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Handel, JS Bach and Domenico Scarlatti were all born in 1685. Catherine Bott puts this year into the context of the musical world the trio were born into.

The year 1685 is considered an annus mirabilis as it was the birth year of three great composers, Handel, JS Bach and Domenico Scarlatti.

Catherine Bott presents a programme that puts this year into the context of the musical world these three were born into. Music includes works by Purcell, Corelli, Bononcini and Lully.

Henry Lawes: Zadok the Priest
Choir of Westminster Abbey
Harry Bickett, organ
Simon Preston, conductor
Archiv 4196132
Track 3

Corelli: Op 2 no 7 in F major
The Purcell Quartet
Chandos CHAN0692
CD 2 tracks 23 - 26

Purcell: If prayers and tears Z380
Susan Gritton, soprano
The King's Consort
Hyperion CDS 44161/3
CD 3 track 18

John Blow: Venus and Adonis
From Act 2: You place with such delightful care; The Cupid's Lesson (up to A Dance of Cupids)
Catherine Bott, Venus
Libby Crabtree, Cupid
New London Consort
Philip Pickett
L'Oiseau-Lyre 4402202
Tracks13 - 16

Bononcini: Sinfonia decimal a 7
(from Sinfonia a 5,6,7 e 8 Instrumenti, con alcune a una e duo Tromb., op 3)
Stephen Keavy / Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpets
The Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman
Hyperion CDA 66255
Track 38 - 43

Demachy: from Pieces de Viole
Suite in D major: Prelude and Allemande
Jonathan Dunford, bass viol
Adda 581256 tracks 8 and 9

Lully: Roland - Chaconne et Choeur (Act 3)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset
CD 2 track 20.

1 hour

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Sun 18 Jan 2009 00:00

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