Jazzy D's Soul Notes

Trying to keep my mind off the worrying with bro and SIL. So here is a selection of tunes -

Marin Marais - Sonnerie De Sainte Genevieve Du Mont De Paris



Sonnerie De Sainte Genevieve Du Mont De Paris, IMM 7 - “The Bells Of St. Genevieve” - Le Concert Des Nations - Jordi Savall (Viola Da Gamba), Fabio Biondi (Violin), And Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord & Positive Organ) - Marin Marais, Composer

75 Dollar Bill - I'm Not Trying to Wake Up



Sarah Davachi - Doline




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On a recent BBC Radio 3 "Unclassified" aired by presenter Elizabeth Alker, Julia Holter was given a spot to air her favourite piece of music from the early music period - this is it.

Nicolas Gombert - Tulerunt Dominum meum



I have this gorgeous piece of music in my collection.

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More baroque bifurcations - and a couple of moderns. For sallymn.

Henry Purcell - Sound The Trumpet



Here we have James Bowman (at right) - the charismatic doyen of modern countertenors - alongside Michael Chance, one of Bowman's many protégés. In this recording, they sing Purcell's famous duet in a manner that says it all about vocal skill, communication, and mutual respect.

Georg Friedrich Händel - Arias from "Admeto, Re di Tessaglia"



From the Opera "Admeto, Re di Tessaglia"
Trasimede, the Prince and brother of Admeto.
00:02​ - Se l' arco avessi, e i strali
06:14​ - Da te piu tosto partir vogl'io
James Bowman - countertenor
IL Complesso Barocco - Alan Curtis

More modern now - right up to date is the minmalist music of michael nyman -

Michael Nyman - If



Iestyn Davies and viol consort Fretwork

Michael Nyman - The Self-Laudatory Hymn of Inanna and her Omnipotence





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Just a few to ease you into the midnight slumbers -

Ellen Fullman - Departure



Body Music
℗ 1993 Experimental Intermedia Foundation
Released on: 2004-11-09

Meredith Monk - Strand (Gathering) from Songs of Ascension



Ondas do mare (Martim Codax) - 13th c. Galician-Portuguese cantiga d'amigo



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It is the 500th anniversary of Josquin Desprez's death, the composer of French Renaissance music.

So here are some of his motets and other sacred works -

The Hillaird Ensemble - Ave Maria, gratia plena



The Tallis Scholars - Missa Pange lingua




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For the night people -

Michael Nyman - I am an unusual thing (Mozart trans. Maynard Solomon)




The Balanescu Quartet - Mother



Guillaume de Machaut - Je puis trop bien ma dame comparer




Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude In E Minor, BWV 855 (Arr. Piano In B Minor By Alexander Siloti)



J.S. Bach: Prelude In E Minor, BWV 855 (Arr. Piano In B Minor By Alexander Siloti) · Víkingur Ólafsson

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Three more slices of classical stuff -

Orlando Gibbons - The Silver Swan



Sung by the Tallis Scholars.

Dominic Muldowney — Oboe Concerto



Oboe Concerto ( 1 Oct. 1992 ) (NMC Records CD Maxi-Single
)
Artists / Credits :
Composer — Dominic Muldowney
Solo oboe — Roy Carter
Orchestra — London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor — Michael Tilson Thomas
Venue — Henry Wood Hall, London
Producer — Colin Matthews

Bill Hopkins & Anthony Gilbert - En attendant: III




En attendant: III. — · Music Projects London
Bill Hopkins & Anthony Gilbert: Chamber Music
℗ 2012 NMC Recordings

Conductor: Richard Bernas
Ensemble: Music Projects London
Composer: Bill Hopkins


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Music that airs sweet sorrows -

John Dowland - Sorrow, stay



John Dowland (1562-1626)
"Sorrow, stay"
Andreas Scholl, alto
Andreas Martin, lute



( Lyrics and paintings )


Duke Ellington - Melancholia



Brian Eno - Stedelijk




Goldfrapp - Laurel




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More blue notes through time -

Claudio Monteverdi - Lamento della ninfa



Lamento di Ninfa (The Nymph's Lament), Part II

from Monteverdi's 8th Book of Madrigals
Madrigali dei guerrieri et amorosi (Madrigals of War and Love)

John Dowland - Flow My Tears



Henry Purcell - When I am laid in earth ( Didos Lament & End)




Charley Patton - Revenue Man Blues





Enjoy

Well, still very close wind sailing. Meanwhile, some music to soothe the furrowed brow - or not.

John Tavener - The Bridegroom



From "Darkness Into the Light" CD by Anonymous 4 / Chilingirian Quartet.
His music is so beautiful and I just well up emotionally, goddamnit.

John Dowland - Flow my Tears



Flow my Tears is an ayre by the accomplished lutenist and composer John Dowland.
Originally composed as an instrumental under the name Lachrimae pavane in 1596, it is Dowland's most famous ayre, and became his signature song, literally as well as metaphorically: he would occasionally sign his name "Jo. Dolandi de Lachrimae"

Paul Agnew (Tenor)
Christopher Wilson (Lute)


Henry Purcell - Dido's Lament



Emma Kirby, Purcell - Dido and Aeneas


Johnny Cash - Hurt



Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker



Enjoy.