Artist: C. Unger-Hamilton

Title: Discover: Music of the Baroque

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Format: CD

Release Date: 2009

Label: Naxos Audio Books

UPC: 9789626349595

Genre: Books on Tape/Cd

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Chapter 1: Enter the Players
2. Individuality
3. Italy: The Cradle of the Baroque
4. Concerto Grosso in B Minor, Op. 6, No. 12, HWV 330: III. Larghetto, E Piano - Variatio
5. Instrumental Development and Choral Virtuosity
6. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio
7. This Change Is Especially Dramatic
8. Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K. 120/L.215/P.146: Allegrissimo
9. Many Regard the Choral Music of J.S. Bach
10. Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, BWV 51: Aria: Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen!
11. It's Time Now to Go Back to the Early Seventeenth Century
12. Il Salmo Miserere Mei Deus
13. Chapter 2: The Beginnings ? Italy
14. Sacrae Symphoniae: Sonata Pian E Forte a 8 (Arr. E. Crees for Brass)
15. The Contribution to Music of the Next Great Italian Composer
16. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin: Domine Ad Adiuvandum
17. When Monteverdis Patron Died in 1612
18. Mein Junges Leben Hat Ein End, SWWV 324
19. As Well As Being An Outstanding Composer
20. La, la, la, Je Ne Lose Dire
21. Well Now, from the Engaging Work of a Minor Composer
22. Psalmen Davids Sampt Etlichen Moteten Und Concerten, Op. 2: Jauchzet Dem Herren, Alle Welt, SWV 36, "Psalm 100
23. In 1625 Schutz Was Stricken By the Death of His Wife
24. England
25. Royal Consort in D Major for 2 Theorbos: V. Ecco
26. When Civil War Broke Out in England

DISC 2:
1. Chapter 3: The Fashion Spreads ? Different Styles for Different Lands
2. Development of Dance Suites
3. Major, Minor and Modulation
4. Italy: The Land of Song
5. O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta: Aria: Lautor Dogni Mio Bene
6. The Violin
7. Sonata in D Major a 8 Viole Con Una Tromba: I. Allegro
8. Stradella, Incidentally, While Not in the First Division
9. Germany
10. Membra Jesu Nostri, Buxwv 75: III. Ad Manus: Quid Sunt Plagae Istae
11. Some Years Younger Than Buxtehude Was Johann Pachelbel
12. Toccata in C Major
13. France
14. Benedictus: Benedictus
15. Less Formal in His Approach to Composition
16. Un Flambeau, Janette, Isabelle!, H. 460C
17. French Keyboard Music
18. England
19. Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z. 15
20. In 1683 Came the First of Purcells Odes for St Cecilias Day
21. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: When I Am Laid in Earth
22. A Few Years Later, at the End of the Freezing Winter of 1695
23. Chapter 4: Full Flower ? High Baroque
24. Italy
25. Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto": VI. Pastorale
26. Born Near Bologna, Corelli Began to Learn the Violin
27. Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3, RV 428, "Il Gardellino": I. Allegro
28. It Must Have Been the Public Thirst for Novelty
29. Beatus Vir in C Major, RV 597: Beatus Vir Qui Timet Dominum
30. It Seems As If Vivaldi Became Restless

DISC 3:
1. Baroque Concertos Beyond Vivaldi
2. Keyboard Sonata in E Major, K.380/L.23/P.483: Andante Comodo
3. By Contrast, the Sonata in D Major, K. 96 Is Much More Rapid
4. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K. 96/L.465/P.210: Allegrissimo
5. Germany
6. Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 550
7. Although He Appeared to Have Been Comfortable Enough
8. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro Assai
9. At Least Two of Bachs Four Orchestral Suites
10. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861
11. One Vocal Work to Emerge from Bachs Secular Years
12. Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten, BWV 202, "Wedding Cantata": Aria: Sich Uben Im Lieben
13. It Was on His Return from a Visit to Karlsbad
14. ST. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part III: Chorus: Wir Setzen Uns Mit Tranen Nieder
15. There Were Consolations in Bachs Difficult Time in Leipzig
16. Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo
17. Towards the End of the Seventeenth Century
18. German Opera
19. Overture (Suite) in D Major, TWV 55:D15: VIII. Rejouissance
20. Telemann Has Sometimes Been Accused of Superficiality

DISC 4:
1. France
2. Pieces de Clavecin, Book 1: 1st Ordre in G Minor-Major: Les Sentiments
3. Further on in the Same Suite
4. Pieces de Clavecin, Book 1: 1st Ordre in G Minor-Major: La Manon
5. In 1716, at the Height of His Fame and Success
6. Abaris Ou Les Boreades: Gavotte Pour Les Fleures Et Les Zephirs
7. Unfortunately, the Opera Was Never Produced
8. VII. Musette en Rondeau
9. VIII. Tambourin
10. England
11. Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II: Aria: Lascia Chio Pianga
12. Back in Hanover the Following Summer
13. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act II: Aria: O Ruddier Than the Cherry
14. Italian Opera at This Time Was All the Rage in London
15. Keyboard Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432: VI. Passacaille
16. As the Public Wearied of Temperamental Divas and Castrati
17. Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: For Unto a Child Is Born
18. Strange to Say, Messiah Was Not So Well Received
19. Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 6, No. 10, HWV 328: VI. Allegro Moderato
20. Handel Surely Sensed That the Musical World
21. Coda

Naxos AudioBook Grandiose and glamorous, Baroque music stands alone, written to glorify the finest courts of Europe. It's greatest composers, such as Vivaldi, Handel and Bach, head a fascinating cast of musical magicians, including Albinoni, Pachelbel and Scarlatti. Their lives are as intriguing as their music: we find virtuoso performers who earned their bread and butter in the cathedrals of Europe while keeping company with kings and queens, and setting opera houses ablaze across the continent with their fabulous new music. Discover Music of the Baroque Era is rich in musical detail.