Stephanie McCallum - Complete Recueils de Chants 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Johann Sebastian Bach left us three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord. He made various transcriptions of the gamba sonata in G major, one of which was of the last movement as a trio sonata for organ. Several movements of the six organ trio sonatas themselves are also reworkings of previously composed material from his cantatas, organ and chamber works. This practice inspired the Bach for Two program by Romina Lischka and Marnix de Cat, in which they have assembled the most beautiful combinations of viola da gamba and organ in both original and arranged versions of Bach's chorale preludes and trios. Bach is a master of both the head and the heart. With text and melody as his starting point, he created small musical worlds in his chorale preludes for organ and takes the listener on the most varied of inner journeys. To experience musical joy, to find inner peace through every possible emotion, to be comforted in one's search or sorrow, to be moved to the depths of one's being - this is the art of Bach, the magician of sound. Album Tracks 1. Bach, J S Chorale Prelude BWV711 'Allein Gott in Der HÖH Sei Ehr' 2. Bach, J S Chorale Prelude BWV676 'Allein Gott in Der HÖH' Sei Ehr' 3. Bach, J S Viola Da Gamba Sonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV1027 4. Bach, J S Chorale Prelude BWV694 'Wo Soll Ich Fliehen Hin' 5. Bach, J S Allein Gott in Der HÖH Sei Ehr', BWV260 6. Bach, J S Organ Trio Sonata in C Major, BWV529 7. Bach, J S Chorale Prelude BWV663 'Allein Gott in Der HÖH Sei Ehr' 8. Bach, J S Chorale Prelude BWV682 'Vater Unser Im Himmelreich' 9. Bach, J S Trio Sonata No. 4 in E minor, BWV528 10. Bach, J S Chorale Prelude BWV639 'Ich Ruf' Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ'

Of arms and a woman is a chronicle of love, loss, chivalry and memory built around the late medieval wind music of Dufay, Binchois, Ciconia, Landini and Machaut, performed on shawms, slide trumpet, recorders, sackbut, bagpipes and percussion. The album is inspired by the writing of Christine de Pisan, whose work touched on every aspect of courtly life, from romantic poetry to military strategy and feminist critiques of the position of women in society. It includes rousing calls to battle, arresting love songs, and the heartbreakingly beautiful Dueil angoisseux, the only contemporary musical setting of any of de Pisan's poems. Blondel performs ceremonial fanfares and intimate chansons, dances and theatre music on reconstructions of historical instruments. Album Tracks 1. Se Le Face Ay Pale 2. Or Me Veult Bien Esperance 3. Belle, Veulliés Moy Retenir 4. O Rosa Bella 5. Les Tres Doulx Ieux Du Viaire Ma Dame 6. A Cheval, Tout Homme, a Cheval 7. Reveillez Vous Piccars 8. Gardés Le Trait Della Fenestre 9. Dueil Angoisseus 10. A Le Ray Au Solely 11. Tout Par Compas Suy Composes 12. Aymi! Dame de Valour 1 • Je Vivroie Liement 2 13. Corps Femenin Par Vertu de Nature Tant Noblement 14. Le Souvenir de Vous Me Tue Mon Seul Bien 15. Le Serviteur Hault Guerdonné 16. Le Serviteur (Superno Nunc Emittitur) 17. De Quan Qu'on Peut Belle Et Bonne Estrener 18. Anxci Bon Youre 19. Adiu, Adiu Dous Dame 20. La Spagna 21. Pues Serviçio Vos Desplaze • Cançión Contrahecha Pues Serviçio Vos Desplaze, Letra y Punto 22. Allez a la Fougere 23. Lomme Arme 24. Files a Marier Ne Vous Mariez Ja

Album Tracks 1. La Belle Union Rondeau Brillant PRÉCÉDÉ D'un Introduction, Op. 76 (C. 1828) 2. Lohengrin 3. Andante and Variations, Op. 83A (1841, Rev. 1844) 4. Three Chamber Duets, Op. 46 (1857) 5. String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 31 (C. 1824-27) 6. Pologne Poème Symphonique (1883)