Discover - Music of the Baroque Era - Naxos (USA) - NXS 8558160 - 636943816028

In popularity, Baroque music stands alone, written to glorify the finest courts of the western world. This release features over 2 hours of music on 2 CDs, with a detailed and well appointed booklet that includes a timeline of events in music, history, art, and literature.

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Handel, George Frideric : Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6 :: Movement 3

Conductor: Jozef Kopelman
Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1739

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 :: Movement 1

Performer: Lucy van Dael (Violin)
Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1720

Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K 120/L 215 :: Allegrissimo

Performer: Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord] (Harpsichord)
Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51 :: Aria. Jauchzet Gott in allen Land

Performer: Ingrid Kertesi (Soprano)
Conductor: Mátyás Antal
Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 09/17/1730

Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere

Conductor: Jeremy Summerly
Running Time: 10 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: 16th Century

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

Conductor: Eric Crees
Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance

Monteverdi, Claudio : Vespers of the Blessed Virgin

Ensemble: Scholars Baroque Ensemble
Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral
Written: circa 1610

Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon : Mein junges Leben hat ein End, variations for keyboard, SwWV 324

Performer: James Christie (Organ)
Running Time: 6 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Certon, Pierre : La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire

Conductor: Bertil Farnlof
Ensemble: Westra Aros Pijpare
Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance
Form: Vocal

Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) : Psalms of David, Op 2

Conductor: Jeremy Summerly
Ensemble: Oxford Camerata
Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Lawes, William : Royal Consort in D major for 2 Theorbos :: Ecco

Performers: Jacob Heringman (Theorbo); David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar] (Theorbo)
Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols
Running Time: 3 min. sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Scarlatti, Alessandro : Oh di Betlemme altera povertà, chamber cantata for soprano & strings ("Cantata pastorale per la nati

Performer: Maya Boog (Soprano)
Conductor: Helmut Müller-Brühl
Running Time: 4 min. sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Stradella, Alessandro : Sonata for trumpet, 8 viols & continuo in D major :: Movement 1

Performer: Jürgen Schuster (Trumpet)
Conductor: Helmut Müller-Brühl
Running Time: 1 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Buxtehude, Dietrich : Membra Jesu Nostri, cantata in 7 sections for SSATB voices, 2 violins, 5 violas da gamba, violone &

Conductor: Diego Fasolis
Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1680

Pachelbel, Johann : Work(s) :: Toccata in C major

Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam (Organ)
Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1679-1706

Lully, Jean-Baptiste : Benedictus, motet for double chorus & orchestra, LWV 64/2 :: Movement 1

Conductor: Hervé Niquet
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus
Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Choral

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle, air for soprano, H. 460c

Performers: Tracy Bessette (Soprano); Christina Stelmacovich (Alto)
Conductor: Kevin Mallon
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble
Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

Purcell, Henry : Hear my prayer, O Lord

Conductor: Jeremy Summerly
Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: circa 1681

Purcell, Henry : Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 :: When I am laid in earth (Dido's lament)

Performer: Kym Amps (Soprano)
Ensemble: Scholars Baroque Ensemble
Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1689

Corelli, Arcangelo : Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6 :: Pastorale

Conductor: Helmut Müller-Brühl
Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Orchestral

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 10 no 3/RV 428 "Il gardellino" :: Moveme

Performer: Béla Drahos (Flute)
Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Concerto
Written: 1729

Vivaldi, Antonio : Beatus vir, (Psalm 111), for 5 voices, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2 organs, double strings & continuo i

Conductor: Nicholas Ward
Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1742

Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 380/L 23

Performer: Balazs Szkolay (Piano)
Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1756-1757

Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 96/L 465

Performer: Balazs Szkolay (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1756-1757

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Prelude and Fugue, for organ in G major, BWV 550 (BC J21) :: Prelude

Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam (Organ)
Running Time: 8 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1710

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

Conductor: Helmut Müller-Brühl
Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Orchestral
Written: 03/24/1721

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869 :: Prelude

Performer: Jenö Jandó (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1722

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata") BWV 202 :: Aria. Sich

Performer: Friderike Wagner (Voice)
Conductor: Christian Brembeck
Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1730

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Conductor: Géza Oberfrank
Running Time: 6 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1736

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056 :: Movement 2

Performer: Harald Hoeren (Harpsichord)
Conductor: Helmut Müller-Brühl
Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Concerto
Written: 1738

Telemann, Georg Philipp : Overture-Suite for 4 Horns, 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso continuo in F major, TV 55 no F 11 "Alster Ou :: La Galante, suite for strings & continuo in D major, TWV 55

Conductor: Helmut Müller-Brühl
Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1768

François Couperin (1668 - 1733) : Les Sentimens, Sarabande, for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, I, 1ère ordre )

Performer: Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord] (Harpsichord)
Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Baroque

François Couperin (1668 - 1733) : La Manon, for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, I, 1ère ordre)

Performer: Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord] (Harpsichord)
Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1713

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Les Boréades :: Gavotte pour les Fleures et les Zéphirs

Conductor: Mary Terey-Smith
Ensemble: Capella Savaria
Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: by 1763

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Pièces de clavecin :: Musette en rondeau

Performer: Gilbert Rowland (Harpsichord)
Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1724

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Pièces de clavecin :: Tambourin

Performer: Gilbert Rowland (Harpsichord)
Running Time: 1 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1724

Handel, George Frideric : Rinaldo :: Lascia ch'io pianga

Performer: Ingrid Kertesi (Soprano)
Conductor: László Kovács
Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1711

Handel, George Frideric : As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel) :: O ruddier than the cherry

Performer: David Asch
Ensemble: Scholars Baroque Ensemble
Notes: Composition written: 1718.
Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1718

Handel, George Frideric : Suite no 7 (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells") :: Passacaille

Performer: Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord] (Harpsichord)
Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: circa 1705-1707

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Chorus. For unto us a child is born

Ensemble: Scholars Baroque Ensemble
Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op.6/10, HWV 328 :: Movement 6

Conductor: Jozef Kopelman
Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1739

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