The History of Classical Music, Part 1: Medieval to Baroque: From Gregorian Chant to C.P.E. Bach

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Tracklist

1▶Digital Media: Gregorian chant / Organum / Machaut: Chansons
2▶Digital Media: Dufay & Josquin: Motets
3▶Digital Media: Wind Music From Renaissance Italy
4▶Digital Media: Sacred Music by Tallis, Byrd, Victoria, Palestrina and Allegri
5▶Digital Media: Monteverdi: Madrigals / Vespers (highlights)
6▶Digital Media: Schütz: O bone Jesu / Buxtehude / Pachelbel: Instrumental Music
7▶Digital Media: Purcell: Dido and Æneas (highlights) / The Fairy Queen (highlights) / Te Deum and Jubilate
8▶Digital Media: Charpentier: Te Deum / Rameau: Music From the Stage Works
9▶Digital Media: Telemann: Concertos
10▶Digital Media: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Gloria
11▶Digital Media: Bach: Brandenburg Concertos nos. 2 & 5 / Orchestral Suite no. 2
12▶Digital Media: Bach: Goldberg Variations / Italian Concerto / Fantasias
13▶Digital Media: Bach: Organ Music
14▼Digital Media: Bach: St. Matthew Passion (highlights)
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1Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part I no. 1: Chorus I–II: “Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
editor:
Werner Roth (Engineer) and Ulrich Vette (engineer)
choir vocals:
London Oratory Junior Choir (in 1988-04) and The Monteverdi Choir (English vocal Baroque ensemble) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
The English Baroque Soloists (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
chorus master:
Patrick Russill (in 1988-04)
balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1989)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I, I. Chor I & II "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen" (in 1988-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I
Johann Sebastian Bach7:01
2Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part I no. 3: Choral: “Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (English vocal Baroque ensemble) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I, III. Choral "Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen" (in 1988-04)
lyricist:
Johann Heermann
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Breitkopf 389 Choralgesänge (number: 166)
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I
Johann Sebastian Bach0:40
3Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part I no. 6: Aria (alto): “Buss und Reu”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
mezzo-soprano vocals [alto]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I, VI. Arie (Alt) "Buß und Reu" (in 1988-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I
Johann Sebastian Bach4:13
4Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part I no. 8: Aria (soprano): “Blute nur, du liebes Herz”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
soprano vocals:
Ann Monoyios (soprano) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I, VIII. Arie (Sopran) "Blute nur, du liebes Herz" (in 1988-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I
Johann Sebastian Bach4:43
5Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part I no. 17: Choral: “Ich will hier bei dir stehen”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (English vocal Baroque ensemble) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (John Eliot Gardiner) (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I, XVII. Choral "Ich will hier bei dir stehen" (in 1988-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I
Johann Sebastian Bach0:51
6Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part I no. 20: Aria (tenor, chorus II): “Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
choir vocals:
London Oratory Junior Choir (in 1988-04) and Monteverdi Choir (English vocal Baroque ensemble) (in 1988-04)
tenor vocals:
Howard Crook (tenor) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
chorus master:
Patrick Russill (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I, XX. Arie (Tenor) und Chor II "Ich will bei meinen Jesu wachen" (in 1988-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I
Johann Sebastian Bach4:54
7Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part I no. 22: Recitative (bass): “Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
baritone vocals [bass]:
Olaf Bär (baritone) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I, XXII. Accompagnato-Rezitativ (Bass) "Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder" (in 1988-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I
Johann Sebastian Bach0:53
8Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part I no. 23: Aria (bass): “Gerne will ich mich bequemen”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
baritone vocals [bass]:
Olaf Bär (baritone) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I, XXIII. Arie (Bass) "Gerne will ich mich bequemen" (in 1988-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I
Johann Sebastian Bach4:00
9Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part I no. 25: Choral: “Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (English vocal Baroque ensemble) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I, XXV. Choral "Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit" (in 1988-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Breitkopf 389 Choralgesänge (number: 342)
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I
Johann Sebastian Bach0:57
10Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part II no. 39: Aria (alto): “Erbarme dich”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
countertenor vocals:
Michael Chance (British countertenor) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, XXXIX. Aria (Alto) "Erbarme dich, mein Gott" (in 1988-04)
orchestrator:
Ton Koopman (conductor, organist and harpsichordist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
Johann Sebastian Bach6:40
11Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part II no. 42: Aria (bass): “Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
bass vocals:
Cornelius Hauptmann (operatic bass) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, XLII. Aria (Basso) "Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder" (in 1988-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
Johann Sebastian Bach2:51
12Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part II no. 46: Choral: “Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (English vocal Baroque ensemble) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, XLVI. Choral "Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe" (in 1988-04)
lyricist:
Johann Heermann
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Breitkopf 389 Choralgesänge (number: 167)
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
Johann Sebastian Bach0:39
13Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part II no. 52: Aria (alto): “Können Tränen meiner Wangen”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
mezzo-soprano vocals [alto]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, LII. Aria (Alto) "Können Tränen meiner Wangen" (in 1988-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
Johann Sebastian Bach6:42
14Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part II no. 65: Aria (bass): “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
bass vocals:
Cornelius Hauptmann (operatic bass) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, LXV. Aria (Basso) "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein" (in 1988-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
Johann Sebastian Bach5:56
15Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part II no. 67: Recitative (soprano, alto, tenor, bass, chorus II): “Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht” – “Mein Jesu, gute Nacht”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
baritone vocals [bass]:
Olaf Bär (baritone) (in 1988-04)
choir vocals:
London Oratory Junior Choir (in 1988-04) and Monteverdi Choir (English vocal Baroque ensemble) (in 1988-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals [alto]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) (in 1988-04)
soprano vocals:
Barbara Bonney (soprano) (in 1988-04)
tenor vocals:
Howard Crook (tenor) (in 1988-04)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
chorus master:
Patrick Russill (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, LXVII. Recitativo (Soprano, Alto, Tenore, Basso) "Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht" - Coro "Mein Jesu, gute Nacht" (in 1988-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
Johann Sebastian Bach1:34
16Matthäus‐Passion, BWV 244, part II no. 68: Chorus I–II: “Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder”
recording engineer:
Klaus Behrens (engineer)
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
instruments and orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1988-04)
choir vocals:
London Oratory Junior Choir (in 1988-04) and The Monteverdi Choir (English vocal Baroque ensemble) (in 1988-04)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1988-04)
chorus master:
Patrick Russill (in 1988-04)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, LXVIII. Coro "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder" (in 1988-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
Johann Sebastian Bach5:05
15▶Digital Media: Bach: Magnificat / Cantatas nos. 63 & 65
16▶Digital Media: Handel: Fireworks Music / Overtures / Concerto grosso “Alexander’s Feast”
17▶Digital Media: Handel: Concertos
18▶Digital Media: Handel: Messiah (arias and choruses)
19▶Digital Media: Scarlatti, D: Harpsichord Sonatas
20▶Digital Media: Bach, C.P.E.: String Symphonies, WQ 182 / Bach, J.C.: Quintet, op. 11 no. 6

