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Each week, San Antonio's own Gerald Self takes you on a trip back in time, exploring the very best in early classical music on Musica Antiqua.  Self details the history of the beautiful music you hear and talks about the rare instruments on which it is played.  Self is not only an authority on early music, but is an accomplished harpsichord builder as well.

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Previous Programs Playlists

December 21, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Anon.  Hodie Christus natus est Anonymopus 4 HMU 907099 Harmonia Mundi
Anon. Alleluia Orlando Consort HMU 907418 Harmonia Mundi
Anon Prolis eterne genitor Anonymous 4 HMU 907099 Harmonia Mundi
Anon. Alleluya: A nywe werke The Hilliard Ensemble HMU1901106 Harmonia Mundi
Anon. Nowel: Owt of your slepe aryse Anonymous 4 HMU 907099 Harmonia Mundi
Anon. There is no rose Oxford Camarata 8.550751 Naxos
Josquin des Pres  Preter rerun serium Pomerium 449 819-2 Archiv
Orlande de Lassus Resonet in Luadibus Pomerium 449 819-2 Archiv
Palestrina Hodie Christus natus est Voices of Ascension DE 3174 Delos
Michael Preatorius Puer Natus in Bethlehem La Capella Ducale S2K 62 929 Sony
Michael Praetorius Es ist ein Rose etnsprungen Westminster Cathedral Choir CDA 66200 Hyperion
Michael Praetorous In Dulci Jubilo La Capella Ducale S2K 62 929 Sony

 

December 14, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Orlandus Lassus Nectar et Ambrosiam Collegium Vocale Gent HMC 901984 Harmonia Mundi
Palestrina Sicut cervus Christ Church Cathedral Choir NI 5100 Nimbus
Palestrina O Domine Jesu Christe Voices of Ascension DE 3210 Delos
Palestrina Super flumina Babylonis Christ Church Cathedral Choir NI 5100 Nimbus
Palestrina Secundum multitudiem Voices of Ascension DE 3210 Delos
Palestrina Dum completentur dies pentecostes Christ Church Cathedral Choir NI 5100 Nimbus
Palestrina Ecce tu pulcher es The Hilliard Ensemble 7243 5 61169 2 4 Virgin
Palestrina Da cosi dotta man Early Music New York No spine number Ex Cathedra
Palestrina Trahe me post te curremus The Hillidard Ensemble 7243 5 61169 2 4 Virgin
Palestrina Vergine bella The Hilliard Ensemble 7243 5 61170 2 0 Virgin
Palestrina Agnus Dei/MissaAeterna Munera Oxford Camerata 8.550573 Naxos
Palestrina Ascendo ad Patrem Voices of Ascension DE 3174 Delos

 

December 7, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Guillaume Dufay Passato e il tempo Medieval Ensemble of London 452 558-2 L'Osieau-Lyre
Guillamue Dufay Je languis en piteux martire Medieval Ensemble of London 452 561-2 L'Oiseau-Lyre
Guillamue Dufay Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys Medieval Ensemble of London 452-560-2 L'Oiseau-Lyre
Guillamue Dufay Ecclsies militantis Pomerium 447 773-2 Archiv
Guillamue Dufay Nuper rosarium flores Pomerium 447-773-2 Archiv
Guillamue Dufay Ave regina coelorum Isaac Ensemble Heidelberg BR 100 082 Bayer Records

 

November 30, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Thomas Mace A Fancy James Tyler SBZ-3810 Seraphim
Giovanni Pandolfi Sonata "La Monella Romanesca" Andrew Manze/Nigel North HMU 907211 Harmonia Mundi
Alessandro Piccinini Romanesca con partitie variete Nigel North HMU 907211 Harmonia Mundi
Marco Uccellini Sonata Quarto  Rachel Podger/William Carter HON CD 5015 Honest/Linn
Nicolo Corradini Sonata La Sfondrata Romanesca HMU 907211 Harmonia Mundi
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in D Major Palladian Ensemble HON CD 5015 Honest/Linn
Robert de Visee Ouverture "La Grotte de Varsailles" Toyohiko Satoh CCS 7795 Channel Classics
Robert de Visee Passaquaille Toyohiko Satoh CCS 7795 Channel Classics
Robert de Visee Prelude from Suite in Sol Majeur Jose Miguel Moreno GCD 920104 Glossa
Alessandro Piccinini Toccata XIII Christina Pluhar/Matthias Spaeter ED13057 L'emprinte digitale

