Various - Baroque Adagios

Tracklist

1-1 - Canon And Gigue, For 3 Violins & Continuo In D Major, T. 337 Canon (4:30)

1-2 - Violin Concerto, For Violin, Strings & Continuo In F Minor ("L'inverno," The Four Seasons; "Il Cimento" No. 4), Op. 8/4, RV 297 Largo (2:40)

1-3 - Adagio, For Violin, Strings & Organ In G Minor, T. Mi 26 (6:57)

1-4 - Dance Of The Blessed Spirits (Melody), Various Arrangements (from "Orfeo Ed Euridice") (6:35)

1-5 - Lute (Chamber) Concerto, For Lute (or Guitar), 2 Violins & Continuo In D Major, RV 93 Largo (5:09)

1-6 - Concerto For 2 Violins, Strings & Continuo In D Minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 Largo Ma Non Tanto (6:27)

1-7 - Concerto For Oboe, Strings & Continuo In D Minor, Sf. 935 Adagio (4:22)

1-8 - Nisi Dominus (Psalm 127), For Voice, Viola D'amore, Strings & Continuo In G Minor, RV 608 Cum Dederit Delectis Suis Somnum (5:06)

1-9 - Concerto Grosso In A Minor, Op.6/4, HWV 322 Larghetto Affettuoso (3:17)

1-10 - Organ Concerto In F Major "Cuckoo & The Nightingale" (No.13), HWV 295 Larghetto (2:40)

1-11 - Concerto For Oboe, Violin, Strings & Continuo In F Major (reconstruction), BWV 1053R Siciliano (4:16)

1-12 - Sonata For Violin & Continuo In G Minor, B. G5 ("The Devil's Trill") Largheto Affettuoso (2:53)

1-13 - Cantata No. 140, "Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166) Excerpt (2:28)

1-14 - Double Oboe Concerto For 2 Oboes (or Recorders), Strings & Continuo In D Minor, RV 535 Largo (2:31)

1-15 - Concerto Grosso In D Major, Op. 6/1 Largo (3:17)

1-16 - Concerto For Harpsichord, Strings & Continuo No. 4 In A Major, BWV 1055 Larghetto (4:52)

1-17 - Goldberg Variations, For Keyboard (Clavier-Übung Iv), BWV 988 (BC L9) Aria (3:50)

1-18 - Serse (Xerxes), Opera, HWV 40 Ombra Mai Fu, Largo (2:58)

1-19 - Nulla In Mundo Pax Sincera, Solo Motet For Voice, Strings & Continuo In E Major, RV 630 Excerpt (2:48)

2-1 - Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major, BWV 1068 Air On A "G" String (5:12)

2-2 - Rinaldo, Opera, HWV 7 Lassia Ch'io Pianga (3:51)

2-3 - Violin Concerto, For Violin, Strings & Continuo In E Major ("La Primavera," The Four Seasons; "Il Cimento" No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269 Largo (3:00)

2-4 - Concerto For Harpsichord, Strings & Continuo No. 3 In D Major, BWV 1054 Adagio E Piano Sempre (5:46)

2-5 - Concerto à Cinque, For Oboe, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello & Continuo No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 9/2, (T. 9/2) Adagio (5:22)

2-6 - Sonata For Viola Da Gamba & Keyboard No. 3 In G Minor, BWV 1029 Adagio (excerpt) (3:11)

2-7 - Harp Concerto In B Flat Major, Op.4/6, HWV 294 Larghetto (4:41)

2-8 - Concerto For Violin, Strings & Continuo No. 1 In A Minor, BWV 1041 Andante (6:23)

2-9 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D Major, BWV 1050 Affettuoso (5:40)

2-10 - Stabat Mater, For Soprano, Alto, Strings & Organ In F Major Stabat Mater (4:09)

2-11 - Cantata No. 156, "Ich Steh Mit Einem Fuss Im Grabe," BWV 156 (BC A38) Arioso (2:51)

2-12 - Double Mandolin Concerto, For 2 Mandolins, Strings & Continuo In G Major, RV 532 Andante (3:45)

