Pachelbel's Canon and Other Baroque Favorites

Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Johann Pachelbel (Composer), Henry Purcell (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Giovanni Gabrieli (Composer), Gregorio Allegri (Composer), Claudio Monteverdi (Composer), Andrew Parrott (Conductor), Taverner Consort Choir & Players (Performer), Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Taverner Consort Choir & Players, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Composer: Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Pachelbel, Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, et al.
• Audio CD (January 11, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B0006SSOPO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,638 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #17 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Canons
  • #19 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Psalms
  • #24 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Strings > Harp

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: I. Glor

2. Canon and gigue, for 3 violins & continuo in D major, T. 337: Canon

3. Canon and gigue, for 3 violins & continuo in D major, T. 337: Gigue

4. Fantasia upon a ground, for 3 violins (or recorders) & continuo in D major /F major, Z. 731

5. Abdelazer, or, the Moor's Revenge, incidental music, Z. 570: Rondeau

6. Laetatus Sum (Psalm 121), for chorus, strings & continuo in F major, RV 607

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

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

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

10. Flute Concerto, for flute, strings & continuo in G minor ('La Notte'), Op. 10/2, RV 439: I. Largo

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Disc: 2

1. Dixit Dominus, hymn for soloists, chorus & orchestra in G minor, HWV 232

2. Sacrae Symphoniae: No. 6: Sonata pian e forte for 8 parts

3. Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51), motet for chorus

4. Beatus Vir (I), motet for 6 voices, 2 violins, 3 violas/trombones and continuo (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 268

5. Harp Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/6, HWV 294: I. Andante allegro

6. Harp Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/6, HWV 294: II. Larghetto

7. Harp Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/6, HWV 294: III. Allegro moderato

8. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ('L'estate,' The Four Seasons; 'Il cimento' No. 2), Op. 8/2, RV 315: I. Al

9. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ('L'estate,' The Four Seasons; 'Il cimento' No. 2), Op. 8/2, RV 315: II. A

10. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ('L'estate,' The Four Seasons; 'Il cimento' No. 2), Op. 8/2, RV 315: III.

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