VA - Absolute Masterworks - Baroque (2013)

Tracklist:

Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio
01. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio - 00:03:30

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
02. I. Ouverture - 00:09:35
03. II. Air - 00:04:52
04. III. Gavotte I & II - 00:03:28
05. IV. Bourrée - 00:01:11
06. V. Gigue - 00:02:39

Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578
07. Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 - 00:04:03

Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
08. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: Minuet and Badinerie - 00:02:44

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesus bleibet meine Freude
09. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesus bleibet meine Freude - 00:03:10

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
10. Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude - 00:02:21

Adagio (Instrumental)
11. Adagio (Instrumental) - 00:10:17

Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 9, HWV 327 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
12. I. Largo - 00:01:53
13. II. Allegro - 00:04:08
14. III. Larghetto - 00:02:57
15. IV. Allegro - 00:02:09
16. V. Menuetto - 00:01:27
17. VI. Gigue - 00:02:12

Lute Suite No. 1 BWV 996 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
18. Lute Suite No. 1 in E Minor, BWV 996: V. Bourrée - 00:01:38

The Bells of St. Geneviève
19. The Bells of St. Geneviève - 00:04:42

Adagio from Oboe Concerto in C Minor
20. Adagio from Oboe Concerto in C Minor - 00:03:59

Canon in D Major
21. Canon in D Major - 00:05:40

Musick in The Fairy Queen (Henry Purcell)
22. Instrumental Music from The Fairy Queen: 1. Overture - 00:02:55

Harpsichord Sonata in E-Flat Major, K. 192
23. Harpsichord Sonata in E-Flat Major, K. 192 - 00:07:24

Sonata I in F (Georg Philipp Telemann)
24. Sonata in F Major, TWV 40:103: I. Dolce - 00:02:12

Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
25. Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. Allegro (Instrumental) - 00:04:55
26. Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: II. Andante (Instrumental) - 00:03:42
27. Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai (Instrumental) - 00:02:44

Concerto in D Major for Lute and Strings, RV 93 (Antonio Vivaldi)
28. I. Allegro giusto - 00:03:48
29. II. Largo - 00:03:48
30. III. Allegro - 00:02:05

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria - 00:01:54

Suite in D Major: IV. The Prince of Denmark's March "Trumpet Voluntary"
32. Suite in D Major: IV. The Prince of Denmark's March "Trumpet Voluntary" - 00:02:05

The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269 "La primavera" (Antonio Vivaldi)
33. I. Allegro - 00:03:17
34. II. Largo - 00:02:18
35. III. Allegro - 00:03:40

Partita No. 2, BWV 1004, in D Minor (Johann Sebastian Bach)
36. Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne - 00:12:56

Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3, No. 1, HWV 312 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
37. I. Allegro - 00:02:36
38. II. Largo - 00:04:14
39. III. Allegro - 00:01:27

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
40. Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La Réjouissance - 00:02:46

Water Music, HWV 348-350 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
41. Water Music, HWV 348 - 350: XI. Alla Hornpipe - 00:04:04

Solomon, HWV 67: Sinfonia "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
42. Solomon, HWV 67: Sinfonia "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" - 00:03:04

Airs from Vauxhall Gardens: See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes (March) from Judas Maccabaeus (1746) (Georg Friedrich Händel)
43. Airs from Vauxhall Gardens: See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes (March) from Judas Maccabaeus (1746) - 00:01:31

Suite from Il Pastor Fido, HWV 8c (Version II from 1734) (Georg Friedrich Händel)
44. Suite from Il Pastor Fido, HWV 8c (Version II from 1734): March - Pour les chasseurs - March da capo - 00:03:23
45. 7. LET THE BRIGHT SERAPHIM. ANDANTE FROM SAMSON, HWV 57 - 00:05:45

Messiah (Georg Friedrich Händel)
46. Messiah: Part the Second: No. 44 Chorus: Hallelujah - 00:03:22

Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 (Opera in 3 Acts) (Henry Purcell)
47. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, When I Am Laid in Earth (Voice) - 00:03:41

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Comédie-Ballet, LWV 43 (Jean-Baptiste Lully)
48. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Comédie-Ballet, LWV 43: Ouverture - 00:03:01

The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315 "L'estate" (Antonio Vivaldi)
49. I. Allegro non molto - 00:04:57
50. II. Adagio - 00:02:18
51. III. Presto - 00:02:20

Hippolyte et Aricie (1733) - Orchestral Suite (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
52. Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43 - Orchestral Suite: Act III: Tambourins I, II et III (1757) - 00:01:59
53. Rondeau from First Symphonic Suite (Theme from Masterpiece Theater) (Instrumental) - 00:01:45

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
54. Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Bourrée I & Bourrée II - 00:03:19

Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
55. Toccata - 00:03:05
56. Fugue - 00:06:33

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
57. I. Allegro - 00:11:15
58. II. Affettuoso - 00:06:21
59. III. Allegro - 00:05:36

Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156: "Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe"
60. Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156: "Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe" - 00:02:46

Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
61. I. Allegro - 00:03:56
62. II. Andante - 00:04:40
63. III. Presto - 00:03:48

Concerto in C Major for Two Trumpets, Strings and Continuio, RV 537 (Antonio Vivaldi)
64. I. Allegro - 00:03:10
65. II. Largo - 00:01:14
66. III. Allegro - 00:03:35

Performers:
Hilary Hahn (violin), Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Wilmer Wise (trumpet), Louis Opalesky (trumpet), Henry Nowak (trumpet), John Mack (oboe), John Wyre (timpani), Patricia Grignet (oboe), E. Power Biggs (organ), James Galway (flute), National Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York, Matitiahu Braun (violin), Hamburg Soloists, Julian Bream (guitar), Paul Nicholson (keyboards), Guildhall String Ensemble, Stephen Taylor (oboe), Jeanne Lamon (director), Tafelmusik, Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord), Michala Petri (recorder), Elisabeth Selin (recorder), Mark Gould (trumpet), Stephen Hammer (recorder), Ruth Waterman (violin), Joel Timm (oboe), Julian Bream (lute), Monteverdi Orchestra, Glenn Gould (piano), Edward Carroll (trumpet), Philharmonia Virtuosi, Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon (director), Andrea Marcon (harpsichord), Jascha Heifetz (violin), English Chamber Orchestra, COLUMBIA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, Robert Arnold (organ), Thomas Paul (bass vocal), Robert Conant (harpsichord), Richard Lewis (tenor), Judith Raskin (soprano), Florence Kopleff (contralto), Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Emily van Evera, Taverner Players, Sigiswald Kuijken (violin), La Petite Bande, Gerard Schwarz (trumpet), Eugene Istomin (piano), Joseph Szigeti (violin), Prades Festival Orchestra, John Wummer (flute), Stefanie Haegele (oboe), Igor Kipnis (harpsichord), Helmut Hunger (trumpet)

Pablo Casals, Charles Gerhardt, Eugene Ormandy, Richard Kapp, Emil Klein, Robert Salter, John Eliot Gardiner, Raymond Leppard, Robert Shaw, Andrew Parrott, Claudio Scimone