Music of the Baroque

Schulenberg (Ph.D. in musicology, 1982, SUNY Stonybrook; MA in performance practice, 1977, Stanford) is Department Chair and Professor of Music at Wagner College. He is the author of The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach (Schirmer, 1992) and C.P.E. Bach: Keyboard Sonatas, 1744-1747, and numerous articles.

Contents ; Preface ; 1 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Dum complerentur (motet) ; 2 Orlande de Lassus: Timor et tremor (motet) ; 3 Claudio Monteverdi: Luci serene (madrigal) ; 4 Giulio Caccini: Sfogava con le stelle (continuo madrigal) ; 5 Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo, Act 2 (opera: selections) ; a. Sinfonia and two arias: <"Ecco pur ch'a voi ritorno>" and <"Mira ch'a se n'alletta>" ; b. <"Mira, deh mira Orfeo>" through chorus, <"Ahi, caso acerbo>" ; 6 Pier Francesco Cavalli: Calisto (opera: selections) ; a. Act 1, scenes 4DS5 (<"Non e maggior piacere>") ; b. Act 1, scene 11 (<"Piangete, sospirate>") ; 7 Barbara Strozzi: Ardo in tacito foco (cantata or strophic aria) ; 8 Alessandro Scarlatti: Correa nel seno amato (cantata: selections) ; a. Sinfonia ; b. Aria <"Fresche brine>" ; c. Recitative <"Ma voi, occhi dolenti>" and aria <"Onde belle>" ; 9 Henry Purcell: From Rosy Bowers (cantata) ; 10 Jean-Baptiste Lully: Armide (opera: selections) ; a. Overture ; b. Act 2, scene 5 (recitative <"Enfin, il est en ma puissance>" and air <"Venez, secondez mes desirs>") ; 11 Giovanni Gabrieli: In ecclesiis (concertato motet) ; 12 Heinrich Schutz: Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich?, SWV 415 (concertato motet) ; 13 Giacomo Carissimi: Jephte (oratorio: selections) ; a. <"Cum autem victor Jephte>" ; b. <"Cum vidisset Jepthe>" ; c. <"Plorate, filii Israel>" ; 14 Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Frigidae noctis umbra H. 414 (oratorio: first half) ; 15 George Frideric Handel: Orlando (opera: selections) ; a. Act 1, scene 8 (recitative and aria <"O care parolette>") ; b. Act 1, scene 9 (recitative and aria <"Se fedel vuoi>") ; c. Act 1, scene 10 (recitative and aria <"Fammi combattere>") ; 16 Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les indes galantes (opera-ballet: selections) ; a. Nouvelle (quatrieme) entree, scene 3 (beginning) ; b. Nouvelle (quatrieme) entree, from scene 6 ; 17 Johann Sebastian Bach: Herr Jesu Christ, wahr'r Mensch und Gott, BWV 127 (sacred cantata) ; 18 George Frideric Handel: Jephtha (English oratorio: selections) ; a. From Part 2, scene 3 (recitative and aria <"Open thy marble jaws>") ; b. From Part 2, scene 4 (chorus <"How dark, O Lord>") ; 19 Ennemond Gaultier, Pieces for Lute ; a. Courante <"L'immortelle>" ; b. Allemande (Tombeau de Mesangeau) ; c. Gigue <"La Poste>" ; 20 Girolamo Frescobaldi, Toccata 7 from Libro II ; 21 Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, Suite 3 in A minor (selections) ; a. Prelude ; b. Allemande ; c. [1ere] Courante ; d. Sarabande ; e. Gigue ; 22 Dieterich Buxtehude: Praeludium in A minor, BuxWV 153 ; 23 Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 860, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part 1 ; 24 Jean Henry d'Anglebert, Francois Couperin, and Jean-Philippe Rameau: Extracts from ornament tables ; 25 Francois Couperin: Vingt-unieme ordre (keyboard suite: selections) ; a. La reine des coeurs ; b. La Couperin ; 26 Salamone Rossi: Sonata sopra La Bergamasca ; 27 Biagio Marini: Sonata variata for violin and continuo ; 28 Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Sonata 5 in E minor for violin and continuo (1681) ; 29 Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata in C for violin and continuo, op. 5, no. 3 ; 30 Giuseppe Torelli: Sinfonia in D for trumpet, strings, and continuo, G. 8 ; 31 Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6, no. 8, <"Christmas>" ; 32 Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in E for violin, strings, and continuo, op. 3, no. 12 (R. 265) ; 33 Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F, BWV 1047