The Greatest Classical Music Ever! 50 Best Baroque Hits

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Zadok the Priest

Alastair Ross, King's College Choir, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury & Pavlo Beznosiuk

5:22

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Ayres for the Theatre: Round 0 (The Prince of Denmark's March)

Crispian Steele-Perkins, Richard Hickox & City Of London Baroque Sinfonia

1:05

3

Lachrimae Antiquae from Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares

Christopher Wilson, Fretwork & John Dowland

4:18

4

A Suite of Theatre Music: II. Rondeau (Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge Z.570 No. 2)

Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott & Henry Purcell

1:37

5

Spem in alium

Taverner Choir & Andrew Parrott

10:19

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With lilies white (An elegy for Lady Magdalen Montague, d 1608)

Gerard Lesne

4:54

7

Dido and Aeneas: Overture

Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm & Henry Purcell

2:16

8

Dido and Aeneas, ACT 3: Scene 2

Camilla Tilling, Le Concert d'Astrée & Susan Graham

7:01

9

Come ye sons of art, 1694, ode for Queen Mary (excerpts)

David Wilson-Johnson, Christopher Robson, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment & Gustav Leonhardt

8:58

10

O Solitude! Z.406

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta & Henry Purcell

6:12

11

Solomon HWV67: Sinfonia: Act 3, The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

2:48

12

Messiah HWV56, Part 2: Hallelujah (Chorus)

Taverner Players, Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

4:00

13

Messiah HWV56, Part 2: He was despised (alto)

David Thomas, Taverner Players, Taverner Choir & Andrew Parrott

11:49

14

Water Music Suite No.2 in D

Roger Norrington, London Classical Players & George Frideric Handel

5:21

15

Gloria in D major, RV 589: Gloria in excelsis Deo (choeur)

Taverner Players, Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott & Antonio Vivaldi

2:30

16

Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor (arr. Lauschmann): II. Adagio

Ray Still, Richard Stamp, Academy Of London & Alessandro Marcello

3:52

17

String Quintet in E major Op. 11 No. 5 (G275): Minuetto in A

Europa Galante & Fabio Biondi

3:39

18

Sonata in D Minor, Kk.9

Mikhail Pletnev & DOMENICO SCARLATTI

4:02

19

Stabat Mater pour soprano, contralto, cordes et basse continue: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa

Il Seminario Musicale, Gerard Lesne, Veronique Gens & Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

4:47

20

Concerto in G Major for 2 mandolines & strings, RV 532: I. Allegro

Giovanni Scaramuzzino, Sonia Maurer, Europa Galante & Fabio Biondi

4:01

21

Crucifixus a 8

Taverner Players, Taverner Consort & Andrew Parrott

3:10

22

Concerto in G minor Op.1 No.4 (extract): Devil's Trill: Allegro

Orchestre d'Auvergne, Jean-Jacques Kantorow & Giuseppe Tartini

3:19

23

Le Quattro Stagioni (from 'Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione', Op. 8): Concerto No. 1 in E major RV269, 'La primavera'

Elizabeth Wallfisch, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott & John Holloway

10:01

24

Concerto for Recorder in C Major, Op.44 No.11: I. Allegro

Michel Sanvoisin, Orchestre De Chambre De Toulouse, Louis Auriacombe & Antonio Vivaldi

4:07

25

Fandango

Maggie Cole

10:39

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Tenebrae Responsories (from 'Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae'), Holy Saturday: Second Nocturn: II.O vos omnes - Si est dolor - attendite

The Sixteen & Harry Christophers

3:29

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Diferencias sobre las Folias (1990 Digital Remaster)

Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XX

6:50

28

Ay luna que reluzes

Jordi Savall, Hespèrion XX & Montserrat Figueras

3:24

29

Pavan & galliard d'Alexandra

Circa 1500

3:00

30

Requiem to the memory of Luiz Vaz de Camos Op. 23, Sanctus & Benedictus: Sanctus

Orchestra Of The Gulbenkian Fundation, Lisboa, Reinaldo Macias, Michel Corboz & Chorus Of The Gulbenkian Fundation, Lisboa

2:42

31

Canon and Gigue in D: Canon

Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott & Johann Pachelbel

3:41

32

Canzonetta in A minor Bux WV 225

Nicholas Danby & Dietrich Buxtehude

1:56

33

Konzert für Violoncello, Streicher & Basso continuo g-moll: III. Allegro non tanto

Lajos Rovatkay & Balazs Maté

4:35

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Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV147: Choral: Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiring)

Taverner Players, Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir & Andrew Parrott

2:16

35

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: Air

Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra & Johann Sebastian Bach

4:48

36

Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A minor BWV1065: I. Allegro

Melante Amsterdam, Carsten Lohff, Bernhard Klapprott & Marcelo Bussi

4:23

37

Toccata und Fuge d-moll BWV 565: Toccata -

Werner Jacob & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:35

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Toccata und Fuge d-moll BWV 565: Fuge

Werner Jacob & Johann Sebastian Bach

6:52

39

Cantata No. 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen" BWV 51: Aria : Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!

Crispian Steele-Perkins, Monica Huggett, Ensemble Sonnerie & Nancy Argenta

4:18

40

Overture-Suite in A Minor: Polonaise

David Munrow, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields & Georg Philipp Telemann

2:38

41

Concerto in F minor for oboe, strings and basso continuo: II. Largo

Han De Vries, Bob Van Asperen & Georg Philipp Telemann

2:19

42

Cantata No. 29, 'Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir' BWV29: Sinfonia

John Toll, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:40

43

'Goldberg' Variations BWV988 (Aria with divers variations): Aria

Maggie Cole & Johann Sebastian Bach

4:32

44

Aria: Es ist vollbracht ... Der Held aus Juda (from St John Passion BWV245)

John Nelson, Jerome Hantai, Ensemble Orchestral De Paris & Emmanuelle Haïm

5:53

45

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G BWV1049: III. Presto

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment & Monica Huggett

4:28

46

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

Ralph Kirshbaum & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:35

47

Magnificat in D major/D-dur/en ré majeur BWV 243: Chorus: "Magnificat anima mea"

Christoph Pregardien, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Peter Lika & La Petite Bande

3:00

48

Harpsichord Concerto in F minor BWV1056

Melante Amsterdam, Bob Van Asperen & Johann Sebastian Bach

9:15

49

Flute Sonata in E Flat, BWV 1031 (doubtful): II. Siciliano

Lionel Rogg, Michel Debost & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:20

50

4 Orchestral Suites BWV1066-9, Suite No.4 in D major, BWV1069 (3 oboes, 3 trumpets, strings and timpani): Réjouissance

Andrew Parrott, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:34