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Recordings for a History of Western Music, Fourth Edition, Volume 1: Ancient to Baroque

Helmut Kahlhöfer · Helmuth Rilling · Jean-François Paillard · Jaap Schröder · Kenneth Slowik · Konrad Junghänel · Anton Heiller · Johannes Somary · Andrew Parrott · Brian Priestman

Sony Classical1988Cat. 203842h 8m70 tracks

Recordings for a History of Western Music, Fourth Edition, Volume 1: Ancient to Baroque (1988), CD, on Sony Classical. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, George Frideric Handel, Jean-Baptiste Lully, performed by Helmut Kahlhöfer, Helmuth Rilling, Jean-François Paillard, Jaap Schröder; 70 tracks.

Composers

Johann Sebastian Bach23 Dietrich Buxtehude8 George Frideric Handel7 Jean-Baptiste Lully6 Arcangelo Corelli5 Henry Purcell5 Pelham Humfrey4 Alessandro Grandi3 John Dowland3 Giacomo Carissimi2 Heinrich Schütz2 Marchetto Cara1 Pérotin1

Tracklist

Disc 2

14

Ave virgo virginum

Pérotin - Conductus: Ave virgo virginum

2:05

Disc 4

12

Frottole, libro primo: Io non compro più speranza, Part 1

Marchetto Cara - Io non compro più speranza

John S. Beckett

0:16

67

Second Booke of Songes, No. 2: Flow, my teares, Part 1

John Dowland - The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 2: "Flow My Tears"

Joseph Iadone, Russell Oberlin

1:37

68

Second Booke of Songes, No. 2: Flow, my teares, Part 2

John Dowland - The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 2: "Flow My Tears"

Joseph Iadone, Russell Oberlin

1:06

69

Second Booke of Songes, No. 2: Flow, my teares, Part 3

John Dowland - The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 2: "Flow My Tears"

Joseph Iadone, Russell Oberlin

1:42

Disc 5

15

Armide: Ouverture, Part 1

Jean-Baptiste Lully - Armide : Prologue. Ouverture

Jean-François Paillard, Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra

0:59

16

Armide: Ouverture, Part 2

Jean-Baptiste Lully - Armide : Prologue. Ouverture

Jean-François Paillard, Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra

0:30

17

Armide: Ouverture, Part 3

Jean-Baptiste Lully - Armide : Prologue. Ouverture

Jean-François Paillard, Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra

1:35

18

Armide, Act II Scene 5: Enfin il est en ma puissance, Part 1

Jean-Baptiste Lully - Armide, Act II Scene 5. Monologue "Enfin il est en ma puissance" (Armide)

Jean-François Paillard, Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra

0:53

19

Armide, Act II Scene 5: Enfin il est en ma puissance, Part 2

Jean-Baptiste Lully - Armide, Act II Scene 5. Monologue "Enfin il est en ma puissance" (Armide)

Jean-François Paillard, Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra

2:56

20

Armide, Act II Scene 5: Enfin il est en ma puissance, Part 3

Jean-Baptiste Lully - Armide, Act II Scene 5. Monologue "Enfin il est en ma puissance" (Armide)

Jean-François Paillard, Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra

0:53

21

The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Thus the ever grateful spring

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Thus the ever grateful Spring"

1:59

22

The Fairy Queen, Act V: Hark! The ech'ing air

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Hark! hark! the echoing air"

2:41

23

Dido and Aeneas, Act III Scene 2: Thy hand, Belinda

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 36. Recitative “Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me” (Dido)

Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players

0:47

24

Dido and Aeneas, Act III Scene 2: When I am laid in earth, Part 1

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)

Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players

1:17

25

Dido and Aeneas, Act III Scene 2: When I am laid in earth, Part 2

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)

Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players

2:06

41

Xerxes, Act I Scene 1: Frondi tenere

George Frideric Handel - Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 1. Recitativo “Frondi tenere” (Serse)

