The baroque spirit in all its musical shapes. Muses and sequences in Baroque.
Many baroque composers had a special affinity with the classical antiquity; they often referred to it. Furthermore, many of them liked to make constructions. They composed sequences of pieces of music which were interconnected.
Today, we present both ‘trades’.
Johann Christoph Pezel (1639-1694)
1. Uit Opus Musicum Sonatorum
– Sonata Abella in G major
– Sonata Baccha in D minor
– Sonata Cadmea in A minor
– Sonata Dejanira in E minor
A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.
(CD: Opus Musicum Sonatorum: the “Alphabet Sonatas”. Olde Focus Recordings fcr903, 2014)
Jean-François Dandrieu (1682 – 1738)
2. Pièces de clavecin, Livre 2, Suite No.2
– Le concert des muses
Marouan Mankar-Bennis, harpsichord
(CD: Dandrieu: Pieces de caractère. Encelade ECL 1702, 2018)
Johann Christoph Pezel
3. From Opus Musicum Sonatorum
– Sonata Ebura in B-flat major
– Sonata Fabaria in F major
– Sonata Gaba in C major
A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.
(CD: Opus Musicum Sonatorum: the “Alphabet Sonatas”. Olde Focus Recordings fcr903, 2014)
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (ca. 1656 – 1746)
4. From Musicalischer Parnassus
– Polymnia
Mitzi Meyerson, harpsichord
(CD: The daughters of Zeus: Musicalischer Parnassus. MDG MDG 605 0977-2, 2000)
5. From Musicalischer Parnassus, Euterpe
– Chaconne
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
(CD: Chaconne. Naïve OP 30468, 2010)
Picture: Sarcophagus known as “Muses Sarcophagus” (2nd century, Louvre)
