Playlist 07-29
The Good, the Bad, and the Wronged

Cantates
George Frideric Handel
Véronique Gens, soprano, and Les Basses Réunies
Virgin Veritas 7243 5 45283 2 3 [ASIN: B00000IG2X]
Armida abbandonata, HWV 105
---Tr. 12: Recit: Ma che parlo, che dico? (:49)
---Tr. 13: Siciliana: In tanti affani miei (3:50)

Medea/Cantates pour alto solo
Antonio Caldara (c1670-1736)
Gerard Lesne, contralto, and Il Seminario Musicale
VC 7 91479-2 [ASIN: B00000DNUX]
---Tr. 1: Medea in Corinto

:29 Music bed: Bara Faustus' Dreame, Mr francis Tregian his choice, Les Witches, ALPHA 063 [ASIN: B0007IO6VE], ---Tr. 5: Pavana Dolorosa -Tregian, Peter Philips

Telemann: Ino / Handel: Apollo E Dafne
Roberta Alexander, soprano, and Concentus Musicus Wien (Nikolaus Harnoncourt, dir.)
Teldec 2292-44633-2 [ASIN: B000009ITN]
Cantata: Ino (text: Karl Wilhelm Ramler)
---Tr. 1: Recit: Wohin? Wo sol lich hin? (:48)
---Tr. 2: Aria: Ungöttliche Saturnia (6:23)

Theme Music bed: Ensemble Alcatraz, Danse Royale, Elektra Nonesuch 79240-2, T.12: La Prime Estampie Royal

:59 Midpoint Break: Bara Faustus' Dreame, Mr francis Tregian his choice, Les Witches, ALPHA 063 [ASIN: B0007IO6VE], ---Tr. 6: Galiarda Dolorosa - Peter Philips

O Solitude
Purcell - Songs and Airs
Nancy Argenta, soprano; Nigel North, archlute; Richard Boothby, viol; and Paul Nicholson, organ and harpsichord
Virgin Classics 0777 7 59324 2 3 [ASIN: B000025FZD]
---Tr. 12: From silent shades (4:13)

Mad Songs
Purcell - Eccles - Blow
Catherine Bott, soprano; David Roblou, harpsichord
L'OISEAU-LYRE 433 187-2 [ASIN: B00000E4WQ]
John Blow (1648-1708)
---Tr. 18: Lysander I pursue in vain (5:17)

:29 Music bed: Bara Faustus' Dreame, Mr francis Tregian his choice, Les Witches, ALPHA 063 [ASIN: B0007IO6VE], ---Tr. 16: Galliard Can she excuse, John Dowland -Thomas Morley

Médée, Ariane, Circé, Héro… les déesses outrages
Clérambault - Courbois - Colin de Blamont
Barcarole (Agnès Mellon, soprano, Alice Pierlot, violin, Amélie Michel, flute, Eric Bellocq, theorbo, Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord, and Richard Boothby, gamba)
ALPHA 068 [ASIN: B0008191NI]
Philippe Courbois (1705-1730) --- Ariane
---Tr. 3: Récit: Mais l'amour interrompt les songes qui l'amusent (1:59)
---Tr. 4: Prélude fort viste: Dieux des mers, servez mon courroux (2:15)
---Tr. 5: Récit: Quel dieu vient d'Ariane apaiser la douleur? (1:18)
---Tr. 6: Air tendrement: Beautés don't on trahit les charmes (3:35)

Recent Release:
Music for Compline
Tallis - Byrd - Sheppard
Stile Antico
HMU 907419 [ASIN: B000LPRNSG]
John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558)
---Tr. 4: Responsory, In pace in idipsum (5:28)

RELATED WEB LINKS
Les Witches - http://www.leswitches.com/
Nikolaus Harnoncourt - http://www.harnoncourt.de/
Nigel North - http://www.nigelnorth.com/
Agnès Mellon - http://www.agnesmellon.com/
Eric Bellocq - http://www.bellocq.info/
Stile Antico - http://www.stileantico.co.uk/