The Best of Baroque

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Album Summary

Performers

• Ralph Kirshbaum (Cello)
• Mark Bennett (Trumpet)
• Paul Goodwin (Oboe)
• Rachel Beckett (Flute)
• Monica Huggett (Violin)
• Lorenzo Cavasanti (Recorder)
• Véronique Gens (Soprano)

Conductors

• Biondi, Fabio
• Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
• Briger, Alex
• Christie, William
• Cleobury, Stephen
• Ledger, Philip, Sir
• Norrington, Roger
• Parrott, Andrew
• Rees, Jonathan
• Reyne, Hugo

Ensembles

• Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• English Chamber Orchestra
• Europa Galante
• Il Seminario Musicale
• King's College Choir, Cambridge
• La Simphonie du Marais
• Les Arts Florissants
• London Classical Players
• Scottish Ensemble
• Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
• Taverner Consort

Composers

• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687)
• Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Giovanni Pergolesi (1710 - 1736)

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Works Details

Pachelbel, Johann : Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
• Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1700

Purcell, Henry : Abdelazer, Z 570 "Moor's Revenge" :: Rondo

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
• Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Handel, George Frideric : Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 437 :: Sarabande

• Conductor: Alex Briger
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1705

Handel, George Frideric : Coronation Anthem

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Running Time: 5 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1727

Handel, George Frideric : Solomon :: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1748

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Allelujah

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : The Water Music :: Bourrée

• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Ensemble: London Classical Players
• Notes: Composition written: 1717.
• Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1717

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Prelude to the Te Deum

• Conductor: William Christie
• Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Lully, Jean-Baptiste : Première Marche des Mousquetaires, for orchesetra, LWV 10

• Conductor: Hugo Reyne
• Ensemble: La Simphonie du Marais
• Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: March
• Written: 1658

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) :: Jesu bleibet meine Freunde

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 :: Aria

• Conductor: Philip Ledger
• Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007 :: Prelude

• Performer: Ralph Kirshbaum (Cello)
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047

• Performers: Mark Bennett (Trumpet); Paul Goodwin (Oboe); Rachel Beckett (Flute); Monica Huggett (Violin)
• Running Time: 11 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte" :: Largo (Il s

• Performer: Lorenzo Cavasanti (Recorder)
• Conductor: Fabio Biondi
• Ensemble: Europa Galante
• Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1729

Vivaldi, Antonio : "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1715

Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere :: [Excerpt]

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Running Time: 5 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 16th Century

Pergolesi, Giovanni : Stabat Mater :: Stabat Mater dolorosa

• Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
• Conductor: Fabio Biondi
• Ensemble: Il Seminario Musicale
• Running Time: 4 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1736-1736

Albinoni, Tomaso : Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor

• Conductor: Jonathan Rees
• Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble
• Running Time: 7 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1945