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Baroque

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The 17th and 18th centuries marked the era of Enlightenment, overseas exploration, unprecedented European economic expansion and a flourishing of art and culture, not to mention the birth of the greatest composers in history. From concertos to fantasias, suites to sonatas, Brilliant Classics presents a comprehensive and concise overview of this innovative and groundbreaking period in musical history, the Baroque era. The set opens with Venetian composer Tomaso Albinoni and his famous Concerti a5, in which he was the first Italian composer to use the oboe as the solo instrument in a concerto. He influenced J.S. Bach, who is fittingly the next composer to feature. Bach pioneered the Concerto Grosso form, with several soloists plus accompaniment, as opposed to just one. There is no better example of this than the famous Brandenburg Concertos, where solos are shared between a group of instruments and the various timbres of the different instruments make for varied and interesting pieces. In the first concerto, Bach employs horns, then mainly used as open-air hunting instruments, a twist on the refined concert piece performed in an elegant chamber setting. Bach also admired the work of Alessandro Marcello. Although Marcello's work is lesser known, his music is notable for it's forward-looking nature. Far from copying the styles and structures of his contemporaries, Marcello's music is unique in it's emotional impact; it's dark and tempestuous, inflicted with a romantic streak. Passing via selected works by Purcell, Corelli and Telemann, Alessandro Stradella's string sinfonias are found towards the end of the set. Stradella lived only to the age of 38 and yet he wrote over 300 works. He also found time to conduct a string of love affairs leading to his untimely demise at the hands of an assassin hired by a rival.

