Decca presents a premium collection of the 100 most beautiful Baroque moments with the greatest period performers of the music of the era. 6 CDs presented in a capbox with gold foil and a 24-page booklet. Includes Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Handel’s Messiah, Pachelbel’s Canon, Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, Tartini’s ‘Devil’s Trill’ Sonata, and much more! Performed by superstars Emma Kirkby, Christopher Hogwood and John Eliot Gardiner, as well as more recent releases by Lucie Horsch & Janine Jansen.
CD1
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY: Symphonie from Te Deum
JS BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F BWV 1046
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Four Seasons “Spring” RV 269
JOHANN PACHELBEL: Canon and Gigue in D Major
JS BACH: Air On a G String from Orchestral Suite No. 3 BWV 1068
JS BACH: Italian Concerto BWV 971 1. Allegro
JS BACH: Con. For Harpsichord No 1 in D minor BWV 1052 1. Allegro
ARCANGELO CORELLI: Concerto Grosso op. 6 no. 8 Christmas Concerto
GF HANDEL: Organ Concerto No. 6 in B Flat 1: Andante – Allegro
JS BACH: Prelude & Fugue No. 1 from WTC Bk 1 BWV 846
JS BACH: Cantata 147: Jesu bleibet meine Freude
CD2
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: Toccata from L’Orfeo
HENRY PURCELL: Symphony from The Fairy Queen
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Four Seasons “Summer” RV 315
GF HANDEL: Lascia ch’io pianga mia cruda sorte
JS BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major BWV 1047
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Dell’aura al sussurrar from Dorilla in Tempe
JS BACH: Menuet in G from Anna Magdalena Notebook
TOMASO ALBINONI: Adagio For Strings and Organ
JS BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D Minor BWV 565
GF HANDEL: Ombra ma fu “Largo”
JS BACH: “Ich habe genug” Cantata BWV 82 1. Aria”Ich habe genug
CD3
JEREMIAH CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary
MARIN MARAIS: La Sonnerie de Sainte-Genevieve du Mont de Paris
JS BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major BWV 1048
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Four Seasons “Autumn” RV 293
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Gloria in D Major RV 589 I. Gloria in excelcis
JS BACH: Con. For Harpsichord No 5 in F minor BWV 1056 2. Largo
GF HANDEL: Let the Bright Seraphim from Samson
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU: Le Printemps de Vivaldi (transc. Of Spring RV 269)
GIOVANNI PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater
JOHN BLOW: Overture from Venus and Adonis
JS BACH: Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio
JS BACH: “Wachet auf..” Cantata 140 1. Chorale: Wachet auf
CD4
GF HANDEL: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
GF HANDEL: See The Conqu’ring Hero Comes from Judas Maccabaeus
JS BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major BWV 1049
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Four Seasons “Winter” RV 297
GIUSEPPE TARTINI: Violin Sonata in G Minor “Devil’s Trill”
CW GLUCK: “J’ai perdu mon Euridice” from Orfeo ed Euridice
JOHN STANLEY: Concerto in G major 1. Adagio – Allegro
D SCARLATTI: Harpsichord Sonata KK 469
GF HANDEL: Messiah: Chorus: And The Glory of the Lord
GF HANDEL: Messiah: Chorus: Hallelujah
FRANCESCO GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor op 5 no 12 “La Folia”
CD5
GF HANDEL: Coronation Anthem; Zadok the Priest
JS BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major BWV 1050
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Concerto in G Minor RV 439 “La notte”
JS BACH: Goldberg Var. “Aria da capo”
HENRY PURCELL: “When I Am Laid In Earth” from dido and Aeneas
WILLIAM BOYCE: Symphony in B flat op. 2 No. 1 1. Allegro
GEORG PHILLIP TELEMANN: Concerto for Three Trumpets and Timpani: IV: Presto
GF HANDEL: Music For The Royal Fireworks
CD6
JS BACH: Violin Concerto in E Major BWV 1042 1. Allegro
CW GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
JS BACH: Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV 1007 1. Prelude
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU: Overture Les Indes Galante
A. SCARLATTI: Concerto VI for cembalo, strings and continuo II: Allegro moderato
D. SCARLATTI: Harpsichord Sonata KK531 E Major
JS BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B Flat Major BWV 1051
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Concerto in D Major for Lute, Strings and Continuo RV 93
GF HANDEL: Where’er You Walk from Semele
JS BACH: Chaconne from Partita BWV No. 2 in D Minor