The Ultimate Baroque Collection

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Tracklist

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▼CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Gloria
choir vocals:
Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne
Antonio Vivaldi2:27
2Magnificat, BWV 243
recording engineer:
Pierre Lavoix (engineer) (from 1979-09-29 until 1979-10-05)
producer:
Michel Garcin (french producer) (from 1979-09-29 until 1979-10-05)
editor:
Françoise Garcin (editor) (from 1979-09-29 until 1979-10-05)
bass vocals:
José van Dam (Belgian operatic bass-baritone) (from 1979-09-29 until 1979-10-05)
choir vocals:
Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne (from 1979-09-29 until 1979-10-05)
mezzo-soprano vocals [alto]:
Birgit Finnilä (contralto) (from 1979-09-29 until 1979-10-05)
soprano vocals:
Jennifer Smith (soprano) (from 1979-09-29 until 1979-10-05) and Rachel Yakar (soprano) (from 1979-09-29 until 1979-10-05)
tenor vocals:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) (from 1979-09-29 until 1979-10-05)
orchestra:
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (from 1979-09-29 until 1979-10-05)
conductor:
Michel Corboz (conductor and composer) (from 1979-09-29 until 1979-10-05)
recorded at:
Temple de Lutry in Lutry, Vaud, Switzerland (from 1979-09-29 until 1979-10-05)
recording of:
Magnificat D-Dur, BWV 243: I. Coro "Magnificat anima mea" (from 1979-09-29 until 1979-10-05)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (on 1733-07-02)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (from 1728 until 1731)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Magnificat D-Dur, BWV 243
Johann Sebastian Bach3:13
3Dixit Dominus
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir
solo countertenor vocals:
John Angelo Messana (counter-tenor)
solo soprano vocals:
Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano)
solo tenor vocals:
Richard Morton (operatic tenor)
orchestra:
Monteverdi Orchestra
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
recording of:
Dixit Dominus in G minor, HWV 232: I. Chorus "Dixit Dominus"
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Dixit Dominus in G minor, HWV 232
George Frideric Handel6:14
4Gloria Patri et Filio
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir
orchestra:
Monteverdi Orchestra
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
recording of:
Dixit Dominus in G minor, HWV 232: IX. Chorus "Gloria Patri, et Filio"
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Dixit Dominus in G minor, HWV 232
George Frideric Handel6:33
5Zadok the Priest
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir
orchestra:
Monteverdi Orchestra
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
recording of:
The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1727)
premiered at:
Westminster Abbey in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1727-10-11)
part of:
Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: HWV 258)
part of:
The Four Coronation Anthems
George Frideric Handel7:04
6Semele : Where'er you Walk
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists
George Frideric Handel5:02
7Samson : Let the Bright Seraphim
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
George Frideric Handel3:36
8Sound the Trumpet
sound engineer:
Peter Willemoës
producer:
Michel Garcin (french producer)
editor:
Françoise Garcin (editor)
brass:
Equale Brass Ensemble (in 1976-02)
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (in 1976-02)
orchestra:
Monteverdi Orchestra (in 1976-02)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1976-02)
recorded at:
Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London in Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-02)
recording of:
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323: III. Sound the Trumpet (in 1976-02)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1694)
part of:
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Henry Purcell2:27
9Come, Ye Sons of Art
sound engineer:
Peter Willemoës
producer:
Michel Garcin (french producer)
editor:
Françoise Garcin (editor)
brass:
Equale Brass Ensemble (in 1976-02)
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (in 1976-02)
orchestra:
Monteverdi Orchestra (in 1976-02)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1976-02)
recorded at:
Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London in Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-02)
recording of:
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323: IV. Come, ye sons of Art, come away (in 1976-02)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1694)
part of:
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Henry Purcell1:25
10Dido and Aeneas : When I am laid in Earth
producer:
Ronald Kinloch Anderson (pianist, harpsichordist and producer)
harpsichord [harpsichord continuo]:
Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist) (from 1965-08-25 until 1965-08-27)
choir vocals:
English Chamber Choir (from 1965-08-25 until 1965-08-27)
soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Dido]:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano) (from 1965-08-25 until 1965-08-27)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (from 1965-08-25 until 1965-08-27)
conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor and cellist) (from 1965-08-25 until 1965-08-27)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1965-08-25 until 1965-08-27)
partial recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido) (from 1965-08-25 until 1965-08-27)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
Henry Purcell3:49
11Messiah : Alleluia
choir vocals:
English Chamber Choir
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel4:04
12Vespers : Domine ad adjuvantum
choir vocals:
Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne
Claudio Monteverdi2:13
13Ave dulcissima Maria
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
recording of:
Sacrarum cantionum quinque vocibus, Liber primus: IX. Ave, dulcissima Maria
composer:
Carlo Gesualdo (composer)
part of:
Sacrarum cantionum quinque vocibus, Liber primus (for 5 voices, SATTB)
Carlo Gesualdo6:42
14Mass in B minor, BWV 232 : Gloria-Gloria in excelsis
choir vocals:
Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne
conductor:
Michel Corboz (conductor and composer)
recording of:
h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232: I. Missa: IV. Gloria in excelsis Deo
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (from 1747 until 1749)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232
Johann Sebastian Bach6:45
15St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 : Choral "O haupt boll Blut und Wunden"
choir vocals:
Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne (in 1982-06)
orchestra:
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (in 1982-06)
conductor:
Michel Corboz (conductor and composer) (in 1982-06)
recorded at:
Casino de Vevey in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland (in 1982-06)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, LIV. Choral "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" (in 1982-06)
lyricist:
Paul Gerhardt (17th century hymn writer)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Breitkopf 389 Choralgesänge (number: 162)
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
Johann Sebastian Bach2:17
16Cantate BWV 147 : Chorale no. 10 "Jésu, joy of man's desiring"
choir vocals:
Scottish Philharmonic Singers (in 1983-03)
orchestra:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (in 1983-03)
conductor:
Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist) (in 1983-03)
chorus master:
Ian McCrorie (choir master) (in 1983-03)
recorded at:
Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1983-03)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring) (in 1983-03)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (on 1723-07-02)
lyricist:
Martin Janus (German Protestant minister, c. 1620–1682) (in 1665)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
music quoted on:
Minnen av aprilhimlen
part of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“
Johann Sebastian Bach3:40
17Christmas oratorio, BWV 248 : Cantata no. 2 : Sinfonia-Chorale final
orchestra:
Scottish Chamber Chorus
Johann Sebastian Bach6:52