Brian Priestman

0:50

42

Xerxes, Act I Scene 1: Ombra mai fù

George Frideric Handel - Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)

Brian Priestman

2:44

43

Xerxes, Act I Scene 3: Và godendo vezzoso e bello

George Frideric Handel - Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 5. Aria “Va godendo vezzoso e bello” (Romilda)

Brian Priestman

2:20

48

Ghirlanda sacra, libro primo: O quam tu pulchra es, Part 1

Alessandro Grandi - Ghirlanda sacra: O quam tu pulchra es

1:22

49

Ghirlanda sacra, libro primo: O quam tu pulchra es, Part 2

Alessandro Grandi - Ghirlanda sacra: O quam tu pulchra es

0:26

50

Ghirlanda sacra, libro primo: O quam tu pulchra es, Part 3

Alessandro Grandi - Ghirlanda sacra: O quam tu pulchra es

2:27

Disc 6

01

Historia di Jephte: Plorate, plorate colles

Giacomo Carissimi - Jephte

Helmuth Rilling

5:59

02

Historia di Jephte: Plorate filli Israel

Giacomo Carissimi - Historia di Jephte, oratorio for soli, chorus and orchestra: “Plorate filii Israel” (chorus)

Helmuth Rilling

3:14

03

Symphoniae Sacrae III, Op. 12 No. 18: Saul, was verfolgst du mich?, Part 1

Heinrich Schütz - Symphoniæ Sacræ III, op. 12

Helmut Kahlhöfer

0:40

04

Symphoniae Sacrae III, Op. 12 No. 18: Saul, was verfolgst du mich?, Part 2

Heinrich Schütz - Symphoniæ Sacræ III, op. 12

Helmut Kahlhöfer

2:16

05

Hear O heav'ns, Part 1

Pelham Humfrey - Hear, O Heav'ns

1:35

06

Hear O heav'ns, Part 2

Pelham Humfrey - Hear, O Heav'ns

0:29

07

Hear O heav'ns, Part 3

Pelham Humfrey - Hear, O Heav'ns

1:34

08

Hear O heav'ns, Part 4

Pelham Humfrey - Hear, O Heav'ns

1:12

09

Jephte: How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees, Part 1

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 29. Chorus "How dark, o Lord, are thy decrees!"

Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra

2:06

10

Jephte: How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees, Part 2

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 29. Chorus "How dark, o Lord, are thy decrees!"

Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra

1:38

11

Jephte: How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees, Part 3

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 29. Chorus "How dark, o Lord, are thy decrees!"

Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra

0:53

12

Jephte: How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees, Part 4

George Frideric Handel - Jephtha, HWV 70: Act II, no. 29. Chorus "How dark, o Lord, are thy decrees!"

Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra

2:15

13

Cantata, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 61, Part 1

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 61 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"

Helmut Kahlhöfer, Deutsche Bachsolisten

2:07

14

Cantata, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 61, Part 2

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 61 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"

Helmut Kahlhöfer, Deutsche Bachsolisten

1:18

15

Cantata, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 61, Part 3

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 61 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"

Helmut Kahlhöfer, Deutsche Bachsolisten

0:44

16

Cantata, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 61, Part 4

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 61 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"

Helmut Kahlhöfer, Deutsche Bachsolisten

0:45

17

Cantata, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 61, Part 5

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 61 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"

Helmut Kahlhöfer, Deutsche Bachsolisten

0:53

18

Cantata, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 61, Part 6

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 61 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"

Helmut Kahlhöfer, Deutsche Bachsolisten

2:25

19

Cantata, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 61, Part 7

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 61 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"

Helmut Kahlhöfer, Deutsche Bachsolisten

3:05

20

Cantata, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 61, Part 8

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 61 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"

Helmut Kahlhöfer, Deutsche Bachsolisten

1:12

21

Cantata, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 61, Part 9

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 61 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"

Helmut Kahlhöfer, Deutsche Bachsolisten

4:47

22

Cantata, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 61, Part 10

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 61 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"

