FRANÇOIS COUPERIN (1668-1733)

"Pieces de Violes avec la Basse Chifree par Mr. F. C."

Suite No. 2 for viola da gamba and basso continuo in A major

4. La Chemise blanche

Performed by Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
Ton Koopman, harpsichord continuo
Ariane Maurette, viola da gamba continuo

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FRANÇOIS COUPERIN (1668-1733)

"Pieces de Violes avec la Basse Chifree par Mr. F. C."

Suite No. 2 for viola da gamba and basso continuo in A major

3. Pompe funebre

Performed by Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
Ton Koopman, harpsichord continuo
Ariane Maurette, viola da gamba continuo

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FRANÇOIS COUPERIN (1668-1733)

"Pieces de Violes avec la Basse Chifree par Mr. F. C."

Suite No. 2 for viola da gamba and basso continuo in A major

1. Prelude

2. Fuguete

Performed by Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
Ton Koopman, harpsichord continuo
Ariane Maurette, viola da gamba continuo

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Filmed at Toronto's Trinity-St. Paul's Centre on May 15, 2009, the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra performs J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048.

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Filmed at Toronto's Trinity-St. Paul's Centre on May 15, 2009, the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra performs J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048, 1st & 2nd movements.

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High resolution and stereo sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =jvKoyD1OQSU&fmt=18

"Del destin non dee lagnarsi",
from the opera Bajazet, RV 703

Libretto: Agostino Piovene

Music: Antonio Vivaldi

First performance: Verona, during the Carnival season of 1735

Bajazet is a pasticcio by Antonio Vivaldi. The story is about the fate of Bajazet (known as Beyazid I) after being captured by Tamerlane (Tamerlano/Timur-e-Lang). Vivaldi himself composed the arias for the good characters and mostly used existing arias from other composers for the villains in this opera. Some of the arias are reused from previous Vivaldi operas; this particular aria was taken from his L'Olimpiade (Venice, Carnival 1734).

For this video, I used a computerized score of the aria "Del destin non vi lagnate" from L'Olimpiade; I simply replaced the text with the Bajazet version.

The score can be found here:
http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ ftp/VivaldiA/rv725/DelDestin/D elDestin-a4.pdf

I'd like to thank Lorena (margotlorena) for providing the text and the translation of this aria; also to my dear Marc (MehdiCaps) for helping me with the word setting of this aria on the score.

NB: In this recording, 13 bars of the A section were not performed in the da capo.


Bajazet: Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, bass-baritone

Europa Galante,
conducted by Fabio Biondi

Recorded in April 2004
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Del destin non dee lagnarsi
chi ha nel petto un'alma forte,
e l'aspetto della morte
non paventa un cuor di re.

Il morir solo m'avanza,
e il mio caro amato pegno
fido prence a te consegno,
tu poi l'alma ancor per me.
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Translation:

Of their fate should none complain
whose spirit is strong within him,
and the prospect of death
instils no fear in the heart of a king.

Only death awaits me,
and my dearly beloved daughter
I entrust, worthy prince, to you:
love her for my sake when I am gone.

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

Brandenburg concerto no. 3 for three violins, three violas, three cellos, and basso continuo in G major BWV1048

1. [...]

2. Adagio

3. Allegro

Performed by Concerto Italiano
Conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini

*Winner of the Grammaphone editor's Choice award, and the 2006 Grammaphone award for best baroque intrumental recording

*TRIVIA! Did you know that the first movement of the third brandenburg concerto was used again in one of Bach's cantatas? "Ich liebe den Hochsten von gaamzem Gemute" (BWV174) contains a sinfonia in which this movement is used. However, the score was edited so that there are additional instruments such as three oboes and two horns

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

Concerto for violin, strings, and basso continuo in A minor BWV1041

1. [...]

Performed by Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Featuring Jeanne Lamon, violin

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

Concerto for violin, strings, and basso continuo in A minor BWV1041

2. Andante

3. Allegro assai

Performed by Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Featuring Jeanne Lamon, violin

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ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Sinfonia for Strings in C Major RV111a

1. Allegro

Performed by Venice Baroque Orchestra
Conducted by Andrea Marcon

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ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Sinfonia for Strings in C Major RV111a

2. Andante

Performed by Venice Baroque Orchestra
Conducted by Andrea Marcon

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ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Sinfonia for Strings in C Major RV111a

3. Presto

Performed by Venice Baroque Orchestra
Conducted by Andrea Marcon

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
*reconstruction based on the concerto for harpsichord in D minor

Concerto for violin, strings, and basso continup in D minor BWV 1052

1. Allegro

Performed by the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Directed by Stephan Mai

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
*reconstruction based on the concerto for harpsichord in D minor

Concerto for violin, strings, and basso continup in D minor BWV 1052

2. Adagio

Performed by the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Directed by Stephan Mai

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
*reconstruction based on the concerto for harpsichord in D minor

Concerto for violin, strings, and basso continup in D minor BWV 1052

3. Allegro

Performed by the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Directed by Stephan Mai

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