Jacopo Peri (1561-1633)
Early opera composer. Influenced by the Florentine Camerata (in which Galileo’s father was prominent) with the idea of bringing Greek clarity and proportion into dramatic music. Euridice is from 1600.
Category: Baroque
Marin Marais: Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris from La Gamme […] (1723) / J. Savall
Beautiful baroque. Marin Marais (1656-1728)
Jordi Savall (viola da gamba)
Fabio Biondi (violin)
Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord & positive organ)
Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall (conductor)
From
John Portman on YouTube
Orchestral Works — Christoph Graupner
Sonata for violin e b.c. No.4 & 5 — Giuseppe Matteo Alberti
Les barricades mystérieuses — François Couperin
Partita GWV 133 — Christoph Graupner // Fernando De Luca, Harpsichord
You might have surmised by now that I love the harpsichord. In fact, I can’t think of a better way to start out my day.
This partita is by Christoph Graupner. He was a contemporary of Bach; and, like Bach, he was a very prolific composer. For a number of reasons his music was neglected, but it wasn’t because of the quality. It is of a consistently high level and in the midst of a revival, it appears.
Six sonatas for harpsichord solo, Op. 2 (1748) — Johan Joachim Agrell
“Galant” style harpsichord.
Les barricades mystérieuses — François Couperin
It’s “Couperin le Grand’s” birthday today. Here is a wonderful harpsichord piece.
Prelude and Fugue in C major — Georg Böhm
Nice baroque. Böhm was 24 years older than Bach and some influence on him.