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Tracks

  • 1 Concerto A5 in D minor, Op. 9 No. 2
  • 2 Concerto A5 in C Major, Op. 7 No. 2
  • 3 Concerto A5 in D Major, Op. 7 No. 6
  • 4 Concerto A5 in C Major, Op. 9 No. 9
  • 5 Concerto A5 in D Major, Op. 7 No. 8
  • 6 Concerto A5 in C Major, Op. 9 No. 5
  • 7 Concerto A5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 3
  • 8 Concerto A5 in F Major, Op. 9 No. 3
  • 9 Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046
  • 10 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
  • 11 Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
  • 12 Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049
  • 13 Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
  • 14 Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B Major, BWV 1051
  • 15 Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042
  • 16 Violin Concerto in a Minor, BWV 1041
  • 17 Violin Concerto in D minor
  • 18 Violin Concerto in G minor
  • 19 Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
  • 20 Orchestral Suite in C Major, BWV 1066
  • 21 Orchestral Suite in B minor, BWV 1067
  • 22 Orchestral Suite in D Major, BWV 1068
  • 23 Orchestral Suite in D Major, BWV 1069
  • 24 Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6
  • 25 Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F Major, Op. 6
  • 26 Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C minor, Op. 6
  • 27 Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D Major, Op. 6
  • 28 Concerto Grosso No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 6
  • 29 Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F Major, Op. 6
  • 30 Concerto Grosso No. 7 in D Major, Op. 6
  • 31 Concerto Grosso No. 8 in G minor, Op. 6
  • 32 Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F Major, Op. 6
  • 33 Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C Major, Op. 6
  • 34 Concerto Grosso No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 6
  • 35 Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F Major, Op. 6
  • 36 Sinfonia in D minor, Woo 1
  • 37 Sonata a Quattro in G minor, Woo 2
  • 38 Premier Ordre "La Françoise"
  • 39 Second Ordre "L'espagnole"
  • 40 Troisième Ordre "L'impériale"
  • 41 Quatrième Ordre "La Piémontoise"
  • 42 Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348
  • 43 Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349
  • 44 Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350
  • 45 Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
  • 46 Sinfonia in B-Flat Major, HWV 339
  • 47 Sinfonia in B-Flat Major, HWV 347
  • 48 Organ Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 4 No. 1, HWV 289
  • 49 Organ Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 4 No. 2, HWV 290
  • 50 Organ Concerto No. 3 in G minor, Op. 4 No. 3, HWV 291
  • 51 Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major, Op. 4 No. 4, HWV 292
  • 52 Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major, Op. 7
  • 53 Concerto Grosso No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 7
  • 54 Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G Major, Op. 7
  • 55 Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F Major, Op. 7
  • 56 Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 3
  • 57 Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 3
  • 58 Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 3
  • 59 Oboe Concerto in D minor, S.Z799
  • 60 Concerto No. 1 in D Major, S.D936
  • 61 Concerto No. 2 in E Major, S.D938
  • 62 Concerto No. 3 in B minor, S.D937
  • 63 Concerto No. 4 in E minor, S.D939
  • 64 Concerto No. 5 in B-Flat Major, S.D944
  • 65 Concerto No. 6 in G Major, S.D941
  • 66 Fantasy No. 1 in D minor, Z732 (A3)
  • 67 Fantasy No. 2 in F Major, Z733 (A3)
  • 68 Fantasy No. 3 in G minor, Z734 (A3)
  • 69 Fantasy No. 4 in G minor, Z735 (A4)
  • 70 Fantasy No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Z736 (A4)
  • 71 Fantasy No. 6 in F Major, Z737 (A4)
  • 72 Fantasy No. 7 in C minor, Z738 (A4)
  • 73 Fantasy No. 8 in D minor, Z739 (A4)
  • 74 Fantasy No. 9 in a Minor, Z740 (A4)
  • 75 Fantasy No. 10 in E minor, Z741 (A4)
  • 76 Fantasy No. 11 in G Major, Z742 (A4)
  • 77 Fantasy No.12 in D minor, Z743 (A4)
  • 78 Fantasy No. 13 in a Minor, Z744 (A4, Incomplete)
  • 79 Fantasia Upon One Note in F Major, Z745 (A5)
  • 80 In Nomine in G minor, Z746 (A6)
  • 81 In Nomine Z747 (A7)
  • 82 Recorder Concerto in F Major
  • 83 Recorder Sonata No. 11 in F Major
  • 84 Recorder Sonata in B-Flat Major, No. 21
  • 85 Harpsichord Sonata No. 6 in D minor
  • 86 Cello Sonata No. 3 in a Minor
  • 87 Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 1 No. 4
  • 88 Sinfonia No. 1 in F Major, R.533
  • 89 Sinfonia No. 4 in E minor, R.533
  • 90 Sinfonia No. 5 in D minor, R.533
  • 91 Sinfonia No. 9 in G minor, R.533
  • 92 Sinfonia No. 10 in a Minor, R.533
  • 93 Sinfonia No. 11 in C Major, R.533
  • 94 Sinfonia No. 1 in C Major
  • 95 Sinfonia No. 8 in a Minor
  • 96 Sinfonia No. 2 in D Major
  • 97 Sinfonia No. 5 in F Major
  • 98 Sinfonia No. 1 in D minor
  • 99 Sinfonia No. 3 in D Major
  • 100 Sinfonia No. 7 in G Major
  • 101 Sinfonia No. 9 in a Minor
  • 102 Sinfonia No. 2 in B-Flat Major
  • 103 Sinfonia No. 4 in D Major
  • 104 Sinfonia No. 6 in F Major
  • 105 Suite in E-Flat Major, TWV 55:Es2
  • 106 Suite in a Minor, TWV 55:A2
  • 107 Recorder Concerto in F Major, TWV 51:F1
  • 108 Recorder Concerto in C Major, TWV 51:C1
  • 109 Ouverture-Suite in D Major, TWV 55:D1
  • 110 Quartet in D minor, TWV 43:D1
  • 111 Concerto in F Major, TWV 53:F1
  • 112 Conclusion in E minor, TWV 50:5, I. Sinfonia. Allegro
  • 113 Oboe Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G2
  • 114 Oboe Concerto in E minor, TWV 51:E1
  • 115 Concerto for Oboe D'amore in a Major, TWV 51:A2
  • 116 Oboe Concerto in E-Flat Major, TWV 51:Es1
  • 117 Oboe Concerto in E minor, TWV 51:E2
  • 118 Oboe Concerto in D minor, TWV 51:D2
  • 119 Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Major, RV 269
  • 120 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315
  • 121 Violin Concerto No. 3 in F Major, RV 293
  • 122 Violin Concerto No. 4 in F minor, RV 297
  • 123 Violin Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, RV 253
  • 124 Violin Concerto No. 6 in C Major, RV 180
  • 125 Oboe Concerto in C Major, Op. 8 No. 12, RV 449
  • 126 Oboe Concerto in G minor, Op. 11 No. 6, RV 460
  • 127 Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 1, RV 465
  • 128 Oboe Concerto in F Major, RV 456