The Early Music Show - Art and Early Music Month - The Baroque Theatre of Cesky Krumlov

Lucie Skeaping presents a series on the links between art and early music, and visits the Baroque theatre at Cesky Krumlov castle in the southern Czech Republic with theatre historian Iain Mackintosh. Playlist: Tuma: Partita in A minor (2nd mvt - Andante - excerpt) Antiquarius Consort Praga ARTA F10093, Tr 9 Vivaldi: Armida al camp d'Egitto, RV699-A - Sinfonia (excerpt) Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini (director) NAIVE OP 30415, Tr 1 Zach: Sinfonia in G (1st mvt - Allegro non tanto) Capella Sancta Caecilia ARTA F10033, Tr 12 Myslivicek: Quintet No 6 in B flat (2nd mvt - Largo) Pro Arte Antiqua Prague ARTA CLASSICS F1 0071-2, Tr 17 Zach: Sinfonia in G (3rd mvt - Menuett - excerpt) Capella Sancta Caecilia ARTA F10033, Tr 12 Forqueray: Le Leclair (2nd Divertissement - excerpt) Charivari Agreable Simfonie SIGNUM SIGCD 008, Tr 6 Rameau: Premier et Deuxieme airs des Matelots (Hippolyte et Aricie - excerpt) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (conductor) ERATO 3984-26129-2, Tr 27 Vivaldi: Aria: Dalle superne sfere lieto, Imeneo, discendi (Andromeda Liberata) Anna Bonitatibus (soprano) Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (director) ARCHIV 477 0982, CD 2 Tr 6 Mozart: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja (Die Zauberflote) Gerald Finley (Papageno) English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) ARCHIV 449 166-2, CD 1 Tr 4 Scarlatti: Vorrestim si, vorresti (Scritte con falso inganno) Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) Il Complesso Barocco Alan Curtis (conductor) VIRGIN VERITAS 545 546-2, Tr 17 Porpora: Or che d'orrido Verno (Sinfonia) Auser Musici Carlo Ipata (director) HYPERION CDA 67621 Trs 15-16 Vivaldi: Overture (Argippo) Baroque Ensemble Hof-Musici Ondrej Macek (director) Live recording at Cesky Krumlov Baroque Theatre, Oct 2008 A Scarlatti: L'amor generoso (Closing scene) Cappella Accademica Ondrej Macek (director) Live recording at Cesky Krumlov Baroque Theatre, June 2002.