50 Best Baroque

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Performers

• Sonia Maurer (Mandolin)
• Jean-Jacques Kantorow (Violin)
• Orchestre d'Auvergne (Accordion)
• Chiara Banchini (Violin)
• Michel Sanvoisin (Recorder)
• Maggie Cole (Harpsichord)
• Montserrat Figueras (Soprano)
• Nicholas Danby (Organ)
• Balazs Mate (Cello)
• Bob Asperen (Harpsichord)
• Marcello Bussi (Harpsichord)
• Carsten Lohff (Harpsichord)
• Bernhard Klapprott (Harpsichord)
• Werner Jacob (Organ)
• David Munrow (Recorder)
• Han de Vries (Oboe)
• Monica Huggett (Violin)
• Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Accordion)
• Marion Scott (Recorder)
• Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet)
• Rachel Beckett (Recorder)
• Gérard Lesne (Countertenor)
• Ralph Kirshbaum (Cello)
• Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Michel Debost (Flute)
• Christopher Robson (Countertenor)
• Lionel Rogg (Harpsichord)
• James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Paul Nicholson (Harpsichord)
• Nigel North (Lute)
• Paul Nicholson (Organ)
• Nancy Argenta (Soprano)
• Richard Boothby
• Ray Still (Oboe)
• Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
• Véronique Gens (Soprano)
• Giovanni Scaramuzzino (Mandolin)

Conductors

• Asperen, Bob van
• Auriacombe, Louis
• Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
• Christophers, Harry
• Cleobury, Stephen
• Corboz, Michel
• Hadden, Nancy
• Haim, Emmanuelle
• Hickox, Richard
• Huggett, Monica
• Kuijken, Sigiswald
• Ledger, Philip, Sir
• Leonhardt, Gustav
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Nelson, John
• Norrington, Roger
• Parrott, Andrew
• Rovatkay, Lajos
• Savall, Jordi
• Stamp, Richard

Ensembles

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• Capella Agostino Steffani
• Circa 1500
• Europa Galante
• Fretwork
• Il Seminario Musicale
• Melante Amsterdam
• Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble
• Sonnerie
• Taverner Players

Composers

• Giovanni Pergolesi (1710 - 1736)
• Antonio Soler (1729 - 1783)
• Anonymous
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• John Dowland (1563 - 1626)
• William Byrd (Composer) (1543 - 1623)
• Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
• Antonio Lotti (Composer) (1667 - 1740)
• Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611)
• Alonso de Mudarra (circa 1510 - 1580)
• Dietrich Buxtehude (circa 1637 - 1707)
• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757)
• Giuseppe Tartini (1692 - 1770)
• Antonio Martín y Coll
• J. Domingos Bomtempo (1775 - 1842)
• Georg Matthias Monn (1717 - 1750)
• Jeremiah Clarke (circa 1674 - 1707)
• Thomas Tallis (Composer) (circa 1505 - 1585)
• Benedetto Marcello (1686 - 1739)

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Works Details

Handel, George Frideric : Coronation Anthem

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 5 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1727

Clarke, Jeremiah : Prince of Denmark's March

• Performer: Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Notes: Composition written: 1697.
• Running Time: 1 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: March
• Written: 1697

Dowland, John : Lachrimae or Seaven Teares

• Ensemble: Fretwork
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1604

Purcell, Henry : Abdelazar, or The Moor's Revenge :: Rondeau

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Tallis, Thomas : Spem in alium

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Running Time: 10 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1567

Byrd, William : With lilies white, consort song for voice & 4 viols

• Performer: Gérard Lesne (Countertenor)
• Ensemble: Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble
• Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1608

Purcell, Henry : Dido & Aeneas :: Overture

• Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Dido & Aeneas :: Act 3. Your counsel all... / Great minds... / Thy hand, Belinda... / When I am laid i

• Performer: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
• Running Time: 7 min. sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1689

Purcell, Henry : Bid the virtues

• Performers: Christopher Robson (Countertenor); James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt
• Running Time: 8 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1694

Purcell, Henry : O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z 406

• Performers: Paul Nicholson (Harpsichord); Nigel North (Lute); Paul Nicholson (Organ); Nancy Argenta (Soprano); Richard Boothby
• Running Time: 6 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1687

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

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1748

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: Hallelujah

• Performer: James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: He was despised

• Performer: James Bowman (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 11 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : Water Music :: Suite in D

• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Notes: Composition written: 1717.
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1717

Vivaldi, Antonio : Gloria, RV589 :: Opening chorus

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1715

Marcello, Benedetto : Concerto for Oboe in C minor :: 2. Adagio

• Performer: Ray Still (Oboe)
• Conductor: Richard Stamp
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1717