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includes:Brandenburg Concertos nos. 2 & 5 / Suite no. 2 by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician); Musica Antiqua Köln (Musica Antiqua Cologne), Reinhard Goebel (violinist and conductor)
Dido and Aeneas / The Fairy Queen / Te Deum & Jubilate (excerpts) by Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
Goldberg Variations / Italian Concerto by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician); Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichordist, clavichordist, pianist)
Great Organ Works by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician); Ton Koopman (conductor, organist and harpsichordist)
Kammerkonzerte (Chamber Concertos) by Georg Philipp Telemann (composer); Musica Antiqua Köln (Musica Antiqua Cologne), Reinhard Goebel (violinist and conductor)
Magnificat - Cantatas BWV 63 & BWV 65 by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician); Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter (conductor/ choir master/ organist/ harpsichordist)
Marien‐Vesper (highlights) / Madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player); Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir), Monteverdi‐Chor Hamburg, Hanns‐Martin Schneidt (harpsichordist, organist, conductor), Jürgen Jürgens (chorus master and conductor)
Messiah: Arias and Choruses by Handel (George Frideric Handel, German‐British baroque composer); The English Concert & Choir, Trevor Pinnock (conductor / harpsichord)
Orgelkonzert “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale” / Harfenkonzert / Oboenkonzert nr. 3 / Concerto a Due Cori nr. 2 by Handel (George Frideric Handel, German‐British baroque composer); Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer), The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (conductor / harpsichord)
Royal Fireworks Music / Concerto Grosso “Alexander’s Feast” / Ouvertures by Handel (George Frideric Handel, German‐British baroque composer); The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (conductor / harpsichord)
The Symphonies for Strings by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (German classical composer); The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (conductor / harpsichord)
part of:The History of Classical Music: From Gregorian Chant to Górecki (order: 1)