Woman with a Candle

Woman with a Candle by Godfried Schalcken (1643-1706), date unknown

Friedrich II: Il ré pastore - Sinfonia for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings & b.c. in D major

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FRIEDRICH II. VON PREUßEN, DER GROßE

IL RÉ PASTORE (1747)
Serenata composed with Carl Heinrich Graun, Johann Joachim Quantz, Christoph Nichelmann
dedicated to: Sophia Dorothea of Hannover

Sinfonia n. 3 for two flutes, two oboes, two horns, strings and basso continuo in D major [1743?]

I. Allegro assai - 0:05
II. Andante (Espressivo) - 3:39
III. Scherzando (Allegro) - 8:13

Manfred Friedrich (flute)
Reinhardt Vogel (harpsichord)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra / Harmut Haenchen (conductor)

1985
Capriccio 10.064 - DDD
http://www.capriccio.at/

Joseph-Nicolas Pancras Royer: La Marche des Scythes

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JOSEPH-NICOLAS PANCRAS [PANCRACE] ROYER

PREMIER LIVRE DE PIÈCES POUR CLAVECIN (1746)

La Marche des Scythes (Fièrement) - 0:05

Skip Sempé (harpsichord)

Capriccio Stravagante
http://www.stravagante.com/

2006
Paradizo PA-PBX - DDD
http://www.paradizo.org/

[on authentic instruments]

J.S Bach: Mt. Passion - "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben"

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St. Matthew Passion BWV 244
Aria "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben"
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Collegium Vocale, Dir. Philippe Herreweghe


Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben,
Von einer Sünde weiß er nichts,
Daß das ewige Verderben
Und die Strafe des Gerichts
Nicht auf meiner Seele bleibe.


Translation:
Out of Love my Saviour is willing to die,
Though he knows nothing of any sin,
So that eternal ruin
And the punishment of judgment
May not rest upon my soul.


Paintings:
1. G. Brandi, Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, 1650
2. D. Velázquez, Christ Crucified, c. 1632
3. A. Carracci, Pietà, 1599
4. A. Carracci, Pietà with Sts Francis and Mary Magdalen, 1602-07
5. D. Crespi, Pietà, c. 1626
6. J. de Ribera, Pietà, 1637
7. W. Bouguereau, Pietà, 1876
8. Baciccio, The Pietà, 1667
9. A. Carracci, Pietà, c. 1603
10. C. le Brun, Pietà, 1643-45
11. S. Botticelli, Pietà (Detail), c. 1495
12. P. Veronese, The Resurrection of Christ, c. 1570