Boccherini, Luigi : Guitar Quintet in E :: 3. Menuetto

• Ensemble: Europa Galante
• Notes: Composition written: 1799.
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1799

Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K 9/L 413

• Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738-1739

Pergolesi, Giovanni : Stabat Mater :: Opening

• Performers: Véronique Gens (Soprano); Gérard Lesne (Countertenor)
• Ensemble: Il Seminario Musicale
• Running Time: 4 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1736-1736

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for two mandolins in G, RV532 :: 1. Allegro

• Performers: Giovanni Scaramuzzino (Mandolin); Sonia Maurer (Mandolin)
• Conductor: Fabio Biondi
• Ensemble: Europa Galante
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1742

Lotti, Antonio [Composer] : Crucifixus

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1717-1719

Tartini, Giuseppe : Sonata in G minor "Devil's Trill" :: 3. Allegro

• Performers: Jean-Jacques Kantorow (Violin); Orchestre d'Auvergne (Accordion)
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: ?1740

Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni) :: no 1. Spring (La primavera)

• Performer: Chiara Banchini (Violin)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 10 min. sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Vivaldi, Antonio : Recorder Concerto in C, RV444 :: 1. Allegro

• Performer: Michel Sanvoisin (Recorder)
• Conductor: Louis Auriacombe
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1742

Soler, Antonio : Fandango for keyboard in A major, MV1a

• Performer: Maggie Cole (Harpsichord)
• Running Time: 10 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : O vos omnes

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Antonio Martín y Coll : Diferencias sobre las Folias (from Ramillete oloroso)

• Conductor: Jordi Savall
• Running Time: 6 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Anonymous : Ay luna que reluces, villancico

• Performer: Montserrat Figueras (Soprano)
• Conductor: Jordi Savall
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.

Mudarra, Alonso de : Pavan and galliard d'Alexandra, for vihuela

• Conductor: Nancy Hadden
• Ensemble: Circa 1500
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1546

Bomtempo, J. Domingos : Messe de requiem consacrée à Luis ce Camoes :: Sanctus

• Conductor: Michel Corboz
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1819

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

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1700

Buxtehude, Dietrich : Canzonetta for organ in A minor, BuxWV 225

• Performer: Nicholas Danby (Organ)
• Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Monn, Georg Matthias : Concerto for Cello in G minor :: 3. Allegro non tanto

• Performer: Balazs Mate (Cello)
• Conductor: Lajos Rovatkay
• Ensemble: Capella Agostino Steffani
• Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Herz und Mund unt Tat und Leben, Cantata, BWV 147 :: Jesus bleibet meine Freude

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite no 3 in D, BWV 1068 :: Air

• Conductor: Philip Ledger
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for four harpsichords, BWV 1065 :: 1. Allegro

• Performers: Bob Asperen (Harpsichord); Marcello Bussi (Harpsichord); Carsten Lohff (Harpsichord); Bernhard Klapprott (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Bob Asperen
• Ensemble: Melante Amsterdam
• Notes: Composition written: 1730.
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1730

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565

• Performer: Werner Jacob (Organ)
• Running Time: 9 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1708

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, Cantata, BWV 51 :: Aria

• Performers: Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet); Nancy Argenta (Soprano)
• Conductor: Monica Huggett
• Ensemble: Sonnerie
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 09/17/1730

Telemann, Georg Philipp : Work(s) :: Suite in A minor

• Performer: David Munrow (Recorder)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1700-1768

Telemann, Georg Philipp : Work(s) :: Oboe Concerto in F minor

• Performer: Han de Vries (Oboe)
• Conductor: Bob Asperen
• Ensemble: Melante Amsterdam
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1700-1768

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, Cantata, BWV 29 :: Sinfonia

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 08/27/1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 :: Aria

• Performer: Maggie Cole (Harpsichord)
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1741

Bach, Johann Sebastian : St John Passion, BWV 245 :: Es ist vollbracht

• Conductor: John Nelson
• Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 04/07/1724

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G, BWV 1049 :: 3. Presto

• Performers: Monica Huggett (Violin); Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Accordion); Marion Scott (Recorder); Rachel Beckett (Recorder)
• Conductor: Monica Huggett
• Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello no 1 in G, BWV 1007 :: 1. Prelude

• Performer: Ralph Kirshbaum (Cello)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Magnificat in D, BWV 243 :: Magnificat anima mea

• Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 06/1733

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056

• Performer: Bob Asperen (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Bob Asperen
• Ensemble: Melante Amsterdam
• Running Time: 9 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1738

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Sonata for Flute in E flat, BWV 1031 :: 2. Siciliano

• Performers: Michel Debost (Flute); Lionel Rogg (Harpsichord)
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1730-1734

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 4 in D, BWV 1069 :: 5. La Réjouissance

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1725