Record Details

Artist:	Various Composers
Title:	The Story Of Great Music: The Baroque Era
Format:	4x12"Reissue
Label:	Time Life Records
Cat No:	STL 144
Released:	1966
Country:
Genres:	BaroqueClassical
Condition	Good+
Status	Have
Added To List	16th August 2014

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The sides have been pressed in a "back-to-front" order: Sides 1 & 8 are on the first record, sides 2 & 7 on the second etc. Reissue refers to the fact that all of recordings here had been previously issued, not a reissue of this specific box set. **Side 1** *Purcell: Theater Music And Songs* 1. Music From "The Fairy Queen" (ed. Boyling): Act 4 Entry Of Phoebus / Act 4 Symphony Largo / Act 3 Dance Of The Haymakers / First Music-Hornpipe / Act 3 Dance Of The Fairies / Act 5 Symphony 2. Music From "The Indian Queen" (ed. Boyling): Act 2 Symphony-Adagio / First Music-First Air / Act 3 Symphony / Act 5 Air 3. Two Duets (arr. Moffat) Let Us Wander / Lost Is My Quiet 4. Music From "King Arthur" (ed. Boyling): Act 5 Trumpet Tune / Second Music-Air / Act 5 Symphony 5. Music For Dramatic Works (ed. Boyling): "Abdelazer"-Rondeau / "Distressed Innocence"-Air / "Amphitryon"-Sarabande / "The Double Dealer"-Air Bands 1, 2, 4 & 5: Bath Festival Orchestra conducted by Yehudi Menuhin Band 3: Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) with Gerald Moore (piano) **Side 2** *Telemann: Concerto In B Flat Major For 3 Oboes, 3 Violins And Basso Continuo* 1. Allegro / Largo / Allegro *Vivaldi-Bach: Concerto In A Minor For 4 Harpsichords And Strings, BWV 1065* 2. Allegro / Largo-Larghetto-Largo / Allegro Band 1: Pierre Pierlot, Eugenei Nepalov and Pitor Dubrov (oboes), Rudolf Barshai, Andrei Abramenkov and Leonid Poleess (violins), with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Barshai Band 2: Ferrucio Viganelli, Hedda Illy, Riccardo Castagnone, Anna Maria Pernafelli (harpsichords), with the Virtuosi di Roma (Collegium Musicum Italium) conducted by Renato Fasano **Side 3** *Corelli: Concerto Grosso In G Minor Op. 6 No. 8 ("Christmas Concerto")* 1. Vivace-Grave-Allegro / Adagio-Allegro-Adagio / Vivace-Allegro Pastorale (Largo) *Vivaldi: Concerto In D Major, Op. 10 No. 3 ("Il Gardellino")* 2. Allegro / Largo / Allegro Bands 1 & 2: Virtuosi di Roma (Collegium Musicum Italium) conducted by Renato Fasano Band 2: Pasquale Rispoli (flute) **Side 4** *Bach: St. Matthew Passion (excerpts)* 1. Chorus: Kommt, Ihr Tochter 2a. Recitative: Petrus Aber Sass Draussen Im Palast 2b. Chorus: Wahrlich, Du Bist Auch Einer Von Denen 2c. Recitative: Da Hub Er An, Sich Zu Verfluchen 2d. Aria: Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott 3. Chorale: O Haupt Voll Blut And Wunden All bands: Peter Pears (tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Walter Berry (bass), Janet Baker (contralto), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), The Philharmonia Chorus and the Boys of the Hampstead Parish Church Choir (Chorus Master, Wilhelm Pitz), The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer **Side 5** *Handel: Messiah (excerpts)* 1a. Recitative: Comfort Ye 1b. Air: Ev'ry Valley 2. Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born 3. Air: He Shall Feed His Flock 4. Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God 5. Chorus: Hallelujah! All bands: Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), The Philharmonia Chorus (Chorus Master, Wilhelm Pitz), The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer **Side 6** 1a. *Couperin: Les Barricades Mysterieuses* 1b. *Couperin: L'Arlequine* 2. *Rameau: Gavotte Variee* 3. *Bach: Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565* Bands 1 & 2: Ingrid Heiler (harpsichord) Band 3: Fernando Germani (organ) **Side 7** *Scarlatti: Two Harpsichord Sonatas* 1a. Sonata In A Minor, L. 429 1b. Sonatta In D Major, L 164 *Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F Major, BWV. 1047* 2. Allegro / Andante / Allegro Assai Band 1: Ingrid Heiler (harpsichord) Band 2: Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Denis Clift (trumpet), Christopher Taylor (recorder), Janet Craxton (oboe) with the Bath Festival Orchestra conducted by Yehudi Menuhin **Side 8** *Handel: The Water Music (Edited by N.D. Boyling)* 1. Suite In G Major: Lento / Aria (Allegro)-Minore (Meno Mosso) / Menuet / Andante / Country Dance (Allegro) 2. Suite In D Major: Allegro-Gigue / Hornpipe / Menuet / Lentement / Presto All bands: Bath Festival Orchestra conducted by Yehudi Menuhin

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