Baroque Masterpieces

Tomaso Albinoni (Composer), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Jeremiah Clarke (Composer), Arcangelo Corelli (Composer), Christoph Willibald Gluck (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Jean-Joseph Mouret (Composer), Johann Pachelbel (Composer), Christian Pezold (Composer), Henry Purcell (Composer), Charles Groves (Conductor), Eugene Ormandy (Conductor), Jean-Claude Malgoire (Conductor), Jose-Luis Garcia (Conductor), Pierre Boulez (Conductor), Raymond Leppard (Conductor), Richard Kapp (Conductor), La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy (Performer), Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy, Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York
• Conductor: Charles Groves, Eugene Ormandy, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Jose-Luis Garcia, Pierre Boulez, et al.
• Composer: Tomaso Albinoni, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jeremiah Clarke, Arcangelo Corelli, et al.
• Audio CD (January 29, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00005YQL6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #58,923 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Baroque Collection, July 22, 2003

By	Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

As I have stated in many of my previous reviews, I am a huge fan of the Sony Essential Classics (SEC) budget series. Most of the recordings feature classic and often definitive performances featuring the likes of George Szell, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Casadesus, Isaac Stern and Rudolf Serkin among others. Here we get a variety of orchestras and conductors including big names like Jean-Claude Malgoire, Raymond Leppard, Pierre Boulez, Sir Charles Groves and the great Eugene Ormandy. This disc features excellent performances of what is arguably the most popular Baroque music ever written. I am not usually one to give five-star ratings to greatest-hits style collections (particularly in classical), but the half-dozen performances by Ormandy make this disc a great purchase for both novices and serious collectors.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great short Baroque piece collection, February 4, 2005

By	Neal J. Pollock (VA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This CD has 17 pieces on 22 tracks including 7 by Handel, 2 each by Bach & Corelli, and 1 each by Pachelbel, Mouret, Albinoni, Gluck, Clarke, & Purcell. They are frequently the best known piece by the composer--and easily recognizable: Pachelbel's Canon, Mouret's Rondeau (theme from PBS' Masterpiece Theater), Albinoni's Adagio, etc. If you like high quality short pieces/excerpts, this CD is for you. My only qualification is: no Telemann, but it's just too good for a 4-star rating.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent recordings of some great music, October 28, 2008

By	Wolfpack (Borehamwood, England) - See all my reviews

This is a quality CD, both in the pieces selected and in the quality of the recordings. I am playing it over and over again, because I like it so much! However, if you are looking for authenticity, do be aware that these versions don't necessarily use the instruments you might expect. This can actually be an advantage if, like me, you've listened to some of these pieces before, and are pleased to hear a new interpretation. For example, there is no harpsichord or piano playing the Musette for keyboard in D major, and there are no vocals to "Bist du bei mir". I actually wanted a version without the vocals, so this was in fact a plus point for me. Personally, I think this CD is a good buy.