Baroque: The Greatest Hits

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1▼CD: Disc One
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1’Masterpiece Theater Theme’
orchestra:
Collegium Aureum
Jean‐Joseph Mouret1:45
2Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
executive producer:
Dr. Steven Paul (classical arranger/producer for Deutsche Grammophon)
producer:
Wolf Erichson (engineer/producer)
harpsichord:
Edward Brewer (harpsichordist) (in 1989-04)
orchestra:
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (US orchestra) (in 1989-04)
balance engineer:
Andreas Neubronner (engineer/producer, co-founded Tritonus Musikproduktion)
recorded at:
State University of New York at Purchase, Performing Arts Center (Purchase College) in Purchase, Harrison, New York, United States (in 1989-04)
recording of:
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” (in 1989-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1748)
publisher:
Hallische Händel‐Ausgabe der Georg‐Friedrich‐Händel‐Gesellschaft and Public Domain (refers to works that are in the public domain)
part of:
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III
Georg Friedrich Händel2:59
3Canon in D
orchestra:
Collegium Aureum, The English Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym assocated with Simon Addison, not the orchestra founded in 1998) and London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Simon Addison (probably an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337: I. Canon
composer:
Johann Pachelbel (composer)
part of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337
Johann Pachelbel4:51
4Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: Allegro
orchestra:
Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Philharmonia Slavonia (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Südwest-Studioorchester (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Karel Brazda (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Heribert Münchner (conductor, pseudonym for Alfred Scholz) and Rudolf Pribil (pseudonym for Alfred Scholz)
recording of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 5 D-Dur, BWV 1050: I. Allegro (ended)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
version of:
Concerto D-Dur, BWV 1050a: I. Allegro
part of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 5 D-Dur, BWV 1050 (Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050)
Johann Sebastian Bach9:58
5Air for the ’G’ String
orchestra:
The English Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym assocated with Simon Addison, not the orchestra founded in 1998), London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Philharmonic Orchestra London (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Simon Addison (probably an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, Air on the G string)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1730)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068 (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:18
6Water Music Suite: Hornpipe
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 12. Alla hornpipe
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1717)
part of:
Water Music Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349
Georg Friedrich Händel3:13
7Four Seasons: The Spring
violin:
Alexander Permovalsky (violinist, possibly a Scholz fake name)
orchestra:
Baroque Festival Orchestra (probably another Alfred Scholz pseudonym), The English Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym assocated with Simon Addison, not the orchestra founded in 1998), I Musici di Zagreb (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym, not to be confused with the real Zagrebački solisti), Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), I Solisti Napoli (probably a pseudonym of Alfred Sholtz), Salzburger Kammerorchester (Salzburg Chamber Orchestra), Slovak Chamber Orchestra and Südwest-Studioorchester (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Simon Addison (probably an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Heribert Münchner (conductor, pseudonym for Alfred Scholz), Alexander von Pitamic (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Bohdan Warchal (violinist, conductor)
partial recording of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera” (Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “Spring”)
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Catalogo numerico-tematico delle opere strumentali (Fanna Catalogue, Antonio Vivaldi) (number: F. I/22) and Ryom-Verzeichnis (number: RV 269)
part of:
Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione, op. 8 (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention, op. 8)
part of:
Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons, “The Four Seasons”)
recording of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”: I. Allegro
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera” (Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “Spring”)
Antonio Vivaldi13:27
8Adagio
orchestra:
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
composer:
Remo Giazotto
previously attributed to:
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (Italian Baroque composer)
publisher:
Ricordi London (Casa Ricordi sublabel for Classical music) and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni6:53
9Orchestral Suite no. 2: Menuet and Badinerie
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067: VI. Menuet (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: VI. Menuet)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067 (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067 (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067)
Johann Sebastian Bach2:50
10Allegro for Brass
orchestra:
St. Louis Brass Quintet
Antonio Vivaldi1:47
11Four Seasons: The Fall
orchestra:
Deutsche Bachsolisten (German Bach Soloists)
recording of:
Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 “L’autunno” (Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 “Autumn”)
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Catalogo numerico-tematico delle opere strumentali (Fanna Catalogue, Antonio Vivaldi) (number: F. I/24) and Ryom-Verzeichnis (number: RV 293)
part of:
Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione, op. 8 (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention, op. 8)
part of:
Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons, “The Four Seasons”)
Antonio Vivaldi5:09
12Concerto for 2 Violins and Orchestra
violin:
Joseph Brezina (violinist), Feliz Elias (violinist), Alberto Tozzi and Tomasco Vecchi
orchestra:
Camerata Labacensis (Slovenian chamber orchestra), Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), London Symphony Orchestra and Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1730 until 1731)
part of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Johann Sebastian Bach4:00
13Canzona septimi toni no. 2
performer:
Chicago Chamber Brass
Giovanni Gabrieli3:03
14Oboe Concerto: Andante
orchestra:
Collegium Aureum
recording of:
