The Classic 100: Baroque & Before - The Top 10 & Selected Highlights

1

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: 44. "Hallelujah!"

Orchestra of the Antipodes, Cantillation, Antony Walker & George Frideric Handel

3:41

2

The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro

Elizabeth Wallfisch & Antonio Vivaldi

3:31

3

Miserere (Excerpt)

Jane Sheldon & Gregorio Allegri

7:53

4

Water Music Suite in F Major, HWV 348: 6. Air

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Graham Abbott & George Frideric Handel

2:52

5

St Matthew Passion, BWV 244: 65. "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein"

Teddy Tahu Rhodes & Johann Sebastian Bach

6:25

6

Canon and Gigue in D Major, P. 37: 1. Canon

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & David Stanhope

4:54

7

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: "Thy Hand, Belinda... When I Am Laid in Earth"

Fiona Campbell

5:03

8

Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the Priest" (Live)

Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir & George Frideric Handel

5:41

9

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: 4. La Réjouissance

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Graham Abbott & George Frideric Handel

2:09

10

Spem in alium

Cantillation & Antony Walker

9:40

11

Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: 2. Largo ma non tanto

Helena Rathbone, Richard Tognetti & Johann Sebastian Bach

6:35

12

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria and Variation I

Jacqueline Ogeil & Johann Sebastian Bach

6:12

13

Gloria in D Major, RV 589: 1. "Gloria in excelsis Deo" (Live)

Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir & Antonio Vivaldi

2:26

14

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude

Michael Goldschlager & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:51

15

Stabat Mater, P. 77: 1. Stabat Mater Dolorosa

Sally-Anne Russell & Sara Macliver

4:22

16

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: 1. Allegro

Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker & Johann Sebastian Bach

5:34

17

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: 10. “Jesus bleibet meine Freude”

Cantillation & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:29

18

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Kyrie: 1b. Christe eleison

Sally-Anne Russell, Sara Macliver & Johann Sebastian Bach

5:01

19

Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary: 3. Nigra sum

Daniel Yeadon, Paul McMahon & Tommie Andersson

4:05

20

Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: 1. Toccata

Michael Dudman & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:54

21

Solomon, HWV 67: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer & George Frideric Handel

3:11

22

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude in C Major, BWV 846

Erin Helyard & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:07

23

The Second Book of Songs: 2. Flow My Tears

Daniel Yeadon, Paul McMahon, Tommie Andersson & John Dowland

5:09

24

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: I. —

Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker & Johann Sebastian Bach

5:58

25

Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act III: Piangerò la sorte mia

Yvonne Kenny & George Frideric Handel

5:45

26

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air "Air on the G String"

Barbara Jane Gilby, Janet Rutherford & Peter Edwards

4:08

27

L'Orfeo, Act I: Toccata & Prologue - excerpt (Live)

Sara Macliver

6:30

28

Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: 2. Adagio

Diana Doherty & Tomaso Albinoni

4:47

29

Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: 1. "Magnificat anima mea Dominum" (Live)

Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:06

30

O Ecclesia

Brandenburg Choir & Jonathan Bradley

7:31

31

Violin Sonata in G Minor "The Devil's Trill": III. Andante - Allegro

Anthea Cottee, Erin Helyard, Matthew Greco & Simon Martyn-Ellis

6:58

32

Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041: 3. Allegro assai

Richard Tognetti & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:34