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Baroque Gold - 50 Great Tracks

Peter Hurford (organ), Christopher Hirons (violin), Nigel North (guitar), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord), Simon Preston (organ), Tom Finucane (lute), Renée Fleming (soprano), Lynn Harrell (cello), Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano), John Holloway (violin), Nigel North (archlute),...

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Contents

Clarke, Jeremiah: Trumpet Voluntary (Arr. for Brass Ensemble)

Work length2:57
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  • Peter Hurford (organ)
  • The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble
  • Recorded: 1990-11-15
  • Recording Venue: Dom, Ratzeburg

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Spring, RV269

Work length9:48
$3.30
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  • Christopher Hirons (violin), Nigel North (guitar)
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Recorded: 1982-12
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Allegro

Track length3:25
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2. Largo

Track length2:26
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3. Allegro (Danza pastorale)

Track length3:57
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Handel: Rinaldo / Act 2

Work length4:49
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  • Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Recorded: 1999-11-27
  • Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Lascia ch'io pianga

Track length4:49
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Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869

Work length4:11
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  • Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord)
  • Recorded: 1983-01-12
  • Recording Venue: Musée, Salle Italienne, Chartres

1. Prelude And Fugue In C , BWV 846

Track length4:11
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Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351

Work length20:46
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  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Recorded: 1980-05
  • Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London

1. Ouverture

Track length9:25
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2. Bourrée

Track length2:19
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3. La paix

Track length3:21
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4. La réjouissance

Track length2:15
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5. Menuet I-II

Track length3:26
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Bach, J S: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565

Work length8:25
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  • Simon Preston (organ)
  • Recorded: 1988-09-07
  • Recording Venue: Kreuzbergkirche, Bonn

I. Toccata

Track length2:28
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II. Fugue

Track length5:57
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Excerpt, Vivaldi: Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93

Work length5:02
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  • Tom Finucane (lute)
  • New London Consort
  • Philip Pickett
  • Recorded: 1989-12
  • Recording Venue: Temple Church, London

2. Largo

Track length5:02
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Handel: Samson HWV 57 / Act 3

Work length5:37
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  • Renée Fleming (soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Harry Bicket
  • Recorded: 2003-11-24
  • Recording Venue: The Colosseum, Watford

Let the bright seraphim

Track length5:37
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice - Vienna Version (1762), Wq. 30; WOTG / LiebG I.A.30 / Act II / Scene 2

Work length2:12
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  • Insula Orchestra
  • Laurence Equilbey
  • Recorded: 2015-04-07
  • Recording Venue: Théâtre de Poissy

Ballo. Andante (Danza degli spiriti beati)

Track length2:12
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV1007

Work length2:18
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  • Lynn Harrell (cello)
  • Recorded: 1982-10-03
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Prélude

Track length2:18
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3

Work length3:45
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  • Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano)
  • Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
  • Tobias Ringborg
  • Recorded: 2015-06-09
  • Recording Venue: Musikhuset, Aarhus

When I Am Laid In Earth

Track length3:45
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Monteverdi: Toccata (L'Orfeo)

Work length1:38
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  • English Baroque Soloists
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 1985-12-09
  • Recording Venue: EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London

Toccata

Track length1:38
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 4

Work length6:13
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  • English Baroque Soloists
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 1981-06-26
  • Recording Venue: Stadthalle, Göttingen

Symphony

Track length6:13
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Summer, RV315

Work length10:10
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  • John Holloway (violin), Nigel North (archlute)
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Recorded: 1982-12
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Allegro non molto - Allegro

Track length5:25
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2. Adagio - Presto - Adagio

Track length2:01
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3. Presto (Tempo impetuoso d'estate)

Track length2:44
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Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue

Work length5:13
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  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Recorded: 1980-12-04
  • Recording Venue: St. George The Martyr, London

Giazotto: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor

Work length6:59
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  • Maria Teresa Garatti (organ)
  • I Musici
  • Recorded: 1960
  • Recording Venue: Italy

Excerpt, Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV589

Work length2:24
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  • Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music
  • Simon Preston
  • Recorded: 1978-07-07
  • Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London

1. Gloria in excelsis

Track length2:24
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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV1047

Work length11:21
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  • New London Consort
  • Philip Pickett
  • Recorded: 1993-01
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

1. (Allegro)

