Antonio Vivaldi – Chamber Music with Wind Instruments

7 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps – RAR 90Mb

01 – Quartet in C Major for flute, oboe, bassoon & bc
02 – Trio in g minor, RV 103 for recorder, oboe & bassoon
03 – Trio in a minor, RV 86 for recorder, bassoon & bc
04 – Sonate in c minor, RV 53 for oboe & bc
05 – Sonata in G, RV 80 for 2 flutes & bc
06 – Sonata in G, RV 58 (from Il Pastor Fido) for flute & bc
07 – Trio in g minor, RV 81 for 2 oboes & bc

Camerata Koln

G.P.Telemann – Concertos for Viola da Gamba

Adriano Banchieri – Il Festino del Giovedi Grasso

31 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps – RAR 88Mb

Alessandro Striggio – La Caccia
1. Dalle Gelate Braccia Di Titone (Prima Parte A Quattro)
2. Su, Su, Presto Alla Caccia (Seconda Parte A Cinque)
3. Ecco Ch’ Al Bosco Siam Vicini Omai (Terza Parte A Sei Voci)
4. Mirate A Quei Cinghiali (Quarta Parte A Sei Voci)
5. Ecco Il Sol Chiaro Dianzi Che S’Asconde (Quinta Parte A Sette Voci)

Adriano Banchieri – Festino nella Sera del Giovedì Grasso Avanti Cena
6. Prologo
7. Il Diletto Moderno Per Introduzzione
8. Justiniana Di Vecchietti Chiozzotti
9. Mascherata Di Villanelle
10. Seguita La Detta Mascherata
11. Madrigale A Un Dolce Usignolo
12. Mascherati D’Amanti
13. Gli Amanti Morescano
14. Gli Amanti Cantano Una Canzonetta
15. Gli Amanti Cantano Una Canzonetta
16. La Zia Bernardina Racconta Una Novella
17. Capricciata A Tre Voci
18. Contrappunto Bestiale Alla Mente
19. I Cervellini Cantano Un Madrigale
20. Intermedio Di Venditori Di Fusi
21. Li Fusari Cantano Un Madrigale
22. Gioco Del Conte
23. Li Festinanti
24. Vinata Di Brindesi E Ragioni
25. Sproposito Di Goffi (Pero Di Gusto)
26. Il Diletto Moderno Licenza E Di Nuovo Invita

Alessandro Striggio – Il Cicalamento delle Donne al Bucato
27. Nella Vaga Stagion Che Premer Suole (Prime Parte…)
28. Buon Giorno, Belle Donne! (Seconda Parte A Sette Voci)
29. Ho Udito Che La Fante (Terza Parte A Sette Voci)
30. Non Ti Ricordi Quando, Oggi Fa L’Anno (Quarte Parte…)
31. Orsu Stendiamo Questi Panni (Quinta Parte A Sette Voci)

Concerto Italiano, dir. Rinaldo Alessandrini

Francesco Venturini – Concerti da Camera Op.1 (1714)

18 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps – RAR 97Mb

Sonata IX En Sol Mineur
Sonata II En La Mineur
Sonata VI En Mi Majeur
Sonata V En La Mineur
Sonata VIII En La Majeur

La Cetra, dir. and violin David Plantier

Francesco Venturini probably owed his Italian family name to the Italianate fashion of the period, but his native region is thought to be Flanders, given that the baptismal register for his children describe him as Bruxellensis.

