A Sunday hour with early music goodies. Today with music for Advent and Christmas
Michael Praetorius (ca 1571 – 1621)
1. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Viva Voce Ensemble
(CD: Praetorius : Puer natus in Bethlehem. Bis 1035, 1999)
Samuel Scheidt (1587 – 1654)
2. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Athesinus Consort Berlin conducted by Klaus-Martin Bresgott
(CD: Luthers Lieder, Carus 83 469, 2016)
Anonymous (Renaissance)
3. Un niño nos es nasçido
4. A los maytines era
5. Ríu, ríu, chíu
6. E la don don
Cecile Kempenaers, soprano. José Pizarro, tenor. Capella de la Torre conducted by Katharina Bäuml
(CD: Feliz navidad : Mediterranean Christmas music from the Renaissance. Coviello COV 20811, 2008)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 – 1704)
7. O Sapientia
8. O Adonai
9. O Radix Jesse
10. O Clavis David
11. O Oriens
12. O Rex Gentium
13. O Emmanuel
Ensemble Correspondances conducted by Sébastien Daucé
(CD: Charpentier : Pastorale de Noël. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902247, 2016)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 – 1704)
14. Rosenkranz-Sonate no 3: The Birth of Jesus
I Sonata
II Courante – Double
III Adagio
Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, violin. Ensemble Battalia
(CD: Heinrich Isaac Franz Biber : Rosenkranz-Sonaten. Ondine ODE 1243-2D, 2014)
Heinrich Isaac (ca 1450 – 1517)
15. Rorate, caeli
Capella Sancti Michaelis en Currende conducted by Erik van Nevel
(CD: Masters from Flanders 7 : Isaac, Obrecht, De la Rue. Coda BVBA, 2008, originally Eufoda 1166, 1994)
William Byrd (ca 1540 – 1623)
16. Rorate caeli desuper
Stile Antico
(CD: Puer natus est : Tudor music for Advent and Christmas. Harmonia Mundi HMU 807517, 2010)
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (1667 – 1734)
From: Missa Rorate II
17. Introïtus
Aldona Bartnik and Agnieszka Ryman, soprano. Matthew Venner, counter tenor. Maciej Gocman, tenor. Tomas Kral, bass. Jaromir Nosek, bass. Wroclaw Baroque Ensemble conducted by Andrzej Kosendiak
(cd: Gorczycki II. Accord ACD 211, 2015)
Marc Antoine Charpentier
18. Or nous dites, Marie (Noël instumental)
Ensemble Correspondances conducted by Sébastien Daucé
