Bach and the Baroque

Bach and the Baroque

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Baroque music tends to be known for its clarity and concision: Think Pachelbel and Purcell, or J.S. Bach. Spanning the 17th century through the beginning of the Classical era around the mid-1700s, the compositions here also chart the emergence of forms like the concerto, sonata and oratorio. This playlist is regularly refreshed by our classical editors. If you like a piece, add it to your library.

Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 "Pour la lute"

1:13

II. Adagio

Amandine Beyer, Gli Incogniti

3:31

II. Largo

Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

3:12

Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (Arr. for Clarinet and Theorbo by Martin Fröst and Jonas Nordberg)

Jonas Nordberg, Martin Fröst

2:25

III. Cantabile ma un poco adagio

Francesco Corti, Ilya Gringolts

6:23

III. Largo

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Mayumi Hirasaki

3:00

III. Sarabande (Orch. Equilbey) [Homage to "Barry Lyndon"]

Laurence Equilbey, Insula Orchestra

2:29

II. Air

Simone Dinnerstein, Baroklyn

4:51

IV. Sarabande

Anastasia Kobekina

4:17

III. Allegro

Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante

2:41

Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854

Víkingur Ólafsson

1:44

I. Prélude. Fantasia (Transcr. in A Minor for 2 Viols by Salomé Gasselin and Mathias Ferré)

Mathias Ferré, Salomé Gasselin

3:47

IV. Aria

The Illyria Consort, Bojan Čičić

1:04

IV. Menuet

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

3:56

III. Adagio

La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler

2:38

I. Adagio

Isabelle Faust, Bernhard Forck, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

3:02

Toccata seconda arpeggiata

2:34

V. Gavotte I

Francesco Tristano

1:40

IV. Menuet I - V. Menuet II

4:48

Alle Menschen müssen sterben, BWV 262 (Version for String Quartet)

2:36

II. Larghetto. Ah ch'infelice sempre

Ensemble Artaserse, Philippe Jaroussky

5:28

Sinfonia (Arr. Diluka for Piano)

1:32

I. [Allegro]

Baroklyn, Simone Dinnerstein

7:59

I. Allegro

Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

2:08

II. Siciliano (Transcr. for Piano Left Hand by Paul Wittgenstein)

2:56

II. Air (Arr. Siloti for Solo Piano)

5:04

IV. Sarabande

Anastasia Kobekina

4:08

I. Le Coucou

1:49

IV. Gavotta

Brecon Baroque, Rachel Podger

1:37

I. Prélude

Anastasia Kobekina

2:58

III. Allegro

Manchester Camerata, Daniel Pioro

3:28

I.

Kristin von der Goltz, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Isabelle Faust

1:30

Sonata in D Minor, K. 32, L. 423

Laurianne Corneille

2:56

Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888: I. Prelude

1:26

I. Adagio (Arr. for Clarinet, Cello, and Bass by Martin Fröst, Anastasia Kobekina and Sebastien Dubé)

Martin Fröst, Sébastien Dubé, Anastasia Kobekina

1:53

Variation XXI. Canone alla settima (Arr. Garcia & Morinière for Two Guitars)

Thibaut Garcia, Antoine Morinière

2:39

I. Kyrie, Gloria: No. 2, Christe eleison

Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, Beth Taylor, Julie Roset

4:32

Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, Kk. 27

4:12

Var. VIII. a 2 claviere

1:53

Corrente con le sue spezzate

2:02

II. Largo ma non tanto

Amandine Beyer, Gli Incogniti

5:42

III. Presto

Bernhard Forck, Isabelle Faust, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

1:36

VII. Sarabande, G. 51

3:54

I. [no tempo indication] - Adagio - Fuga. Allegro - Adagio

Francesco Tristano

2:43

I. Prelude in E Minor BWV 855

1:48

III. Allegro

Beatrice Rana, Amsterdam Sinfonietta

5:46

II. Largo e pianissimo sempre

Manchester Camerata, Daniel Pioro

2:53

Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 1

2:14

Gigue (Transcr. for Piano Left Hand by Paul Wittgenstein)

3:05

I. [Sonata]

Bojan Čičić, The Illyria Consort

1:20

II. Largo

Beatrice Rana, Amsterdam Sinfonietta

2:39

IVa. Sarabande

Francesco Tristano

2:29

IV. Presto

Adrian Chandler, Katy Bircher, La Serenissima, Tabea Debus

2:55

Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 9

4:03

II. [Sonata II]

The Illyria Consort, Bojan Čičić

1:46

I. Affettuoso

Camerata Øresund, Peter Spissky

2:14

Chorus. The Many Rend the Skies (II)

Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Alfredo Bernardini, Zefiro

4:09

No. 3, Minuet in F Major, BWV Anh. 113

Alessandro Simonetto

1:59

V. Menuet I

Francesco Tristano

1:23

II. Adagio

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Kallweit

2:15

I. [...]

Brecon Baroque, Rachel Podger

1:28

VI. Gigue

2:42

I. Prélude

Francesco Tristano

2:52

III. Allegro assai

Sophie Gent, Olivier Fortin, Ensemble Masques, Kathleen Kajioka

2:51

Sonata IV: IV. Menuet 1711

Eva Saladin, Johannes Keller, Daniel Rosin

3:40

VI. Bourrée I

Francesco Tristano

1:54

VII. Bourrée II

Francesco Tristano

2:14

Scene 3, Chorus. O Glorious Prince! Thrice Happy They

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants

4:56

No. 1, Symphony

3:03

III. Aria - Largo

UnderStories Ensemble

2:38

Scene 4, Chaconne

Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

2:01

I. Sonata. Grave - Allegro

Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

2:58

I. Adagio

Armand Djikoloum, Olivier Stankiewicz, Theo Plath

3:32

I. Kyrie, Gloria: No. 7, Gratias agimus tibi

Raphaël Pichon, Ensemble Pygmalion

3:20

No. 17, God of Hosts, Whom We Adore

Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Andrew Staples

2:01

III. Adagio

Accademia Bizantina, Alessandro Tampieri, Ottavio Dantone

3:06

Sarabanda

Sébastien Daucé, Ensemble Correspondances

4:08

I. Affettuoso

Quartetto Vanvitelli

3:41

I. Confitebor

Tomáš Šelc, Collegium Marianum, Jana Semerádová

3:43

Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 871: I. Prelude

2:44

IV. Musette

François Lazarevitch, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

2:42

I. Sinfonia

Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier

1:42

No. 1, Contrapunctus 1

3:08

II. Aria. Komm, Jesu, komm zu deiner Kirche

Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew

2:31

II. Allegro

Quartetto Vanvitelli

4:11