…In spite of the title ”concerti” we are dealing here with an extensive collection of ”sonatas” (a rather odd designation when the term ”suite” would be more appropriate)…

…Venturini’s music possesses all the qualities needed to captivate the listener. By turns nimble and dramatic, cheerful and serious, it invariably displays great refinement. Perfectly synthesising the different musical movements of the time, the composer devotes his subtle art to a quest for expressiviness, yet without thereby losing any of his spontaneity. The rediscover of his Concerti da Camera Op.1 is most certainly a significant event for our knowledge of the early eighteenth-century orchestral repertory….
David Plantier, February 2006

Johann Joachim Quantz – 7 Sonatas for Flute

Antonio Vivaldi – Die Konzerte fur Blockflote und Flautino

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre – Le Sommeil d’Ulisse

30 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps – RAR 101Mb

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contents:

01 Prélude pour clavecin en la mineur (1687)
02 Le Sommeil d’Ulisse
03 Chaconne pour clavecin en la mineur
04 Sonate pour violon & basse continue en ré mineur
05 Samson

Isabelle Desrochers, dessus

Le Voix Humaines

Alice Piérot, violon
François Nicolet, traverso
Marc Wolf, guitar baroque & théorbe
Freddy Eichelberger, clavecin
Christine Payeux, viole de gambe

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre

Benedetto Marcello – Sonates pour Flute

24 tracks – MP3 192 Kbp3 – RAR 97Mb

Tracklist:

1. Suonate I (F major)
2. Suonate VIII (D minor)
3. Suonate III (G minor)
4. Suonate VI (C major)
5. Suonate II (D minor)
6. Suonate IV (E minor)

René Clemencic (recorder)
Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord)
Alexandra Bachtiar (baroque cello)
Peter Widensky (positive organ)
Walter Stiftner (bassoon)
Vilmos Stadler (recorder)
Andras Kecskés (lute)

Vivaldi/Marcello/Quantz/J.Chr.Bach/Fasch – Florilegium Musicale

21 tracks – MP3 192Kbps – RAR 100Mb

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
Concerto G minor, RV 104 (op.X,2)”La Notte” for transverse flute, 2 violins, bassoon and b.c.

Alessandro Marcello (1684 – 1750)
Concerto D minor for oboe, 2 violins, viola and b.c.

Johann Joachim Quantz (1697 – 1773)
Trio C major for recorder, transverse flute and b.c.

Johann Christian Bach (1735 – 1782)
Quintet D major, op.22,1 for fortepiano, flute, oboe, violin and violoncello

Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688 – 1758)
Quartet D minor for 2 oboes, bassoon and b.c.

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto C major, RV 444 (PV79) for sopranino recorder,2 violins, viola, and b.c.

CAMERATA KÖLN

Michael Schneider – recorder, sopranino recorder
Karl Kaiser – transverse flute
Hans-Peter Westermann – oboe
Piet Dhont – oboe
Michael McCraw – bassoon
Mary Utiger, Paula Kibildis – violins
Hajo Bäß – violin, viola
Karl-Heinz Steeb – viola
Rainer Zipperling – violoncello
Hans Koch, Margret Urquhart – double bass, violone
Harald Hoeren – harpsichord, fortepiano

Music of the Ancient Sumerians, Egyptians and Greeks (De Organographia)

25 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps – RAR 80Mb

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Tracklist:

1. Musical Excerpts….Anon. (2nd c. AD)
2. Lament…Anon. (2nd or 3rd c. AD)
3. Fragment 1…Anon. (2nd c. AD)
4. Paean…Anon. (3rd or 4th c. AD)
5. Trochaic fragment….Anon. (3rd c. AD)
6. Four settings of a line from “Epitrepontes” by Menander…Anon.(3rd c.AD)
7. Excerpts mentioning Eros and Aphrodite…Anon. (2nd or 3rd c. AD)
8. Musical excerpt…Anon. (3rd c. AD)
9. Hypolydian excerpt…Anon. (2nd or 3rd c. AD)
10. Fragment 3…Anon. (3rd c. AD)
11. A zaluzi to the gods…Anon. (c. 1225 BC)
12. Hurrian Hymns 19 and 23…Anon. (c.1225 BC)
13. Hurrian Hymns 13 and 12…Urhiya/Anon. (c. 1225 BC)
14. Hurrian Hymn 2…Anon. (c. 1225 BC)
15. Hurrian Hymn 8…Urhiya (c. 1225 BC)
16. Hurrian Hymn 5…Puhiya(na) (c. 1225 BC)
17. Hurrian Hymns 4, 21 and 22… Anon. (c. 1225 BC)
18. Hurrian Hymns 7 and 10…Anon. (c. 1225 BC)
19. Hurrian Hymns 16 and 30…Anon. (c.1225 BC)
20. Musical Instructions for “Lipit-Ishtar, King of Justice” (c. 1950 BC)
21. Trumpet call…Anon./Plutarch
22. Isis sistrum rhythm…Anon./Apuleius
23. Theban banquet scene…Anon. (14th c. BC)
24./25. Harp pieces (A) (B)…Anon. (7th or 6th c. BC)

Ensemble De Organographia

De Organographia:
Philip Neuman, Gayle Stuwe Neuman combine astute musicology, performance practice and instrument crafting in the realization of this amazing collection of music from 1950 BC to 300 AD. From the world’s oldest notated music, vocal renderings are accompanied with performed lyres, kithara, pandoura, double reed pipes, flutes and other ancient instruments.

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier – Motets avec Symphonies

13 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps – RAR 66Mb

Antonio Vivaldi – Oboe Sonatas

M.G.Monn ~ G.Chr.Wagenseil – Instrumental-Konzerte (Vinyl rip)

10 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps – RAR 60Mb

Tracklist:

Mathias Georg Monn – Konzert g-moll fur violoncello und streichorchester
01 – Allegro
02 – Adagio
03 – Allegro non tanto

Mathias Georg Monn – Concertino fugato G-dur fur violine und streichorchester
04 – No indication of tempo

Georg Christoph Wagenseil – Konzert Es-dur fur oboe, fagott und orchester
05 – Allegro assai
06 – Andantino più tosto allegro
07 – Presto

Georg Christoph Wagenseil – Concertino B-dur fur cembalo und orchester
08 – Vivace
09 – Larghetto-Allegro Alternativo-Larghetto
10 – Menuet-Variazio-Menuet

Capella Academica Wien, dir Eduard Melkus

Michel Piguet, Oboe
Walter Stiftner, Fagott
Eduard Melkus, Violine
Klaus Storck, Violoncello
Vera Schwarz, Cembalo

J.C.Pepusch & W.Williams – Triosonaten

9 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps – RAR 77Mb

1. William Williams – Sonata in Imitation of Birds
2. Johann Christoph Pepusch – Triosonate F – Dur
3. Johann Christoph Pepusch – Sonate Nr. 1 F – Dur
4. Johann Christoph Pepusch – Sonate D – Moll
5. Johann Christoph Pepusch – Sonate Nr. 2 F – Dur
6. Johann Christoph Pepusch – Triosonate G – Moll
7. William Williams – Triosonate C – Dur
8. William Williams – Sonate a – Moll

Ensemble Musica Poetica
Sabine and Tuomas Kaipanen (Flute and Oboe)
Sharyn Ruben (Viola da gamba)
Christine Daxelhofer (Cembalo)

La Mantovana (Vinyl rip)

Italian Airs and Dances of the Early Baroque

14 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps – RAR 47

1. Gasparo Zannetti – La Mantovana
2. Anon., c.1645 – Spagnoletta
3. Orazio Vecchi – So ben mi chi ha bon tempo
4. Carlo Calvi – La Bertazzina
5. Anon., c.1619 – Pavaniglia
6. Gasparo Zannetti – Aria del Gran Duca
7. Gasparo Zannetti – Fuggi, fuggi, fuggi
8. Adriano Banchieri – Sonata sopra l’aria Musicale del Gran Duca
9. Cypriano de Rore – Anchor che col partire
10. Santino Garsi – La Lisfeltina
11. Anon., c.1614 – Va pur superba va
12. Carlo Farina – Pavana
13. Giovanni Stefani – Pargoletta che non sai
14. Cesare Negri – La Nizzarda

The London Early Music Group – dir. James Tyler

Paul Elliott (tenor)
Duncan Druce, Roderick Skeaping (violin)
Ian White (viola)
Oliver Brookes (cello, viola da gamba)
Alan Lumsden (trombone, tenor recorder)
Andrew van der Beek (bass dulcian)
Kevin Mason (theorbo)
Peter Tent (lute, guitar, viola da gamba)
Joseph Skeaping (lirone)
David Watkins (harp)
Nicholas Kraemer (harpsichord)
James Tyler (bass lute, mandora, viola da gamba, guitar, cittern)

Danze e musiche del Rinascimento Italiano (Vinyl rip)

23 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps – RAR 62Mb

Contents:

Giorgio Mainerio: Suite dal “Primo libro de balli”:
1. Pass’e mezzo della paganina
2. Putta nera ballo furlano
3. Tedesca 1
4. Tedesca 2
5. La lavandara gagliarda
6. Ungaresca
(ob. bsn. perc.)
7. Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon a 7
8. Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon a 5
9. Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon a 6
(rec. vle. lut. spi)
10. Giovanni Gastoldi: Capriccio a due voci
11. Vincenzo Galilei: Capriccio a due voci
12. Giovanni Gastoldi: Capriccio a due voci
(vle)
13. Alessandro Orologio: Intrada a 5
14. Alessandro Orologio: Intrada a 5
(ob. bsn. perc.)
15. Francesco Bendusi: Cortesa padana e frusta
16. Anonimo: Le forze d’Ercole e tripla
(cru. perc.)
17. Vincenzo Ruffo: Capriccio ”Dormendo un giorno” (Verdelot)
(bsn)
18. Vincenzo Ruffo: Capriccio ”La gamba in basso e soprano”
(vle. bsn.)
19. Vincenzo Galilei: Contrappunto per due liuti
20. Johannes Matelart (da Francesco Canova da Milano): Fantasia per due liuti
(lut.)
21. Giovanni Bassano (da Luca Marenzio): Tirsi morir volea
(rec. lut.)
22. Sperindio Bartoldo: Petit fleur
23. Sperindio Bartoldo: Canzone francese
(spi)

Ensemble Ricercare di Zurigo – dir.Michel Piguet
Michel Piguet, Richard Erig, Renate Hildebrand, Käte Wagner, Nils Ferber
(recorder, oboe, bassoon, crumhorn)
Anne van Royen, Anthony Bailes (lutes)
Jordi Savall, Adelheid Glatt (viole de gambe)
Martha Gmunder (spinet)
Dieter Dyk (percussions)

The Beggar’s Opera

Original songs & airs

9 tracks – Mp3 192 Kbps – RAR 60Mb

Vinyl Rip!

Tracklisting:

1. Cold and raw
a) Stingo, or the Oil of Barley (Playford Dancing Master)
b) The Farmer’s Daughter (T.d’Urfey’s Pills)
c) Version ”The Beggar’s Opera”
d) Up in the Morning Early (W.McGibbons)

2. Over the hills and far away
a) Jockey’s Lamentation (Pills to Purge Melancholy)
b) Version ”The Beggar’s Opera”
c) Over the Hills and Far Away (Ms. Américain c.1780)
d) The wind has blown my plaid away (Ms.Drexel)

3. Oh, the broom
a) The Broom o’ the Cowdenknowes (Chanson écossaise)
b) Broom, Broom, The bonny, bonny Broom (Playford)
c) Version ”The Beggar’s Opera”

4. Would you have a young virgin
a) Poor Robin’s Magot (The Dancing Master, 1713)
b) Would you have a young virgin (Air populaire, 18ème siècle)
c) Kare Broder (C.M.Bellman)
d) Version ”The Beggar’s Opera”
e) Saw ye a Lassie of fifteen years (J.Oswald’s Comp.)

5. What shall I do to show how much I love her
a) Version ”The Beggar’s Opera”
b) What shall I do (Henry Purcell)

6. Fill ev’ry glass
a) Bergers, écoutez la musique (Noel Français)
b) Version ”The Beggar’s Opera”

7. Charming Billy
a) Charming Billy (Air populaire, 18ème siècle)
b) Cease your funning (Variations pour flute, J.Oswald’s Comp.)