 

November 23, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
G. Frescobaldi Toccata Settima Gustav Leonhardt SAWT 9512-B Telefunken
G. Frescobaldi Toccata Byron Schenkman WLBR9512 Wild Boar
Giovanni Picchi Toccata Christina Edelen Local recording Non commercial
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in D K. 492 Christina Edelen Local recording Non commercial
Anon. Passamezzo Pavan Peter Watchorn OR-9701 Orbis
Anon.  Galliard Peter Watchorn OR-9701 Orbis
J.P. Sweelinck Ballo del Granduca Gavin Black CRC 2747 Centaur
Louis Couperin Prelude & Allemande from Suite in g Alan Curtis 2533 325 Archiv
J. S. Bach Prelude from BWV 998 Christina Edelen Local recording Non commercial
J. S. Bach Aria from the Goldberg Variations Trevor Pinnock 415 130 Archiv
C. B. Baltastre La Majesteusement Christophe Rousset 436 127-2 L'Oiseau-Lyre

 

November 16, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Herman of Salzburg Der Trumpet Early Music Consort of London SBZ-3810-1 Seraphim
Girolamo Frescobaldi Canzona for 'Due Canti' Early Music Consort of London SBZ-3810-2 Seraphim
Johann Walter Fuga quinti toni Jean Tubery/Frederic de Roos RIC 95001A Ricercar
Pierre de Machicourt Bicinium 'Amour organ' Michael Laird/Alan Lumsden SBZ-3810-2 Seraphim
Anon Hymne de L'Avant Michel Godard RIC 95001B Seraphim
Girolamo Frescobaldi Canzona Quarta for "Basso Solo" Early Music Consort of London SBZ-2810-2 Harnmonia Mundi
Michael Praetorius Passameze pour les cornets La Fenice RIC  95001B Ricercar
Claudio Monteverdi Sonata sopra 'Sancta Maria Choir of Kings College 5 68631 2 EMI
Dario Castello Sonata prima per canto solo La Fenice 205852 Ricercar
Biagio Marini Sonata terza per violini o cornetti La Fenice 205852 Ricercar
Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon in echo duodecimi toni His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornets CDA66980 Hyperion
Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon septimi toni a 8 His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornets CDA66980 Hyperion

 

November 9, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli The Tallis Scholars CDGIM 339 Gimell
Palestrina Stabat Mater The Tallis Scholars CDGIM 994 Gimell

 

October 26, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Anon. Contradanses parisiennes Ensemble Caprice ACD2 2344 Atma
Anon. Balletti di Venezia Ensemble Caprice ACD2 2344 Atm
Johann David Heinichen Concerto in F Musica Antiqua Koln 447 644-2 DGG
Johann Joachim Quantz Sonata in G major Bartold Kuijken SK 66 267 Sony

 

October 19, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
John Dowland My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home Musicians of Swanne Alley 933 Focus
Anon Watkins Ale James Tyler EC 3365-2 Saga
Thomas Robinson Goe from my window Vicent Dumestre RIC-95001 C Ricercar
John Dowland Galliard from Braye Bandora MS Robert Spencer SBZ-3810 Angel
Anthony Holborne Pavanne Quadro Philippe Malfeyt RIC-95001-C Ricercar
Anon.  Nutmegs and Ginger Musicians of Swanne Alley 933 Focus
Thomas Mace A Fancy James Tyler SBZ-3810 Angel
Alessandro Piccinni Toccata Prima James Tyler SBZ-3810 Angel
Alessandro Piccinni Toccata XIII Christina Plujar/Matthias Spaeter ED 13057 Numen
Giovanni Kapsburger Toccata No. 5 David Rogers 935 Focus
Alessandro Piccinni Toccata 13 for Archlute Pluhar/Spaeter ED 13057 Numen
Robert de Visee Suite in Re-Mineur Toyohiko Satoh CCS 7795 Channel Classics
Gaspar Sanz Marizapalos Hopkinson Smith E 8576 Auvidis

 

