Battling 17th century-style
Battle Music
Sunday 14 January 2007 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)
Lucie Skeaping presents a programme exploring composititions with a battle theme. Seventeenth-century composers were fascinated by warfare and it is believed that the Thirty Years War provided the inspiration for Biber's Battalia. Other featured composers include Schmelzer, Scheidt and Janequin.
Playlist
Sigismondo D'India: Alla Guerra d'Amore
Ensemble Dopo Emilio
Canal Grande CG 9633
Track 1
Scheidt: Galliard Battaglia (XXI) a 5
Hesperion XX
Jordi Savall, director
EMI CDM 7630672
Track 6
Biber: Battaglia
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Teldec 843779
Track 4
Janequin: La Guerre
A Sei Voci
Astree E 8571
Track 21
Schmelzer: Die Fechtshule (Fencing School)
Armonico Tributo Austria
Lorenz Duftschmid, director
Arcana A33
Track 8
Domenico Pellegrini: Battaglia Francese
Ensemble Dopo Emilio (solo guitar - Mike Febtross)
Canal Grande CG 9633
Track 13
Wilche: Battaglia - anno 1659 composita
Musica Antiqua Koln
Reinhard Goebel, director
Archiv 4711502
Track 13
Music 8: Andrea Gabrieli: Aria della Battaglia
London Brass
Philip Pickett
Teldec 4509908562
Track 8