Concerto per oboe, archi e continuo in re minore: I. Andante e spiccato (Concerto for oboe, strings and continuo in D minor: I. Andante e spiccato)
composer:
Alessandro Marcello
part of:
Concerto per oboe, archi e continuo in re minore, S D935 (Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor)
Alessandro Marcello3:35
15Trumpet Concerto: Allegro
trumpet:
Rolf Quinque (trumpet player)
orchestra:
Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
partial recording of:
Sinfonia in D major, G. 2 (for trumpet and strings)
composer:
Giuseppe Torelli (violinist and composer)
part of:
Giuseppe Torelli Thematisches Verzeichnis (number: G. 2)
Giuseppe Torelli2:06
16Rondeau
harpsichord and organ:
Carlo Curley (US organist)
recording of:
Incidental Music for Abdelazer, or, the Moor’s Revenge, Z 570: II. Rondeau
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Incidental Music for Abdelazer, or, the Moor's Revenge, Z 570
Henry Purcell2:23
17Tune in D major
harpsichord:
Carlo Curley (US organist)
recording of:
Trumpet Tune in D (from The Island Princess, erroneously attributed to Henry Purcell)
composer:
Jeremiah Clarke (English baroque composer and organist)
previously attributed to:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
Henry Purcell3:59
18Overture to Royal Fireworks Music
orchestra:
Bamberg Philharmonic (pseudonym associated with Alfred Scholz, not Bamberger Symphoniker)
recording of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Ouverture
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1749)
part of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Georg Friedrich Händel9:19
2▼CD: Disc Two
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1Trumpet Voluntary
orchestra:
Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
The Prince of Denmark’s March (erroneously called “Trumpet Voluntary” - catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jeremiah Clarke (English baroque composer and organist)
arrangement of:
The Prince of Denmark’s March (erroneously called “Trumpet Voluntary”)
Jeremiah Clarke2:47
2Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
orchestra:
Collegium Aureum
partial recording of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048 (Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
dedicated to:
Christian Ludwig (Margrave of Brandenburg)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 1048)
part of:
Six concerts avec plusieurs instruments (Brandenburg Concertos, Brandenburg concertos)
Johann Sebastian Bach6:54
3Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
brass:
St. Louis Brass Quintet
orchestra:
St. Louis Brass Quintet
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; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement 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)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:55
4Royal Fireworks Music
orchestra:
Bamberg Philharmonic Orchestra (pseudonym associated with Alfred Scholz, not Bamberger Symphoniker), Český národní symfonický orchestr (Czech National Symphony Orchestra), London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), London Symphony Orchestra, Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra), Slovak Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (Slovak Chamber Orchestra) and Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Slovak Philharmonic)
conductor:
Oliver von Dohnányi (conductor), Sidney Lark (conductor, possibly an Alfred Scholtz pseudonym), Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Rolf Reinhardt (German conductor 1927-2006), Bernhard Stopler (conductor) and Bohdan Warchal (violinist, conductor)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia
recording of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La Réjouissance
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1749)
part of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Georg Friedrich Händel3:50
5Xerxes: Largo
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1737-12-26 until 1738-01-09)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (“largo”; catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arrangement of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
Georg Friedrich Händel3:09
6Canzona per Sonare no. 2
performer:
Chicago Chamber Brass
Giovanni Gabrieli2:36
7The Four Seasons: Spring: Allegro
violin:
Alexander Permovalsky (violinist, possibly a Scholz fake name)
orchestra:
Baroque Festival Orchestra (probably another Alfred Scholz pseudonym), The English Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym assocated with Simon Addison, not the orchestra founded in 1998) and Südwest-Studioorchester (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Simon Addison (probably an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Heribert Münchner (conductor, pseudonym for Alfred Scholz)
recording of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”: III. Allegro pastorale
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera” (Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “Spring”)
Antonio Vivaldi54:01
8Orchestral Suite no. 3: Overture
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: I. Ouverture
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068 (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)
Johann Sebastian Bach9:32
9’Little’ Fugue
performer:
Chicago Chamber Brass
recording of:
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 ("Little")
Johann Sebastian Bach3:22
10Christmas Oratorio -- Sinfonia
orchestra:
Stuttgart Radio Symphony (Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Garcia Navarro (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mediaphon (for copyrights use only – this is the short name used in legal notices by Mediaphon GmbH, aka Mediaphon-Musikproduktion und Verlag GmbH) (from 1986 to present)
recording of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil II, X. Sinfonia
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1734-12-26)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (from 1734 until 1735)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, "Christmas Oratorio")
Johann Sebastian Bach6:10
11Table of Music Overture
orchestra:
Camerata Würzburg
Georg Philipp Telemann13:56
12Gailliard Battaglia
performer:
St. Louis Brass Quintet
recording of:
Galliard Battaglia
composer:
Samuel Scheidt (composer)
Samuel Scheidt1:45
13Messiah: Overture
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 1. Symphony
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
Georg Friedrich Händel3:19
14Messiah: Comfort Ye
vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 2. Recitative “Comfort ye” (Tenor)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
Georg Friedrich Händel2:44
15Messiah: Glory to God
choir vocals:
Royal Philharmonic Chorus
vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 17. Chorus “Glory to God in the highest”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
Georg Friedrich Händel2:07
16Messiah: Hallelujah!
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society) and Royal Philharmonic Chorus
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
Georg Friedrich Händel3:49