October 12, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Andrea Gabrieli Due Rose Fresche The Amaryllis Consort MCAD-5842 MCA
Andrea Gabrieli Ricercar Arioso Richard Gowman ZRG 857 Argo
Andrea Gabrieli Canzon arioso Gary Cooper MM219 BBC
Andrea Gabrieli Sancta et Immaculata Choir of Magdalen College ZRG 857 Argo
Andrea Gabrieli Magnificat Chanticleer 4509-96515-2 Teldic
Andrea Gabrieli Laudate Dominum Choir of Magdalen College ZRG 857 Argo
Andrea Gabrieli Domine in furore tuo arguas me Capella Ducale Venetia 999  863-2 CPO
Andrea Gabrieli Miserere mei Deus Capella Ducale Venetia 999  863-2 CPO

 

October 3, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Giovanni Picchi Toccata Christina Edelen Local recording Not commercial
Giuseppe Paladini Divertimento in G Walter-Heinz Bernstein 40.23 506 Acanta
J. S. Bach Ricercar a 3 voci from Musical Offering Walter-Heinz Bernstein 40.23 506 Acanta
C. P. E. Bach Allegretto from Sonata in F Christina Edelen Local recording Not commercial
C. P. E. Bach Sonata 2 in F Ludger Remy MD+G L 3153 Darringhaus&Grimm
W. A. Mozart Allemande in C Minor Jorg Demus MHS 3698 Musical Heritage Soc.
W.A. Mozart Fantasia in C Minor K. 475 David Leigh 2314 LME

 

September 28, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Anon. Gloglauer Liederbuch Nr. 153 Isaak Ensemble Heidelberg BR 100 082 Bayer Records
Tielman Susato Ce Qui Souloit Early Music Consort of London SBZ-3810 Angel
Anon Vesame y abracame  Philadelphia Renaissance Band NPD 85567 Newport Classics
Juan Vasquez Ojos morenos Philadelphia Renaissance Band NPD 85567 Newport  Classics
Girolamo Frescobaldi Canzona for Due Canti Early Music Consort of London SBZ-3810 Angel
Giovanni Antonio Bertoli Sonata 1 Frances Estace CD-SAR 35 Amon Ra
Joseph Boismortier Sonata V for two bassoons Frances Eustach/Andrew Watts CD-SAR 35 Amon Ra
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in G minor Bruggen/Schaeftlein/Harnoncourt SAWT 9528-A Telefunken
Johann Fasch Sonata in C Frances Eustache CD-SAR 35 Amon Ra

 

September 21, 2011

Composer Title Artist Spine Number Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Befiehl dem Engle, dass er kommt Cantus Koln HMC 901629 Harmonia Mundi
Furwahr, er trug unsere Krankheit Cantus Koln HMC 901629 Harmonia Mundi
Sonata in C Trio Settecento CPO
Sonata No. 4 in Bb Holloway/ter Linden/Mortensen 8.224003 Dacapo
Ciccona Harmonia Mundi
Sonata No. 6 in E minor Holloway/ter Linden/Mortenson 8.224003 Dacapo
Klaglied Not commercial
Harmonia Mundi
Not commercial
Argo

 

September 14, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Orlande de Lassus S'io esca vivo The Amarryllis Consort MCAD-5842 MCA
Orlande de Lassus Io ti viria contar Hannelore Devaere RIC 95001A Ricercar
Orlande de Lassus Beati,quorum remissae sunt iniquitates Collegium Vocale Gent HMC 901831.32 Harmonia Mundi
Orlande de Lassus J'ayme mon Dieu Ensemble Clement Jannequin HMC 901672 Harmonia Mundi
Orlande de Lassus Fuyons des vices le jeu Ensemble Clement Jannequin  HMC 901672 Harmonia Mundi
Orlande de Lassus Timor et tremor Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge 75605-51230-2 Conifer
Orlande de Lassus Lauda Jerusalem Mezzaluna RAM 0907 Ramee
Orlande de Lassus Aurora lucis rutilat Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge 7605-51230 Conifer
Orlande de Lassus Beata homo Collegium Vocale Gent HMC 901984 Harmonia Mundi

 

