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.
– Disc 1 –
1 Trumpet Voluntary – the Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Peter Hurford
2 1. Allegro – Christopher Hirons, Nigel North, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
3 2. Largo – Christopher Hirons, Nigel North, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
4 3. Allegro (Danza Pastorale) – Christopher Hirons, Nigel North, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
5 “Lascia Ch’io Pianga” – Cecilia Bartoli, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
6 Prelude and Fugue in C (WTK, Book I, No.1), BWV 846 – Kenneth Gilbert
7 1. Ouverture – the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
8 2. Bourrée – the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
9 3. La Paix – the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
10 4. La Réjouissance – the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
11 5. Menuet I-II – the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
12 Toccata – Simon Preston
13 Fugue – Simon Preston
14 2. Largo – Tom Finucane, New London Consort, Philip Pickett
15 Let the Bright Seraphim – Renée Fleming, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket
16 Ballo. Andante (Danza Degli Spiriti Beati) – Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey
17 1. Prélude – Lynn Harrell
18 “When I Am Laid in Earth” – Pumeza Matshikiza, Aarhus Symfoniorkester, Tobias Ringborg
– Disc 2 –
1 Toccata – English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
2 Symphony – English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
3 1. Allegro Non Molto – Allegro – John Holloway, Nigel North, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
4 2. Adagio – Presto – Adagio – John Holloway, Nigel North, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
5 3. Presto (Tempo Impetuoso D’estate) – John Holloway, Nigel North, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
6 Canon and Gigue in D Major, P.37 – the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
7 Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor – Maria Teresa Garatti, I Musici
8 Gloria in Excelsis – Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, the Academy of Ancient Music, Simon Preston
9 1. (Allegro) – New London Consort, Philip Pickett
10 2. Andante – New London Consort, Philip Pickett
11 3. Allegro Assai – New London Consort, Philip Pickett
12 3. Andante – Allegro – Christian Curnyn
13 “Dell’aura Al Sussurrar” – Cecilia Bartoli, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
14 Minuet in G, BWV App.114 – Minuet in G minor, BWV App.115 – Gustav Leonhardt
15 4. Allegro – Pastorale (Largo) [Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op.6, No.8 “Fatto Per la Notte Di Natale”] – the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
16 La Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève Du Mont de Paris – Christophe Coin, Monica Huggett, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
– Disc 3 –
1 Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – the English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
2 1. Allegro (Ballo, E Canto De’ Villanelli) – Alison Bury, Nigel North, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
3 2. Adagio Molto (Ubriachi Dormienti) – Alison Bury, Nigel North, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
4 3. Allegro (La Caccia) – Alison Bury, Nigel North, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
5 1. Allegro – Christophe Rousset, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
6 1. Stabat Mater – Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
7 2. Air – the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
8 1. Allegro – Janine Jansen, Boris Brovtsyn, Cindy Albracht, Frederik Paulsson, Julia-Maria Kretz, Tijmen Huisingh, Monika Urbonaite, Nimrod Guez, Pauline Sachse, Maarten Jansen, Rick Stotijn, Jan Jansen
9 1. Andante – Allegro – Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
10 “Ombra Mai FÙ” – Cecilia Bartoli, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
11 Chor: “Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme” – Anthony Robson, Richard Earle, the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
12 Aria – Da Capo – Christophe Rousset
13 1. Allegro Non Molto – Catherine MacKintosh, Nigel North, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
14 2. Largo – Catherine MacKintosh, Nigel North, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
15 3. Allegro – Catherine MacKintosh, Nigel North, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
16 Hallelujah – Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston, the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
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