Essential Baroque

Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208: IX. Schafe können sicher weiden

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”

Alberto Lysy, Yehudi Menuhin

Suite in D major: Prince of Denmark's March "Trumpet Voluntary"

Jeremiah Clarke - The Prince of Denmark’s March

Jane Parker-Smith

Partita for Solo Violin no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio

Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006.1/1006

Josef Suk

Guitar Concerto in D major, RV 93: II. Largo

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Lute in D major, RV 93

Iona Brown, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

Yehudi Menuhin, Christian Ferras

Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610): Psalm 112 - Laudate pueri

Claudio Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206

Philip Ledger

Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 2 F-Dur, BWV 1047

Kenneth Sillito, Neville Marriner, Philip Pickett

Funeral Sentences and Funeral Music for Queen Mary: March, Z. 860i

Henry Purcell - Funeral Music on the Death of Queen Mary

Philip Ledger, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Funeral Sentences, and Funeral Music for Queen Mary: Thou know'st Lord, Z. 58B

Henry Purcell - Funeral Music on the Death of Queen Mary

Philip Ledger, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Harpsichord Concerto no. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto no. 5 for Keyboard and Orchestra in F minor, BWV 1056

Yehudi Menuhin, George Malcolm

Ouverture-Suite for Flute and Strings in A minor, TWV 55:a2: V. Réjouissance. Viste

Georg Philipp Telemann - Ouverture-Suite, TWV 55:a2

Christopher Hogwood, David Munrow, Neville Marriner

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude

Johann Sebastian Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Bob van Asperen

Guitar Concerto in C major, RV 425: III. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Mandolin in C major, RV 425

Iona Brown, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. —

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048

Hans-Martin Linde

Musette and Tambourin en rondeau from Les Fêtes d'Hébé

Jean-Philippe Rameau - Les Fêtes D'Hébé (Paris, 1739. Suite From The Opéra-ballet): 13. Musette en rondeau

Raymond Leppard

Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie

Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Denis Vigay

Keyboard Sonata in B-flat major, Kk. 202

Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in B-flat major, K 202, L 498

Bob van Asperen

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: No. 4. Choral. "Zion hört die Wächter singen"

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"

Wolfgang Gönnenwein

Messiah, HWV 56: No. 44. Hallelujah

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

Charles Mackerras, Paul Esswood, Robert Tear