September 7, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Anon. A cheval tout homme a cheval Ciaramella 05785 Yarlung Records
Busnois/Isaac/Agricola Fortuna desperata Ciaramella 05785 Yarlung Records
Guillaume Dufay Kyrie and Gloria Oxford Camarata 8.553087 Naxos
Gilles Binchois Amoreux suy The Early Music consort of London  SIC-5-6092-3 Seraphim
Gilles Binchois De Plus en Plus The Clerks' Group CD GAU 153 ASV
Binchois/Agricola Comme femme discomfortee Ciaramella 05785 Harnmonia Mundi
Josquin des Pres Basse Dance I--La Spagna  Early Music Consort of London SIC-5-6902-3 Not commercial
Gilles Binchois Je ne fai toujours Early Music Consort of London SIC-5-6902-3 Harmonia Mundi

 

August 31, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
John Forest Ave Regina Coelorum Isaak Ensemble Heidelberg BR 100 082 CD Bayer
Vincenzo Ruffo Capriccio La Piva Les Boreades de Montreal ACD2  2658 Atma
Vincenzo Ruffo Capriccio El Trapolato Les Boreades de Montreal ACD2  2658 Atma
Philipp sexti toni Magnificat sext toni Cinquecento CDA67854 Hyperion
Giovani Pandolfi Sonata sesta Smithsonian Chamber Players FoM 36-802 Smithsonian
Dario Castello Sonata decimaquarta a 4 Irish Baroque Orchestra  AV2202 Avie
Girolamo Frescobaldi Se l'aura spira Girolamo Frescobaldi 83:361 Carus
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in d for Two Violins and Lute Antonio Vivaldi DSL-92132 Sono Luminus
G.F. Handel Overture to Rinaldo Alison Melville PIP1110 Pipistrelle
Solomon Eccles Divisions on a Ground Alison Melville PIP1110 Pipistrelle

 

August 21, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Anon. Danse Royale David Munrow 1451 MHS
Antoine Burhier Latura Tu Piffaro NPD 85567 Newport Classics
Andre Danican Philidor La Pavane The London Oboe Band 907122 Harmonia Mundi
Andre Danican Philidor Air de Mr et Md Dupon The London Oboe Band 907122 Harmonia Mundi
Marin Marais Variations on "Les Folies d'Espagne Robin Canter SAR 22 Amon Ra
G.F. Handel Allegro from "Alexander's Feast" The English Concert 415 291-2 Archiv
G.F. Handel Oboe Concert in Bb The English Coincert/Reichenberg 415 291-2 Archiv
Antonio vivaldi Oboe sonata in c minor RV 53 Paul Goodwin 907104 Harmonia Mundi
J.S. Bach "Quia respexit eius" from Magnificat La Chapelle Royal/Anges Mellon 2901326 Harmonia Mundi

 

August 21, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Orlande de Lassus Un jeune moine The Scholars of London 8.550880 Naxos
Orlande de Lassus Beau le cristal The Scholars of London 8.550880 Naxos
Orlande de Lassus Herous soboles The Renaissance Singers CD QS 6228 ASV
Orlande de Lassus Domine, ne in furore tuo aguas me Collegium Vocale Gent HMC 901831 Harmonia Mundi
Orlande de Lassus Missal Bell'Amfitrit Altera Choir of Westminster Cathedral CDA 66688 Hyperion

 

August 21, 2011

Composer
Title
Artist
Spine Number
Label
Josquin des Pres Scaramella Early Music Consort of London SIC-6104 Seraphim
Anon. Kyria christifera Anonymous 4 HMU 907080 Harmonia Mundi
Anon. Singularis laudis digna Hilliard Ensemble HMA 1901106 Harmonia Mundi
Anon. Flos regalis Trio Mediaeval B000507-02 ECM New Series
Anon. Quem trina polluit Trio Mediaeval B000507-02 ECM New Series
Pycard Gloria Gothic Voices CDA 66238 Hyperion
Leonel Power Sanctus Gothic Voices CDA 66238 Hyperion
Leonel Power Beata Progenies Ensemble Canzona Local recording Non commercial
John Dunstable Speciosa facta es Gothic Voices CDA 66238 Hyperion
John Dunstable Salva scena Orlando Consort HMU 907297 Harmonia Mundi
John Pyamour Quam pulcra es Orlando Consort HMU 907297 Harmonia Mundi
Forest Tota pulchra es Hilliard Ensemble HMA 1901106 Harmonia Mundi