Baroque Essentials

Baroque Essentials

Apple Music Classical

Few eras of classical music have produced as many indelible melodies as the Baroque period of the 17th and early-18th centuries: keyboard masterpieces created by J.S. Bach; Handel's oratorio Messiah; Vivaldi's pristine, programmatic The Four Seasons, to name a few. As the moniker suggests, the music embraced elaborate ornamentation, both in sections improvised by performers and in written arrangements. Innovative compositional forms and concepts emerged—such as the dance suite, like Handel's Water Music—as did new instrumental combinations with elements like the recently developed oboe featured in Bach's concerto for the instrument.

I. Prélude

2:30

II. Largo

Renaud Capuçon, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

1:51

XII. [Alla Hornpipe]

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

3:43

Marche Pour la Cérémonie Des Turcs (Jean-Baptiste Lully)

Le Concert des Nations

2:19

I. Canon

Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Jean-François Paillard, Kanon Orchestre de Chambre

6:17

Le Tic-Toc-Choc Ou Les Maillotins (18e Ordre)

Alexandre Tharaud

2:27

II. Rondeau (Abdelazer, or the Moor's Revenge Z. 570 No. 2)

Taverner Consort, Andrew Parrott

1:34

V. Gigue (1686)

Hopkinson Smith, Ton Koopman, Christophe Coin, Jordi Savall

2:16

I. "Stabat Mater dolorosa"

Diego Fasolis, Julia Lezhneva, I Barocchisti, Philippe Jaroussky

4:29

Aria

Víkingur Ólafsson

4:05

III. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio

Gli Incogniti, Amandine Beyer

3:19

Adagio - Beginning

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Eriko Sato, Edward Brewer

7:23

I. Larghetto

Duo Tartini

4:42

II. Aria

Freiburger Barockorchester

4:37

Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 9

2:48

"Amor"

Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano

3:21

VI. Rondeau Le Gracieux

Eric Milnes, Mélisande Corriveau

3:39

III. Sound the trumpet (Countertenor)

Trevor Pinnock, Alison Balsom, The English Concert

2:35

Prélude pour les trompettes

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Jean-Baptiste Lully

0:52

Chœur. "Chantons les plaisirs charmants" (Chœur)

Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Jean-Baptiste Lully

1:47

Symphonie avant le Prologue

Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs, María Cristina Kiehr

1:55

"Pur ti miro"

Danielle Borst, Guillemette Laurens, Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs

4:18

Queste lagrime e sospiri

Le Banquet Céleste, Damien Guillon

4:27

Overture

Lionel Meunier, Vox Luminis

2:36

II. Allegro

Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze

2:48

IVa. Menuet

Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano

1:03

Les Nations - Premier Ordre - La Françoise; 1. Sonade

6:48

I. Prélude. Gracieusement

Patrick Beaugiraud, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, Atsushi Sakai, Georges Barthel, Stéphanie-Marie Degand

1:58

Scena 4 [Licori] Aria Selve Annose, Erme Foreste

Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Ensemble Matheus, Sandrine Piau

2:59

No. 1, Sinfonia

Le Banquet Céleste, Damien Guillon

2:12

VI. Aria affettuoso

Héloïse Gaillard, Amarillis

1:58

I. Vivace - Largo - Vivace

Cecilia Bernardini, Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

5:38

1. Chor “Jauchzet, frohlocket”

RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs

7:31

No. 1, Sinfonia

Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

2:41

No. 12, Chorus "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"

Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

3:54

No. 44 Chorus "Hallelujah"

Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel

3:14

Aria "Dolce stimolo al tuo bel cor"

Laurence Cummings, Elizabeth Watts, The English Concert

5:18

Ground. Aire V

Thomas Dunford, Théotime Langlois de Swarte

3:41

3 Aria (largo)

Les Chambristes de Ville-Marie

7:07

I. Prélude

Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

1:52

II. Te Deum laudamus

Les Arts Florissants, Bernard Deletré, William Christie

1:04

Première leçon de ténèbres du Vendredy Saint pour une basse, H. 122

Alexis Kossenko, Stephan MacLeod, Arte dei Suonatori

11:14

I. Adagio

David Plantier, Les plaisirs du parnasse

4:15

Chœur. "Requiem aeternam"

Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Michel Corboz

5:39

III. Adagio

2:16

An den Wassern zu Babel SWV 37

Les Cris de Paris, Geoffroy Jourdain

5:28

II. Der Ostermorgen

Ricercar Consort, Dirk Snellings, Monika Mauch, Paul Agnew, Stephan van Dijck, Philippe Pierlot, Job Boswinkel, Michel van Goethem, Marius Van Altena, Mark Padmore, Agnès Mellon, Steve Dugardin, An Mertens

6:04

Sinfonia

René Jacobs, Concerto Vocale

1:58

Nr.1. Chorus I & II "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen"

Maîtrise de Radio France, Raphaël Pichon, Ensemble Pygmalion

7:03

Nr.39. Aria "Erbarme dich"

Lucile Richardot, Raphaël Pichon, Ensemble Pygmalion

6:18

No. 40b, Duet. "Soll mein Kind, mein Leben sterben" "Ja, Ich sterbe dir zu gut" (Maria, Jesus)

Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, Sabine Devieilhe, Stéphane Degout

2:32

I. Allegro

Mauro Lopes Ferreira, Café Zimmermann, David Plantier, Petr Skalka, Nicholas Robinson, Pablo Valetti

3:43

Overture

Sébastien Daucé, Ensemble Correspondances

2:16

Entry of Envy

Sébastien Daucé, Ensemble Correspondances

1:57

II. Sarabanda: Adagio - Vivace

Nicholas McGegan, The Arcadian Academy

2:32

V. Sarabanda amorosa (Adagio)

Thomas Dunford, Théotime Langlois de Swarte

2:28

I. Sonata

Olivier Fortin, Ensemble Masques

1:46

III. Fürchte dich Nicht!

Ensemble Masques, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier, Olivier Fortin

1:21

Trio Sonata in D Major, BuxWV 267

Ensemble Masques, Olivier Fortin, Benoit Vanden Bemden, Mélisande Corriveau

8:18

Aria "Strazio, scempio, furia e morte"

Le Consort, Eva Zaïcik

1:48

I. Allegro

Avi Avital, Venice Baroque Orchestra

2:45

I. Praeludium

Richard Egarr, Andrew Manze

2:17

I. Sonata

Richard Egarr, Andrew Manze

1:41

Ia. Introitus

Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier, Freiburger BarockConsort

3:46

Overture

Philip Pickett, New London Consort

4:29

VI. Thou Knowest, Lord

Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre, Les Cris de Paris

2:30

Oh Solitude, Z.406

Rachel Redmond, Le Caravansérail, Bertrand Cuiller

5:09

VIII. Sicut locutus est

Damien Guillon, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Hanna Bayodi-Hirt, David Munderloh, Jordi Savall

1:47

I. Allegro non molto

Jan Jansen, Candida Thompson, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Henk Rubingh, Stacey Watton, Maarten Jansen, Liz Kenny

5:15

III. Presto

Jan Jansen, Stacey Watton, Candida Thompson, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Liz Kenny, Henk Rubingh, Maarten Jansen

2:47

Overture

Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

2:04

Ritornelle - "Thanks to These Lonesome Vales"

Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music, Dame Emma Kirkby

3:12

"Thy Hand Belinda - When I Am Laid in Earth"

Catherine Bott, Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music

4:06

"With Drooping Wings"

The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus, Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music

4:20

An Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell

Damien Guillon, Philippe Pierlot, Carlos Mena, Ricercar Consort

22:02

IV. Quis Est Homo

Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini, Andreas Scholl

2:50

IV. Cum Dederit

Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Ensemble Matheus, Philippe Jaroussky

5:10

X. Chorale. Jesus bleibet meine Freude

Bach Collegium Japan, Gerd Türk, Masaaki Suzuki, Yukari Nonoshita, Peter Kooij, Robin Blaze

3:20

I. Chorus. Dixit Dominus Domino meo

Lionel Meunier, Vox Luminis

5:51

II. Quatuor in G Major: I. Largo - Allegro - Largo

Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln

2:51

I. Allegro

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

5:32

I. Spirituoso

Jonathan Moerschel, Marianne Thorsen, Jonathan Morton, Richard Harwood, Benjamin Jacobson, Maya Magub

1:40

Ombra mai fù

Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico, Cecilia Bartoli

3:28

2. Largo ma non tanto

Jeffrey Kahane, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Hilary Hahn, Margaret Batjer

6:50

Overture

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

6:25

Ouverture

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants

4:20

Forêts paisibles (Les sauvages)

Aimery Lefèvre, Alexis Kossenko, Le Jeune Choeur de Paris, Les Ambassadeurs, Sabine Devieilhe

4:46

Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846

3:53

Zadok the Priest, HWV 258

Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel

4:56