Baroque Treasures

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Album Summary

Performers

• David Daniels (Countertenor)
• Chiara Bianchini (Violin)
• Janet See (Flute)
• Christopher Krueger (Flute)
• John Holloway (Violin)
• Paul Goodwin (Oboe)
• David Staff (Trumpet)
• Marion Verbruggen (Recorder)
• Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
• Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Jean-Patrice Brosse (Organ)
• Mark Padmore
• Pascal Monteilhet (Theorbo)
• Isabelle Desrochers (Soprano)
• Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
• Jean-Pierre Leroy (Trumpet)
• Bernard Soustrot (Trumpet)
• Guy Touvron (Trumpet)
• Thierry Caens (Trumpet)
• Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Arleen Augér (Soprano)
• Bernard Deletré (Bass)
• Jérôme Hantaï (Piano)
• Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord)
• Gérard Lesne (Countertenor)
• Josep-Miquel Monzó

Conductors

• Christie, William
• Cohën-Akenine, Patrick
• Haïm, Emmanuelle
• Hickox, Richard
• Malgoire, Jean-Claude
• Mandrin, Emmanuel
• Niquet, Hervé
• Norrington, Roger
• Parrott, Andrew
• Reyne, Hugo
• Wallez, Jean-Pierre

Ensembles

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• Concerto Köln
• Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
• Les Folies Françoises
• Taverner Consort
• Taverner Players
• Trio Sonnerie

Composers

• André Campra (1660 - 1744)
• Du Buisson (1655 - 1710)
• Michel-Richard Delalande (1657 - 1726)
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Giovanni Gabrieli (circa 1555 - 1612)
• François Francoeur (1698 - 1787)
• François Couperin (1668 - 1733)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)
• Marin Marais (1656 - 1728)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)
• Antoine Dauvergne
• Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 - 1749)
• Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• André Danican Philidor (1652 - 1730)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704)

Notes & Reviews:

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical repertoire at a very attractive price. The first batch of this series is composed of 5 releases, including a selection of Mozart's most popular works such as Don Giovanni and The "Jupiter" Symphony; Piano classics including the "Moonlight" Sonata and Clair de Lune; Russian favorites such as Scheherazade and The Rite of Spring, Baroque masterpieces like The Four Seasons and Pachelbel's Canon in D; and celebrated Sacred Works such as Vespers and Verdi's Requiem. All of these timeless masterpieces are performed by world-class performers including Natalie Dessay, Yehudi Menuhin, Mikhail Pletnev, Riccardo Muti, and André Previn. The Treasures series provides a wide overview of the "must haves" in each of these popular genres.

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical repertoire at a very attractive price. The first batch of this series is composed of 5 releases, including a selection of Mozart's most popular works such as Don Giovanni and The "Jupiter" Symphony; Piano classics including the "Moonlight" Sonata and Clair de Lune; Russian favorites such as Scheherazade and The Rite of Spring, Baroque masterpieces like The Four Seasons and Pachelbel's Canon in D; and celebrated Sacred Works such as Vespers and Verdi's Requiem. All of these timeless masterpieces are performed by world-class performers including Natalie Dessay, Yehudi Menuhin, Mikhail Pletnev, Riccardo Muti, and André Previn. The Treasures series provides a wide overview of the "must haves" in each of these popular genres.

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Works Details

Monteverdi, Claudio : Orfeo :: Toccata

• Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1607

Handel, George Frideric : Serse :: Frondi tenere...Ombra mai fú

• Performer: David Daniels (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738

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

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

Vivaldi, Antonio : Gloria, RV 589 :: Gloria in excelsis Deo

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1715

Purcell, Henry : Fantasia upon a Ground in D major, Z 731

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1680

Purcell, Henry : Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge :: 2. Rondeau

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

Vivaldi, Antonio : Laetatus sum, RV 607

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1742

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"

• Performer: Chiara Bianchini (Violin)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 9 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

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

• Performer: Janet See (Flute)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 7 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1729

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

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 08/27/1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147 :: Choral "Jesu bleibet meine Freude" (Jesu, joy of

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• 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 :: Air

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 :: Menuet

• Performer: Christopher Krueger (Flute)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Running Time: 1 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738-1739

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 :: Badinerie

• Performer: Christopher Krueger (Flute)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738-1739

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047 :: 1. (Allegro)

• Performers: John Holloway (Violin); Paul Goodwin (Oboe); David Staff (Trumpet); Marion Verbruggen (Recorder)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 4 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

