100 Best Baroque
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Disc 1:
- Pavane: Lachrymae antique
- Rondeau
- Overture
- Act 3. Your counsel all... Great minds... Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid in earth... With droo
- Symphony - Come, ye sons of art, away - Sound the trumpet - Come, ye sons of art
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- Hallelujah
- He was despised
- Overture - Hornpipe
Disc 2:
- Ombra mai fu
- Dall'ondoso periglio... Aure, deh, per pieta
- Verdi prati
- Sinfonia
- Beatus vir
- Pur ti miro
- Sonata pian' e forte
- 1. Allegro - 2. Adagio - 3. Presto
Disc 3:
- 2. Adagio
- Guitar Quintet in E~3. Menuetto
- opening
- 1. Allegro
- Crucifixus
- 3. Allegro
- 1. Allegro
- Fandango
Disc 4:
- Contredanse
- Caprice de Villers-Cotterets
- Offertoire sur les grands jeux
- Regina coeli
- Introit (extract)
- Tunc repletum est gaudio nostrum
- La Plainte, ou le Tombeau de Mesdemoiselles de Visée, filles de l'auteur
- La Plainte
- Overture
- Air des trembleurs: L'Hiver qui nous tourmente s'obstine à nous geler
- Chaconne
- Air: Régnez, plaisirs et jeux
Disc 5:
- 3. Allegro non tanto
- jesus bleibet meine Freude
- Air
- 1. Allegro
- Toccata
- Fugue
- Aria: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen
- Oboe Concerto in F minor~2. Largo
- Sinfonia
- Aria
- Es ist vollbracht
- 3. Presto
- 1. Prelude
- Magnificat anima mea
- 1. Allegro - 2. Largo - 3. Presto
- 2. Siciliano
- 5. La Réjouissance
Disc 6:
- 1. Preludio
- Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Andante
- 3. Allegro assai
- Gloria in excelsis... Et in terra pax
- Prelude & Fugue in C BWV 846
- 2. Largo ma non tanto
- 5. Bourrée
- 6. Gigue
- 1. Ouverture - 6. Menuet - 7. Badinerie
- 1. Präludium
- 6. Gigue
- Deposuit potentes
- Agnus Dei
- 2. Largo - 3. Presto
- 3. Allegro assai
- Triumph! Der Fürst des Lebens sieget!
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #84938 in Music
- Released on: 2006-01-01
- Number of discs: 6
Customer Reviews
Great value, if slightly substandard recordings, for classical newbie
"100 Best Baroque" is what it seems - a compilation of the 100 definitive Baroque compositions. For a very low price you get a complete overview of the Baroque style, and while the sound quality of the recordings will not satisfy a serious student or fan of classical music, they are more than enough for a classical neophyte such as myself.
The compilation breaks down the songs into six categories on six separate CDs:
1. England and the Baroque - Handel's Zadok the Priest and Messiah, Purcell's O Solitude, Byrd's With Lillies White, etc.
2. The Best of Italian Baroque - Handel's Alcina and others, Albinoni's Adagio, Gabrielli's Sonata Pian e forte, Vivaldi's "Summer," etc.
3. Treasures of the Mediterranean Baroque - Vivaldi's Gloria, Boccherini's Guitar Quintet in E, Soler's Fandango, etc.
4. The Glory of French Baroque - Philidor, Lully, De Lalande, etc.
5. Bach and His Time - Pachelbel's Canon in D, J.S. Bach's Cantanta, Telemann, etc.
6. The Genius of Bach - all Bach selections.
The sound recordings are of secondary quality as one could expect for such a low-budget item as this. Still, this collection is perfect for the casual listener or for background music. That does not mean that the quality is poor - far from it - it's just not as good as what you can expect from some higher-priced CDs.
All in all, a fantastic value.
Good but Poorly Organized Music Selection
Let me start by saying that I am definitely not a Baroque music expert by any means, so my thinking about how poorly organized the music selection is might be off-base. If so, please correct me, because I really want to know!
Upon receiving this set, I noticed pretty immediately that the "Treasures Of Mediterranean Baroque" contained many composers that I always just thought of as Italian, such as Vivaldi and Tartini, which should have been a part of the set's "The Best of Italian Baroque" Disk -- and actually, there are also Vivaldi pieces on "The Best of Italian Baroque", and I don't understand what factors are considered in deciding which pieces went on which disk.
There are also several Handel pieces on "The Best of Italian Baroque", which should actually belong on a German Baroque Disk (which the set does not contain), or on the set's "England & The Baroque" disk -- and actually, there are also Handel pieces on the "England & The Baroque" disk.
I enjoyed the music, and especially appreciated the Bach selections for the two Bach disks. However, I was hoping I would be able to learn more about regional Baroque sounds, and because of the confusing way the set is organized, that won't be part of my listening experience.