2-13 - Concerto For Oboe & Violin (or 2 Violins), Strings & Continuo In D Minor (reconstruction), BWV 1060R Adagio (5:14)

2-14 - Violin Concerto, For Violin, Strings & Continuo In F Major ("L'autunno," The Four Seasons; "Il Cimento" No. 3), Op.8/3, RV 293 Adagio Molto (2:43)

2-15 - Concerto For Oboe, Strings & Continuo In D Minor, TWV 51:d1 Adagio (2:32)

2-16 - Concerto Grosso No. 6 In D Major (after Scarlatti) Largo (3:26)

2-17 - Violin Concerto, For Violin, Strings & Continuo In A Minor ("L'estro Armonico" No. 6), Op. 3/6, RV 356 Largo (2:53)

2-18 - Ground For Harpsichord In C Minor, D 221 Largo (3:22)

2-19 - Dido And Aeneas, Opera, Z. 626 Dido's Lament (4:08)

Companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) - Decca Music Group Limited

Phonographic Copyright (p) - Philips Classics Productions

Copyright (c) - Decca Music Group Limited

Credits

Booklet Editor - Fabian Watkinson

Cello - Janos Starker

Cello - Julian Lloyd Webber

Conductor - Anthony Lewis (2)

Conductor - Christophe Rousset

Conductor - Christopher Hogwood

Conductor - George Malcolm

Conductor - Iona Brown

Conductor - Karl Münchinger

Conductor - Paul Dyer

Conductor - Raymond Agoult

Conductor - Raymond Leppard

Conductor - Roger Norrington

Conductor - Sir Neville Marriner

Countertenor Vocals - Andreas Scholl

Cover - Getty Images

Design - Linards

Ensemble - I Musici

Ensemble - Les Talens Lyriques

Flute - André Pépin

Flute - Jean-Claude Hermanjat

Flute - Jean-Pierre Rampal

Guitar - Eduardo Fernández

Harp - Naoko Yoshino

Harp - Ursula Holliger

Harpsichord - George Malcolm

Harpsichord - Maria Teresa Garatti

Harpsichord - Thurston Dart

Mandolin - Gino Del Vescovo

Mandolin - Tommaso Ruta

Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Bernadette Greevy

Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Janet Baker

Oboe - Celia Nicklin

Oboe - Heinz Holliger

Oboe - Neil Black (3)

Oboe - Tess Miller

Orchestra - Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Orchestra - English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra - Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment

Orchestra - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Orchestra - The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Orchestra - The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe

Orchestra - The New Symphony Orchestra Of London

Organ - Maria Teresa Garatti

Piano - András Schiff

Piano - György Sebök

Piano - John Lenehan

Piano - Riccardo Castagnone

Piano, Conductor - András Schiff

Soprano Vocals - Barbara Bonney

Violin - Alan Loveday

Violin - Arthur Grumiaux

Violin - Carmel Kaine

Violin - Carmel Kaine

Violin - Félix Ayo

Violin - Henryk Szeryng

Violin - Iona Brown

Violin - Malcolm Latchem

Violin - Maurice Hasson

Violin - Roberto Michelucci

Violin - Trevor Connah

Violin, Conductor - Salvatore Accardo

Notes

Total timing: 157:45

ADD: 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-9, 1-9, 1-12 to 1-15, 1-19, 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5 to 2-7, 2-9, 2-12 to 2-14, 2-16, 2-17, 2-19

DDD: 1-1, 1-4, 1-5, 1-7, 1-8, 1-10, 1-11, 1-16 to 1-18, 2-4, 2-8 2-10, 2-11, 2-15, 2-18

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℗ 1957 (12), 1959 (2), 1961 (3), 1976 (6), 1983 (11), 1987 (7) Philips Classics Productions

CD 2: ℗ 1962 (19), 1966 (2), 1971 (1), 1975 (13), 1990 (4), 1999 (10) Decca Music Group Limited

℗ 1959 (3, 14), 1960 (12), 1963 (6, 17), 1968 (5), 1972 (7), 1979 (16), 1981 (9), 1982 (15), 1985 (8), 1993 (11), 1998 (18) Philips Classics Productions

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