahum, Lyricist -- Schütz, Heinrich, Composer -- Buxtehude, Dieterich, Composer -- Bible, Lyricist -- Lowen, Arnulf von, Lyricist -- Unger-Hamilton, Clive, Author -- Gabrieli, Giovanni, Composer

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