Helmut Kahlhöfer, Deutsche Bachsolisten

0:53

23

Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Et in Spiritum sanctum Dominum, Part 1

Johann Sebastian Bach - h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232

Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

2:03

24

Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Et in Spiritum sanctum Dominum, Part 2

Johann Sebastian Bach - h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232

Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

4:18

25

Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Confiteor, Part 1

Johann Sebastian Bach - h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232

Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

1:59

26

Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Confiteor, Part 2

Johann Sebastian Bach - h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232

Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

1:23

27

Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Confiteor, Part 3

Johann Sebastian Bach - h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232

Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

2:35

28

Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Et expecto resurrectionem, Part 1

Johann Sebastian Bach - h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232

Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

0:54

29

Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Et expecto resurrectionem, Part 2

Johann Sebastian Bach - h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232

Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

1:32

32

Sonate da chiesa à tre in D minor, Op. 3 No. 2, Part 1

Arcangelo Corelli - Sonate da chiesa a trè in D major, op. 3 no. 2

Jaap Schröder, Kenneth Slowik, Konrad Junghänel

1:53

33

Sonate da chiesa à tre in D minor, Op. 3 No. 2, Part 2

Arcangelo Corelli - Sonate da chiesa a trè in D major, op. 3 no. 2

Jaap Schröder, Kenneth Slowik, Konrad Junghänel

1:04

34

Sonate da chiesa à tre in D minor, Op. 3 No. 2, Part 3

Arcangelo Corelli - Sonate da chiesa a trè in D major, op. 3 no. 2

Jaap Schröder, Kenneth Slowik, Konrad Junghänel

2:04

35

Sonate da chiesa à tre in D minor, Op. 3 No. 2, Part 4

Arcangelo Corelli - Sonate da chiesa a trè in D major, op. 3 no. 2

Jaap Schröder, Kenneth Slowik, Konrad Junghänel

0:50

36

Sonate da chiesa à tre in D minor, Op. 3 No. 2, Part 5

Arcangelo Corelli - Sonate da chiesa a trè in D major, op. 3 no. 2

Jaap Schröder, Kenneth Slowik, Konrad Junghänel

1:11

Disc 7

10

Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141, Part 1

Dietrich Buxtehude - Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141

0:53

11

Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141, Part 2

Dietrich Buxtehude - Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141

3:28

12

Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141, Part 3

Dietrich Buxtehude - Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141

0:53

13

Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141, Part 4

Dietrich Buxtehude - Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141

0:53

14

Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141, Part 5

Dietrich Buxtehude - Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141

1:26

15

Chorale Prelude "Danket dem Herrn", BuxWV 181, Part 1

Dietrich Buxtehude - Danket dem Herrn, BuxWV 181

0:59

16

Chorale Prelude "Danket dem Herrn", BuxWV 181, Part 2

Dietrich Buxtehude - Danket dem Herrn, BuxWV 181

1:00

17

Chorale Prelude "Danket dem Herrn", BuxWV 181, Part 3

Dietrich Buxtehude - Danket dem Herrn, BuxWV 181

1:03

18

Orgelbüchlein No. 39: Chorale Prelude "Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt", BWV 637

Johann Sebastian Bach - Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 637

2:41

19

Orgelbüchlein No. 43: Chorale Prelude "Wenn wir in höchsten Noten sein", BWV 641

Johann Sebastian Bach - Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641

2:11

20

The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Chorale: "Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit" / "Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein", BWV 668a, Part 1

Johann Sebastian Bach - Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 668.1

2:11

21

The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Chorale: "Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit" / "Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein", BWV 668a, Part 2

Johann Sebastian Bach - Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 668.1

3:33

22

Prelude and Fugue for organ in C major, BWV 543: Praeludium

Johann Sebastian Bach - Präludium und Fuge a-Moll, BWV 543.2

3:25

23

Prelude and Fugue for organ in C major, BWV 543: Fuga

Johann Sebastian Bach - Präludium und Fuge a-Moll, BWV 543.2

6:55