Track length5:12
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2. Andante

Track length3:15
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3. Allegro assai

Track length2:54
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Tartini: Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill'

Work length5:28
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  • Christian Curnyn (harpsichord), Nicola Benedetti (violin), Christian Curnyn (director & harpsichord), Catherine Rimer (cello continuo), Thomas Dunford (theorbo)
  • Recorded: 2010-09-29
  • Recording Venue: Air Studios, London

3. Andante - Allegro

Track length5:28
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Vivaldi: Dorilla in Tempe, RV 709 / Act I

Work length2:03
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  • Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
  • Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Il Giardino Armonico
  • Giovanni Antonini
  • Recorded: 1999-07-27
  • Recording Venue: Stephaniensaal, Graz

Dell'aura al sussurrar

Track length2:03
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Petzold, C: Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 - Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115

Work length1:48
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  • Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
  • Recorded: 1988-09-13
  • Recording Venue: Haarlem

Corelli: 4. Allegro - Pastorale (Largo) [Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 "fatto per la notte di Natale"]

Work length5:28
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  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Recorded: 1982-07
  • Recording Venue: St. Barnabas, North Finchley

Marais, M: Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris

Work length8:08
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  • Christophe Coin (bass viol), Monica Huggett (violin)
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Recorded: 1982-06
  • Recording Venue: St. George The Martyr, London

Handel: Solomon, HWV 67 / Act III

Work length3:10
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  • The English Concert
  • Trevor Pinnock
  • Recorded: 1984-03-21
  • Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Sinfonia "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"

Track length3:10
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Autumn, RV293

Work length10:29
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  • Alison Bury (violin), Nigel North (guitar)
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Recorded: 1982-12
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Allegro (Ballo, e canto de' villanelli)

Track length5:01
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2. Adagio molto (Ubriachi dormienti)

Track length2:18
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3. Allegro (La caccia)

Track length3:10
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052

Work length7:27
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  • Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Recorded: 1995-02
  • Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

1. Allegro

Track length7:27
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Excerpt, Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

Work length4:27
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  • Emma Kirkby (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor)
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Recorded: 1988-08
  • Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London

1. Stabat Mater

Track length4:27
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068

Work length4:24
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  • Christopher Hogwood (director)
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Recorded: 1985-03
  • Recording Venue: St. Barnabas, North Finchley

2. Air

Track length4:24
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Bach, J S: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042

Work length7:22
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  • Janine Jansen (violin), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Cindy Albracht (violin), Frederik Paulsson (violin), Julia-Maria Kretz (violin), Tijmen Huisingh (violin), Monika Urbonaite (violin), Nimrod Guez (viola), Pauline Sachse (viola), Maarten Jansen (cello), Rick Stotijn (double bass), Jan Jansen (harpsichord)
  • Recorded: 2013-06-13
  • Recording Venue: Andreaskirche Berlin-Wannsee

1. Allegro

Track length7:22
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Handel: Organ Concerto No. 6 in B flat, Op. 4 No. 6 HWV 294

Work length4:25
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  • Ottavio Dantone (organ)
  • Accademia Bizantina
  • Recorded: 2009

1. Andante - Allegro

Track length4:25
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Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1

Work length3:23
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  • Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Cecilia Bartoli (soprano)
  • Il Giardino Armonico
  • Giovanni Antonini
  • Recorded: 2009-03-24
  • Recording Venue: Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes, Valladolid

"Ombra mai fu"

Track length3:23
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'

Work length6:18
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  • Anthony Robson (baroque oboe), Richard Earle (baroque oboe)
  • Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  • Recorded: 1990-03-10
  • Recording Venue: St. Andrew’s Church, Fontmell Magna, Dorset

I. Chorus. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

Track length6:18
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988

Work length4:19
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  • Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
  • Recorded: 1994-09-29
  • Recording Venue: St. Hippolyte, Castres

Aria da Capo

Track length4:19
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297

Work length8:28
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  • Catherine Mackintosh (violin), Nigel North (archlute)
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Recorded: 1982-12
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Allegro non molto

Track length3:22
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2. Largo

Track length1:58
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3. Allegro

Track length3:08
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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2

Work length3:50
$1.10
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  • Simon Preston (chorus conductor)
  • Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music
  • Simon Preston, Christopher Hogwood
  • Recorded: 1979
  • Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London

44. Hallelujah

Track length3:50
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