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

• Performers: David Staff (Trumpet); Marion Verbruggen (Recorder); John Holloway (Violin); Paul Goodwin (Oboe)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047 :: 3. Allegro assai

• Performers: Marion Verbruggen (Recorder); John Holloway (Violin); Paul Goodwin (Oboe); David Staff (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Handel, George Frideric : Solomon, HWV 67 :: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

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

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah, HWV 56 :: Overture (Grave - Allegro moderato)

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah, HWV 56 :: Hallelujah (chorus)

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"

• Performer: Chiara Bianchini (Violin)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 10 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Handel, George Frideric : Dixit Dominus :: Domino meo

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Notes: Composition written: 1707.
• Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1707

Gabrieli, Giovanni : Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1 :: no 6

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Handel, George Frideric : Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294

• Performer: Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Notes: Composition written: 1736.
• Running Time: 13 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1736

Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 13 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 16th Century

Purcell, Henry : Music on the Death of Queen Mary (Funeral Sentences / The Queen's Epicedium)

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Monteverdi, Claudio : L' Incoronazione di Poppea :: Pur ti miro

• Performers: Arleen Augér (Soprano); Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1642

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 :: Gavottes 1 & 2

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

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

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Running Time: 1 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

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

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Handel, George Frideric : Water Music Suite no 2 in D major :: Overture - Hornpipe

• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Notes: Composition written: 1717.
• Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1717

André Danican Philidor (1652 - 1730) : Marche de triomphe avec des trompettos et des timbales, for orchestra

• Conductor: Hugo Reyne
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

André Danican Philidor (1652 - 1730) : La Marche des Mousquetaires

• Conductor: Hugo Reyne
• Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: March

François Francoeur (1698 - 1787) : Symphonies pour le Festin Royal du Comte d'Artois :: Symphonies pour le Festin Royal du Comte d'Artois, Suite in G minor

• Conductor: Hugo Reyne
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Dauvergne, Antoine : Quatrième Concert de simphonies in A major, Op. 4 no 2 :: Chaconne

• Ensemble: Concerto Köln
• Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Prelude to the Te Deum

• Conductor: William Christie
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

François Couperin (1668 - 1733) : Messe propre pour les couvents de religieux et religieuses :: Offertoire sur les grands jeux

• Performer: Jean-Patrice Brosse (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1690

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Regina coeli, motet for 2 high sopranos & instruments in B flat major, H. 32

• Conductor: Emmanuel Mandrin
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: ?1691

Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676 - 1749) : Panis angelicus, motet for alto, tenor, bass & continuo, C. 131

• Performers: Josep-Miquel Monzó; Gérard Lesne (Countertenor); Mark Padmore
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral

André Campra (1660 - 1744) : Requiem :: Introit

• Conductor: Jean-Claude Malgoire
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1722

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : In convertendo, motet :: Tune repletium est gaudio nostrum

• Conductor: Hervé Niquet
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: by 1720

Robert de Visée (circa 1655 - circa 1732) : La Plainte, Tombeau des Mesdemoiselles de Visée, for theorbo

• Performer: Pascal Monteilhet (Theorbo)
• Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Buisson, Du : Plainte sur la mort de Monsieur Lambert

• Performer: Gérard Lesne (Countertenor)
• Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Troisième Concert :: 3. Tambourins 1 et 2

• Ensemble: Trio Sonnerie
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1741

Marais, Marin : Suite in G minor :: Plainte (lentement)

• Performers: Jérôme Hantaï (Piano); Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord)
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

André Danican Philidor (1652 - 1730) : Le Canal de Versailles :: Ouverture

• Conductor: Hugo Reyne
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1687

Lully, Jean-Baptiste : Isis :: Air des trembleurs. L'hiver qui nous tourmente s'obstine à nous geler

• Performers: Bernard Deletré (Bass); Isabelle Desrochers (Soprano)
• Conductor: Hugo Reyne
• Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Les Indes Galantes :: Air de Zima

• Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
• Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine
• Ensemble: Les Folies Françoises
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1735

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Les Indes Galantes :: Chaconne

• Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine
• Ensemble: Les Folies Françoises
• Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1735

Delalande, Michel-Richard : Symphonies pour les soupers du Roi :: Caprice de Villers-Cotterêts

• Performers: Jean-Pierre Leroy (Trumpet); Bernard Soustrot (Trumpet); Guy Touvron (Trumpet); Thierry Caens (Trumpet); Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Jean-Pierre Wallez
• Ensemble: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
• Running Time: 16 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral