CD 1 73.17 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL 1685–1759 [1] The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon, HWV 67)* 3.15 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
JOHANN PACHELBEL 1653–1706 [2] Canon in D major (arr. Karl Munchinger)* 4.30 Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Karl Munchinger
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685–1750 [3] Sheep may safely graze (arr. Karl Munchinger)* 4.27 (Cantata BWV 208 Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd) Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Karl Munchinger
[4] Italian Concerto, BWV 971 – I. (Allegro) 4.16 Christophe Rousset harpsichord
HENRY PURCELL 1659–1695 [5] Abdelazer – Rondeau* 1.33 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
BACH [6] Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 – Toccata 3.18 Daniel Chorzempa organ
ANTONIO VIVALDI 1678–1741 [7] Gloria in D major, RV 589 – Gloria in excelsis* 2.22 Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford The Academy of Ancient Music / Simon Preston
BACH [8] Oboe Concerto in D minor – II. Siciliano 3.08 (reconstruction after Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1059) Heinz Holliger oboe Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Iona Brown
VIVALDI [9] Stabat Mater, RV 621 – I. Stabat mater II. Cuius animan III. O quam tristis* 6.34 James Bowman counter-tenor The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood
HANDEL [10] Music for the Royal Fireworks Suite, HWV 351 – IV. La rejouissance* 1.58 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
BACH [11] Jesu, joy of man’s desiring 5.57 (Cantata BWV 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben) The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury Nicholas Daniel oboe / James Vivian, Robert Quinney organ
ARCANGELO CORELLI 1653–1713 [12] Concerto grosso in G minor, op.6, no.8 "fatto per la notte di Natale" – III. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio 2.56 Pina Carmirelli, Walter Gallozzi violins / Francesco Strano cello Maria Teresa Garatti organ I Musici
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN 1681–1767 [13] Violin Concerto No.4 in E major – I. Affettuoso 3.42 Iona Brown violin and director Denis Vigay cello / Alan Cuckston harpsichord Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
BACH [14] Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 – Prelude* 3.13 Marisa Robles harp [15 Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 – I. (Allegro moderato) 3.56 Salvatore Accardo violin Christopher Middleton harpsichord Chamber Orchestra of Europe
VIVALDI [16] Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93 (arr. Gian Francesco Malipiero) – II. Largo 5.10 Eduardo Fernandez guitar English Chamber Orchestra / George Malcolm
BACH [17] Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 – II. Largo ma non tanto* 6.25 Henryk Szeryng, Maurice Hasson violins Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
VIVALDI [18] Violin Concerto in E major, RV 269 “La Primavera” (rev. Vittorio Negri) – I. Allegro* 3.44 Felix Ayo violin I Musici
[19] Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315 “L’estate”(rev. Vittorio Negri) – III. Presto (Tempo impetuoso d’estate)* 2.53 Felix Ayo violin I Musici
CD 2 76.46 ALESSANDRO MARCELLO 1669–1747 [1] Oboe Concerto in D minor – II. Adagio 4.22 Heinz Holliger oboe I Musici
BACH [2] Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068 – II. Air, “Air on the G String”* 5.10 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner Thurston Dart harpsichord
JEREMIAH CLARKE 1673–1707 [3] Trumpet Voluntary (arr. John Iveson)* 2.45 Philip Jones, Elgar Howarth trumpets Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
HANDEL [4] Messiah, HMV 56 – I know that my Redeemer liveth 5.47 Kiri Te Kanawa soprano Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI 1710–1736 [5] Stabat Mater – I. Stabat Mater 4.31 Emma Kirkby soprano / James Bowman counter-tenor The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood
HANDEL [6] Water Music Suite No.2 in D major, HWV 349 – Hornpipe* 4.03 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
TOMASO ALBINONI 1671–1750 [7] Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor (arr. Remo Giazotto) 6.34 Martin Haselbock organ Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Karl Munchinger
BACH [8] Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067 – VII. Badinerie* 1.24 William Bennett flute Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
VIVALDI [9] Violin Concerto in F minor, RV 297 "L’inverno" (rev. Vittorio Negri) – II. Largo* 2.38 Felix Ayo violin I Musici
GREGORIO ALLEGRI 1582–1652 [10] Miserere 5.39 Alistair Hussain treble / Edward Gardner cantor The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
HANDEL [11] Messiah, HMV 56 – Hallelujah* 3.41 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
LOUIS CLAUDE DAQUIN 1694–1772 [12] Le coucou (Premier livre de pieces de clavecin – Troisieme Suite)* 2.00 George Malcolm harpsichord
BACH [13] Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV 1050 – III. Allegro* 5.11 Richard Adeney flute / Jose Luis Garcia violin English Chamber Orchestra / Raymond Leppard
PURCELL [15] Dido and Aeneas – Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth 4.46 Barbara Bonney soprano The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood
HANDEL [16] Ombra mai fu (Serse) 2.32 Anthony Way treble Daniel Phillips organ English Sinfonia / Neil Page
[17] Water Music Suite in F Major No.1, HWV 348 – Air* 3.23 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
VIVALDI [18] Nulla in mundo pax, RV 630 – Nulla in mundo pax sincera (excerpt)* 2.46 Emma Kirkby soprano The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood
HANDEL [19] Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1, HWV 258) 5.44 The Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner
CD 3 72.14 BACH [1] Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major, BWV 1049 – I. Allegro* 7.11 Jose Luis Garcia violin David Munrow, John Turner recorders English Chamber Orchestra / Raymond Leppard
HANDEL [2] Lascia ch’io pianga* (Rinaldo, HWV 7) 3.53 Bernadette Greevy contralto Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Raymond Leppard
VIVALDI [3] Violin Concerto in E major, RV 269 “La Primavera” (rev. Vittorio Negri) – II. Largo 2.59 Felix Ayo violin I Musici
BACH [4] Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 “Sleepers, awake” (arr. Granville Bantock)* 5.29 The New Symphony Orchestra of London / Raymond Agoult
ALBINONI [5] Concerto a 5 in D minor, op.9, no.2 for Oboe, Strings, and Continuo (rev. Franz Giegling) – II. Adagio* 5.22 Heinz Holliger oboe Maria Teresa Garatti harpsichord I Musici
GIUSEPPE TORELLI 1658–1709 [6] Trumpet Concerto (rev. Don Smithers) – I. Allegro* 1.54 Don Smithers trumpet I Musici
VIVALDI [7] Violin Concerto in E major, R.271 "L’amoroso" – II. Cantabile* 3.51 Felix Ayo violin I Musici
FRANCESCO MANFREDINI 1684–1762 [8] Concerto in C major, Op.3, No.12, "Christmas Concerto" – I. Largo (Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale) 4.00 Pina Carmirelli, Pasquale Pellegrino violins Francesco Strano cello I Musici
BACH [9] Keyboard Concerto in D major, BWV 1054 – II. Adagio e piano sempre 5.46 Andras Schiff piano and director Chamber Orchestra of Europe
ANTONIO LOTTI 1667–1740 [10] Crucifixus 3.32 Westminster Cathedral Boys’ Choir Andrew Wright organ Stephen Cleobury
HANDEL [11] Suite No.11 in D minor – Sarabande 2.54 Christopher Hogwood harpsichord
BACH [12] St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 – Wir setzen uns mit Tranen nieder 6.28 Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti
[13] Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV 1047 – II. Allegro assai* 3.05 Maurice Andre trumpet / Severino Gazzelloni flute Heinz Holliger oboe / Felix Ayo violin Maria Teresa Garatti harpsichord I Musici
TELEMANN [14] Viola Concerto in G major – 1. Largo* 4.07 Cino Ghedin viola I Musici
VIVALDI [15] Gloria in D major, RV 589 – Laudamus Te* 2.20 Elizabeth Vaughan soprano / Janet Baker mezzo-soprano Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir David Willcocks
[16] Flute Concerto in G minor, RV 439 "La notte" 9.23 Andrea Griminelli flute English Chamber Orchestra / Jean-Pierre Rampal
CD 4 65.01
VIVALDI [1] Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93 (arr. Gian Francesco Malipiero) – I. (Allegro giusto) 3.47 Eduardo Fernandez guitar English Chamber Orchestra / George Malcolm
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI 1567–1643 [2] Adoramus te (ed. Denis Arnold) 5.52 Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir / Stephen Cleobury Andrew Wright organ
BACH [3] Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major, BWV 1048 – I. (Allegro)* 5.35 English Chamber Orchestra / Raymond Leppard [4] Partita for Violin Solo No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004 – IV. Giga* 3.02 Kyung Wha Chung violin
HANDEL [5] Harp Concerto in B flat major, HWV 294 – I. Andante allegro* 3.51 Marisa Robles harp Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Iona Brown
[6] Let the bright seraphim* (Samson, HWV 57) 5.52 Joan Sutherland soprano / Harry Dilley trumpet Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
TELEMANN [7] Oboe Concerto in D minor – I. Adagio 2.33 Heinz Holliger oboe Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Iona Brown
DOMENICO SCARLATTI 1685–1757 [8] Concerto Grosso No.6 in D major (orch. Charles Avison) – I. Largo* 3.23 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
VIVALDI [9] "L’estro armonico", Concerto No.6 in A minor, RV356 (rev. Franz Giegling) – II. Largo* 2.52 Roberto Michelucci violin I Musici
WILLIAM CROFT 1678–1727 [10] Ground (arr. David Watkins) 3.20 Naoko Yoshino harp
BACH [11] Sanctify us* (arr. Harriey Cohen from Cantata BWV 22,Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwolfe) 3.17 Alicia de Larrocha piano
[12] Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 – II. Largo* 2.52 Raymond Leppard harpsichord and conductor English Chamber Orchestra
[13] Organ Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 (after Vivaldi’s Concerto, RV 522) – I. Allegro* 3.32 Wolfgang Rubsam organ
HANDEL [14] Minuet from Overture (Berenice)* 4.08 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
[15] Messiah, HWV 56 – For unto us a Child is born* 3.35 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
VIVALDI [16] Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C major, RV 537* 7.30 John Wilbraham, Philip Jones trumpets Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner CD 5 76.09
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER 1634–1704 [1] Te Deum, H.146 – Prelude (arr. Chris Hazell) 2.14 The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble Peter Hurford organ
HANDEL [2] Eternal source of light (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HMV 74)* 5.28 James Bowman counter-tenor Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford The Academy of Ancient Music / Simon Preston
[3] See, the conqu’ring hero comes! (Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63)* 3.00 Handel Opera Society Chorus and Orchestra / Charles Farncombe
[4] March and Battle (ed. Richard Bonynge) (Rinaldo, HWV 7)* 2.35 English Chamber Orchestra / Richard Bonynge
VIVALDI [5] Double Oboe in D minor, RV 535 (Performing Edition by Christopher Hogwood) – II. Largo* 2.33 Celia Nicklin, Neil Black oboes Christopher Hogwood harpsichord / Colin Tilney organ / Kenneth Heath cello Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
CORELLI [6] Concerto grosso in D major, op.6, no.1 – II. Largo* 3.17 Alan Loveday, Carmel Kaine violins Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
PIETRO ANTONIO LOCATELLI 1695–1764 [7] Violin Concerto op.3, no.1 – Ia. Allegro* 4.46 Roberto Michelucci violin I Musici
BACH [8] Keyboard Concerto in A major, BWV 1055 – II. Larghetto 4.53 Andras Schiff piano and director Chamber Orchestra of Europe
[9] St. Matthew Passion – Erbarme dich* 7.29 Marga Hoffgen contralto Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Karl Munchinger
VIVALDI [10] Concerto for Strings in G major, RV 151 “alla Rustica”* 4.11 Lucerne Festival Strings / Rudolf Baumgartner
[12] Mass in B minor – Crucifixus* 3.43 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner
[13] Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Strings – II. Adagio* 5.14 (performing edition by Christopher Hogwood after Double Keyboard Concerto in C minor, BWV 1060) Carmel Kaine violin / Tess Miller oboe Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
VIVALDI [14] Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 “L’autunno” (rev. Vittorio Negri) – II. Adagio molto (Ubriachi dormienti)* 2.42 Felix Ayo violin I Musici
[15] Piccolo Concerto in C major, RV443* 10.51 William Bennett piccolo Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
HANDEL [16] Concerto grosso in D major, HMV 317* 6.38 Roger Lord, Michael Dobson oboes / Stanislav Heller harpsichord Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
CD 6 72.11
BACH [1] Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 – Toccata (transc. Leopold Stokowski) 3.30 Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
HANDEL [2] Concerto grosso in A minor, HWV 322 – I. Larghetto affettuoso (excerpt)* 3.15 Sir Neville Marriner, Trevor Connah violins / Kenneth Heath cello Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
[3] Organ Concerto No.13 in F major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" – IV. Larghetto 2.39 Martin Haselbock organ
BACH [4] Oboe Concerto in F major – II. Siciliano 4.15 (reconstruction after Keyboard Concerto in E major, BWV 1053) Heinz Holliger oboe Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Iona Brown
GIUSEPPE TARTINI 1692–1770 [5] Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G minor, B. g5, "Il trillo del diavolo" (arr. Fritz Kreisler) – I. Larghetto affettuoso* 2.51 Arthur Grumiaux violin / Riccardo Castagnone piano
VIVALDI [6] Flute Concerto in F major, RV 433 "La tempesta di mare" 6.44 Andrea Griminelli flute English Chamber Orchestra / Jean-Pierre Rampal
[7] Gloria in D major, RV 589 (ed. Mason Martens) – Domine Deus* 3.57 Elizabeth Vaughan soprano Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir David Willcocks
LOTTI [8] Oboe d’amore Concerto in A major – II. Affettuoso 6.50 Heinz Holliger oboe d’amore I Musici
CORELLI [9] Concerto grosso in G minor, op.6, no.8 "fatto per la notte di Natale" – II. Allegro* 2.31 Felix Ayo, Walter Gallozzi violins / Enzo Altobelli cello Maria Teresa Garatti organ I Musici
BACH [10] Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 – II. Andante 6.24 Salvatore Accardo violin Christopher Middleton harpsichord Chamber Orchestra of Europe
[11] Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV 1050 – II. Affetuoso* 5.38 Henryk Szeryng violin / Jean-Pierre Rampal flute / George Malcolm harpsichord Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
HANDEL [12] Where’er you walk* (Semele, HWV 58) 4.01 Kenneth McKellar tenor Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Adrian Boult
VIVALDI [13] Nisi Dominus, RV 608 – IV. Cum dederit (Andante)* 4.09 James Bowman counter-tenor
[14] Double Mandolin Concerto in G major, RV 532 (rev. Franz Giegling) – II. Andante* 3.44 Ginodel Vescovo, Tommaso Ruta mandolins Maria Teresa Garatti organ I Musici
[15] Bassoon Concerto in A minor, RV 498* 11.43 Martin Gatt bassoon Kenneth Heath cello / Christopher Hogwood harpsichord / Colin Tilney organ Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner