Eternal Baroque

Carla Huhtanen, Nigel North | Format: MP3 Download

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• Performers: Bach, Johann Sebastian, Katherine Hill, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Andrew Carwood, John Georgiadis, Dorothee Mields, Jeremy Summerly, Oxford Camerata, Anthony Camden, Herve Niquet, Antonio Vivaldi, Nigel North, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Giles Tomkins, Morten Schuldt-Jensen, Mark Wilde, Wolfgang Helbich, Arcangelo Corelli, Heinrich Schutz, Henry Purcell, European Union Baroque Orchestra, Georg Philipp Telemann, Matthew White, Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon, Wolfgang Rubsam, Concerto Polacco, Domenico Scarlatti, Le Concert Spirituel, Michael McCarthy, John Dowland, Johann Pachelbel, Colin Ainsworth, Marion Newman, London Virtuosi, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Nicholas Ward, Northern Chamber Orchestra, Laurence Cummings, Alsfelder Vocal Ensemble, Roy Goodman, Paul Grindlay, Glen Wilson, Handel, John Dryden, Dieterich Buxtehude, Francois Fernandez, Elizabeth Farr, Leif Meyer, Immortal Bach Ensemble, Lars Baunkilde, Michael Ducker, Carla Huhtanen, Jason Nedecky, Lynne McMurtry, Mass Text, Bible - Old Testament
• Composers: Bach, Johann Sebastian, Bible - Old Testament, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Mass Text, Dieterich Buxtehude, John Dryden, Handel, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Johann Pachelbel, John Dowland, Domenico Scarlatti, Georg Philipp Telemann, Henry Purcell, Heinrich Schutz, Arcangelo Corelli, Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Philippe Rameau
• Conductors: Morten Schuldt-Jensen, Jeremy Summerly, Herve Niquet, Kevin Mallon, John Georgiadis, Nicholas Ward, Roy Goodman, Wolfgang Helbich
• Original Release Date: April 28, 2009
• Label: Naxos
• Copyright: (C) 2009 Naxos
• Total Length: 55:45
• Genres: Classical/Historical Periods/Baroque (c.1600-1750)
• ASIN: B0027Z1IC0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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88 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Intro to the Baroque Era, June 7, 2009

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Christopher Holm (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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Don't let the album artwork fool you: this is not a keyboard album. Naxos took good care choosing a variety of pieces to span over 100 years and several countries. They give us a showcase of the range of what we call Baroque music. It's all in here: sacred & secular vocal, melisma, concertos, harpsichord, pipe organ, solo work, and of course orchestral. The renderings are all equally excellent, and would entice people to purchase the albums that interest them.

There are a couple of quibbles: the engineer didn't put any dead space after the Lully track, so it crashes into the next piece. The recording levels weren't leveled out post compilation, so the lute galliard is louder than the full choral piece that precedes it. There's also a curiously unexplained harpsichord transcription of a Bach lute piece. But the price is right, the quality excellent, and the breadth of selection far reaching, so I give it 5 stars.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection, August 29, 2009

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Anniepoo "just myself" (Indiana) - See all my reviews

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Not only is this a wide-ranging collection of beautiful music, familiar composers are represented by something other than the-stuff-everybody-knows. I love Pachebel's Canon in D Major, but the Pachebel on here is quite different. I found some composers I didn't yet know I liked. What I've most appreciated about this Naxos and the others I have downloaded is the the overall volume is more comparable to pop music, so I can enjoy freely mixing different genres without having to constantly adjust the volume. That's a GREAT plus for Naxos, IMO. Guitar Heroes (similar cover) is great, too - classical pieces arranged for guitar, plus.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful introduction to Baroque music, January 4, 2010

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Kevin Maze (Montgomery, AL United States) - See all my reviews
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There are several reasons to get this album:

1) The price: You can't beat FREE!

2) The composers: It's a great introduction to the names of the period who have given us this wonderful music: Vivaldi, Albinoni, Pachelbel, and Bach just to name a few.

3) The music: Ah, the music! Sublime instrumentals like "Overture (Suite) in E flat major"; "Dowland's First Galliard"; Albinoni's "Concerto for 2 Oboes in F major"; "Toccata in E Minor". But also stirring choral and vocal pieces such as Schutz's "Psalms of David"; "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day"; "Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei."

This album is a snapshot of the sweet music from a long ago time. Did I mention it was free?