Reader's Digest: 700 Years of Classical Treasures: A Tapestry in Music and Words

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Tracklist

▶ CD 1: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
▼ CD 2: The Baroque
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1Te Deum
recording of:
Te Deum, H. 146: Prélude
composer:
Marc‐Antoine Charpentier (composer)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
part of:
Te Deum, H. 146
Marc‐Antoine Charpentier2:08
2Trumpet Voluntary
recording of:
The Prince of Denmark’s March (erroneously called “Trumpet Voluntary”)
composer:
Jeremiah Clarke (English baroque composer and organist) (in 1700)
Jeremiah Clarke2:14
3Spring from The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi3:37
4Winter from The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi2:21
5Canon in D
recording of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, T. 337: I. Canon (Canon and Gigue in D major, T. 377: I. Canon)
composer:
Johann Pachelbel (composer)
part of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, T. 337
Johann Pachelbel2:59
6Adagio in G Minor
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni3:19
7Air on the G String
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Air on the G string)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1730)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068 (Orchestral suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)
Johann Sebastian Bach4:05
8Ave Maria
Charles‐François Gounod3:07
9Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1723-07-02)
lyricist:
Martin Janus (German Protestant minister, c. 1620–1682) (in 1665)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“
Johann Sebastian Bach3:54
10Suite No. 2 in B Minor: Badinerie
flute:
Edward Beckett (Classical flautist)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie (Orchestral suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067 (Orchestral suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067)
Johann Sebastian Bach1:28
11Greensleeves
[unknown]1:04
12Arrival of the Quuen of Sheba
recording of:
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” (Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba")
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1748)
publisher:
Hallische Händel‐Ausgabe der Georg‐Friedrich‐Händel‐Gesellschaft and Public Domain (refers to works that are in the public domain)
part of:
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III
Georg Friedrich Händel3:17
13Water Music Suite: Air
Georg Friedrich Händel2:26
14Largo from Xerxes
Georg Friedrich Händel2:14
15Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
Georg Friedrich Händel2:19
▶ CD 3: Classicism
▶ CD 4: Romanticism, Part 1
▶ CD 5: Romanticism, Part 2
▶ CD 6: Romanticism, Part 3
▶ CD 7: The Modern Era, Part 1
▶ CD 8: The Modern Era, Part 2