Full Description
Anthology for Music in the Baroque, part of the Western Music in Context series, is the ideal companion to Music in the Baroque. Twenty-six carefully chosen works—including a lute song by John Dowland, a cantata by Barbara Strozzi, and selections from J. S. Bach's Art of Fugue—offer representative examples of genres and composers of the period. Commentaries following each score present a careful analysis of the music, and online links to purchase and download recordings make listening easier than ever.
Contents
Claudio Monteverdi, "O Mirtillo" from Fifth Book of Madrigals
Giulio Caccini, "Dovrò dunque morire" from Le nuove musiche
John Dowland, "Flow, my tears" from The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres
Claudio Monteverdi, "Tu se' morta" and "Ahi, caso acerbo" from L'Orfeo
Claudio Monteverdi, Lamento della ninfa, from Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi
Girolamo Frescobaldi, Toccata No. 2, from Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo, Book 1
Dario Castello, Sonata No. 2 from Sonate concertate in stil moderno, Book 2
Johann Jacob Froberger, Suite in C major, FbWV 612, from Libro quarto di toccate, ricercari, capricci, allemande, gigue, courante, sarabande
Claudio Monteverdi, "Duo seraphim" from Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)
Heinrich Schütz, "Fili mi, Absalon" SWV 269, from Symphoriae sacrae, Book 1
Giacamo Carissimi, "Plorate colles" from Jephte
Francesco Cavalli, "Infelice, ch'ascolto?" from Giasone
Jean-Baptiste Lully, "Le perfide Renaud me fuit" from Armide
Henry Purcell, "What ho!" and "What power are thou" from King Arthur
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Viola d'amore and Lute, RV 540: Movement 1, Allegro
Barbara Strozzi, "Begli occhi" from Cantate, ariette, Op. 3
Arcangelo Corelli, Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 5, No. 9
François Couperin, La ténébreuse and Les moissonneurs from Pièces de clavessin
Jean-Philippe Rameau, "A l'aspect de ce nuage" from Platée
Dieterich Buxtehude, Ad cor: Vulnerasti cor meum from Membra Jesu nosti, BuxWV 75
Georg Philipp Telemann, Ouverture burlesque de Quixotte, TWV 55:G10
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Crucifixion Sonata from the Mystery Sonatas
George Frideric Handel, Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Act 1, scenes 6, 7, and 9
George Frideric Handel, Saul, HWV 53: Act 1, scene 3
Johann Sebastian Bach, St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part 2, nos. 37-32
Johann Sebastian Bach, Contrapuncti 1 and 7 from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