8. The lass of Patie’s mill
a) The Lass of Patie’s Mill (W.Thompson’s Orpheus Caledonius)
b) Variations sur la melodie de J.Oswald
c) Version ”The Beggar’s Opera”

9. Greensleeves
a) Variations sur Passomezzo antico
b) Greensleeves (version la plus ancienne)
c) Version contemporaine W.Cobbold)
d) Version ”The Beggar’s Opera”
e) Version irlandaises

The Broadside Band, dir. Jeremy Barlow
Patrizia Kwella, soprano
Paul Elliott, tènor

William Hogarth – The Beggar’s Opera

The Beggar’s Opera debuted in 1728 in London. It was an immediate success, breaking all previous records and was performed more than any other play during the 18th century.(1) It was a complete departure from the popular Italian operas of its time. Beggar’s Opera used both dialogue and music to further the story. Gay took music from whereever he could find them. Forty-one of the sixty-nine airs were broadside ballads of the time. The other tunes were borrowed from contemporary composers (including Handel and Pepush). To these tunes he wrote lyrics to fit his play. Instead of taking his plot from myth he wrote a story focused on the underbelly of society – thieves, whores, fences and jailers. The world of the Beggar’s opera is gritty and real, it’s end optimistic only because of the popular insistence that Operas must end happily.

In this record you’ll find various versions of nine selected Airs.

Antonio Vivaldi – 6 Sonate op.13 ”Il Pastor Fido” (Vinyl rip)

28 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps – RAR 70Mb

samples here: (5Mb)

The collection of sonatas on which this recording is based appeared in Paris in 1737. It reveals an unfamiliar side of Vivaldi’s creative personality, as three of the trio-sonatas (I,II,V) are unquestionably written in the French style. There is an unmistakable resemblance between this part of the ”Pastor Fido” and the ”musique champetre” of Boismortier or Chedeville.

Hurdy-gurdy player by Christoph Weigel

Louis XIII – Ballet de la Merlaison (Vinyl rip)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier:
Messe pour Plusieurs Instruments au Lieu des Orgues

10 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps – RAR 66Mb

“The next day, nothing was talked of in Paris but the ball that the Officials of the City were giving for the King and Queen, and in which Their Majesties were to dance the famous Ballet de la Merlaison, which was the favourite ballet of the King… Twenty violins had been commanded… The King… was in a hunting costume of the greatest elegance and Monsieur and the other nobles were similarly attired. The ballet lasted an hour, it contained sixteen entrées.”
Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers, chapter 22.

In Dumas works, as always, fiction and truth walk side by side. In fact the Ballet de la Merlaison was not only Louis XIII preferred ballet, but his own creation, as reported by Theophraste Renaudot, the inventor of periodical journalism, in the special issue of the Gazette de France for March 22, 1635.

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The “Mass for Instruments in place of the Organ” by Marc-Antoine Charpentier offers considerable interest on a number of grounds: liturgy, scoring, disposition of instruments and compositional procedures, even without taking into account the bold inspiration of the former disciple of Carissimi.

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All in all I believe this record is worth a try, even if the performance is not astounding.

Georg Philipp Telemann – Concerti for Oboe

15 tracks – MP3 192 Kbps – RAR 54Mb

sample here (3Mb):

1-Concerto in E minor
2-Concerto in D minor
3-Concerto in C minor
4-Concerto in F minor

Han De Vries – Baroque Oboe
Alma Musica Amsterdam

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CAUTION!!
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Today I began ripping my own LPs, so be warned:
the audio quality is not as perfect as in a CD rip.
This is my first one.
I did my best in cleaning the sound up
using Cool Edit but this is still vinyl.

Anyway I think this recording is so beautiful
it really deserves to be posted.

Any comment that may help me to achieve
better results would be much appreciated.
BTW, thanx to everyone for your comments.