The Best Baroque Album in the World ... Ever!

George Frederick Handel (Composer), Tomaso Albinoni (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Johann Pachelbel (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Christoph Willibald Gluck (Composer), Jean-Joseph Mouret (Composer), Henry Purcell (Composer), Arcangelo Corelli (Composer), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Composer), Claudio Monteverdi (Composer), Gregorio Allegri (Composer), Jeremiah Clarke (Composer), Luigi Boccherini (Composer), Georg Philipp Telemann (Composer), Jean-Philippe Rameau (Composer), Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel (Composer), Domenico Scarlatti (Composer), Neville Marriner (Conductor), Alberto Lysy (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Neville Marriner, Alberto Lysy
• Composer: George Frederick Handel, Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Pachelbel, Antonio Vivaldi, et al.
• Audio CD (April 4, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B000ERU8RE
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,966 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #3 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Te Deum
  • #6 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Psalms
  • #14 in Music > Classical > Chamber Music > Quintets

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Sir Neville Marriner

2. Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni) - Sir Neville Marriner

3. Toccata and Fugue, for organ in D minor, BWV 565 (BC J37): Toccata - Wayne Marshall

4. Canon and gigue, for 3 violins & continuo in D major, T. 337: Canon in D - Sir Neville Marriner

5. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ('La Primavera,' The Four Seasons; 'Il cimento' No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269: 1. - Yehudi Menuhin

6. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air on the G-string - Sir Neville Marriner

7. Water Music Suite No.2 for orchestra in D major, HWV 349: Alla Hornpipe - Sir Charles Mackerras

8. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Gloria - Sir Neville Marriner

9. Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Sir Neville Marriner

10. Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,' BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

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Disc: 2

1. Te Deum, motet for 8 voices, chorus & orchestra, H. 146: Prelude - Philip Ledger

2. Cantata No. 208, 'Was mir behagt,' (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3): Sheep May Safely Graze - Sir Neville Marriner

3. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ('L'inverno,' The Four Seasons; 'Il cimento' No. 4), Op. 8/4, RV 297: 2. - Yehudi Menuhin

4. Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ('Double'), BWV 1043: 2. Largo - Yehudi Menuhin

5. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206: Laudate pueri - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

6. Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51), motet for chorus: Extract - Stephen Cleobury

7. The Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary) for brass, winds & percussion (or keyboard or trumpet & organ) in D major - Maurice Andre

8. Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258 - Ambrosian Singers

9. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: 3. Allegro assai - George Malcolm

10. Minuet in A major, arrangement (after String Quintet in E major, Op.11/5 [aka Op. 13/5], G. 275) - Sir Neville Marriner

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Customer Reviews

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1.0 out of 5 stars DEFECTIVE, January 27, 2012

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L. SCEARCY (BRAINERD, MINNESOTA United States) - See all my reviews
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I have never written a review like this before. This may be a great CD - but it is difficult to know because the first CD (2 CD pack) will not load or play. The menu on the second CD comes up for the first CD so that one loads with the wrong information. This is my second attempt. Both the one I originally purchased (and returned) and the replacment both have this defect. DON'T BUY THIS!! I purchased 3 other CD's at the same time and they work fine so its not my player.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best baroque album in the world, December 14, 2011

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This compilation is wonderful! I have lots of individual baroque albums but this combines the best of the best. My daughter is getting married in May and we are already choosing music for the wedding from this album.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Music, January 24, 2009

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Christine "keildc" (Florissant, Macau) - See all my reviews
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I purchased this after someone told me that listening to baroque music makes you smarter and calms the mind. I've enjoyed it after a busy, stressful day. Even purchased a copy for a friend who was having a baby, you never know, he could be the next Bach.