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

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1La favola d'Orfeo, Act II: In un fiorito prato / Tu se' morta / Ahi caso acerbo, Part 1
conductor:
Nigel Rogers (tenor)
Claudio Monteverdi0:36
2La favola d'Orfeo, Act II: In un fiorito prato / Tu se' morta / Ahi caso acerbo, Part 2
conductor:
Nigel Rogers (tenor)
Claudio Monteverdi2:07
3La favola d'Orfeo, Act II: In un fiorito prato / Tu se' morta / Ahi caso acerbo, Part 3
conductor:
Nigel Rogers (tenor)
Claudio Monteverdi0:22
4La favola d'Orfeo, Act II: In un fiorito prato / Tu se' morta / Ahi caso acerbo, Part 4
conductor:
Nigel Rogers (tenor)
Claudio Monteverdi0:42
5La favola d'Orfeo, Act II: In un fiorito prato / Tu se' morta / Ahi caso acerbo, Part 5
conductor:
Nigel Rogers (tenor)
Claudio Monteverdi2:43
6La favola d'Orfeo, Act II: In un fiorito prato / Tu se' morta / Ahi caso acerbo, Part 6
conductor:
Nigel Rogers (tenor)
Claudio Monteverdi0:28
7La favola d'Orfeo, Act II: In un fiorito prato / Tu se' morta / Ahi caso acerbo, Part 7
conductor:
Nigel Rogers (tenor)
Claudio Monteverdi0:49
8L'incoronazione di Poppea, Act I Scene 3, Part 1
orchestra:
Oakland Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alan Curtis (harpsichordist, musicologist, and conductor)
Claudio Monteverdi2:25
9L'incoronazione di Poppea, Act I Scene 3, Part 2
orchestra:
Oakland Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alan Curtis (harpsichordist, musicologist, and conductor)
Claudio Monteverdi0:49
10L'incoronazione di Poppea, Act I Scene 3, Part 3
orchestra:
Oakland Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alan Curtis (harpsichordist, musicologist, and conductor)
Claudio Monteverdi1:19
11L'incoronazione di Poppea, Act I Scene 3, Part 4
orchestra:
Oakland Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alan Curtis (harpsichordist, musicologist, and conductor)
Claudio Monteverdi1:12
12L'incoronazione di Poppea, Act I Scene 3, Part 5
orchestra:
Oakland Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Alan Curtis (harpsichordist, musicologist, and conductor)
Claudio Monteverdi1:43
13Orontea, Act II Scene 17: Intorno all' idol mio, Part 1
harpsichord:
Richard Rephann
viola da gamba:
Kathleen Moretto
violin [baroque violin]:
Stephen Hefling and Nancy Wilson (violinist)
soprano vocals:
Judith Jones
Antonio Cesti1:28
14Orontea, Act II Scene 17: Intorno all' idol mio, Part 2
harpsichord:
Richard Rephann
viola da gamba:
Kathleen Moretto
violin [baroque violin]:
Stephen Hefling and Nancy Wilson (violinist)
soprano vocals:
Judith Jones
Antonio Cesti1:24
15Armide: Ouverture, Part 1
orchestra:
Orchestre de chambre Jean‐François Paillard
conductor:
Jean‐François Paillard (French conductor)
partial recording of:
Armide : Prologue. Ouverture
composer:
Jean‐Baptiste Lully (composer)
part of:
Armide, LWV 71: Prologue
Jean‐Baptiste Lully0:59
16Armide: Ouverture, Part 2
orchestra:
Orchestre de chambre Jean‐François Paillard
conductor:
Jean‐François Paillard (French conductor)
partial recording of:
Armide : Prologue. Ouverture
composer:
Jean‐Baptiste Lully (composer)
part of:
Armide, LWV 71: Prologue
Jean‐Baptiste Lully0:30
17Armide: Ouverture, Part 3
orchestra:
Orchestre de chambre Jean‐François Paillard
conductor:
Jean‐François Paillard (French conductor)
partial recording of:
Armide : Prologue. Ouverture
composer:
Jean‐Baptiste Lully (composer)
part of:
Armide, LWV 71: Prologue
Jean‐Baptiste Lully1:35
18Armide, Act II Scene 5: Enfin il est en ma puissance, Part 1
orchestra:
Orchestre de chambre Jean‐François Paillard
conductor:
Jean‐François Paillard (French conductor)
partial recording of:
Armide, Act II Scene 5. Monologue "Enfin il est en ma puissance" (Armide)
composer:
Jean‐Baptiste Lully (composer)
librettist:
Philippe Quinault
Jean‐Baptiste Lully0:53
19Armide, Act II Scene 5: Enfin il est en ma puissance, Part 2
orchestra:
Orchestre de chambre Jean‐François Paillard
conductor:
Jean‐François Paillard (French conductor)
partial recording of:
Armide, Act II Scene 5. Monologue "Enfin il est en ma puissance" (Armide)
composer:
Jean‐Baptiste Lully (composer)
librettist:
Philippe Quinault
Jean‐Baptiste Lully2:56
20Armide, Act II Scene 5: Enfin il est en ma puissance, Part 3
orchestra:
Orchestre de chambre Jean‐François Paillard
conductor:
Jean‐François Paillard (French conductor)
recording of:
Armide, Act II Scene 5. Monologue "Enfin il est en ma puissance" (Armide)
composer:
Jean‐Baptiste Lully (composer)
librettist:
Philippe Quinault
Jean‐Baptiste Lully0:53
21The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Thus the ever grateful spring
orchestra:
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Anthony Lewis (conductor and composer)
recording of:
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Thus the ever grateful Spring"
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1692)
part of:
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Britten-Pears-Holst concert version)
Henry Purcell1:59
22The Fairy Queen, Act V: Hark! The ech'ing air
orchestra:
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Anthony Lewis (conductor and composer)
recording of:
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Hark! hark! the echoing air"
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1692)
part of:
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Britten-Pears-Holst concert version)
Henry Purcell2:41
23Dido and Aeneas, Act III Scene 2: Thy hand, Belinda
instruments:
Taverner Players
choir vocals:
Taverner Choir
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 36. Recitative “Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me” (Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
Henry Purcell0:47
24Dido and Aeneas, Act III Scene 2: When I am laid in earth, Part 1
instruments:
Taverner Players
choir vocals:
Taverner Choir
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
partial recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
Henry Purcell1:17
25Dido and Aeneas, Act III Scene 2: When I am laid in earth, Part 2
instruments:
Taverner Players
choir vocals:
Taverner Choir
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
partial recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
Henry Purcell2:06
26Hippolyte et Aricie, Act IV Scene 1: Ah! faut-il
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Anthony Lewis (conductor and composer)
Jean‐Philippe Rameau3:04
27Griselda, Act II Scene 1: Mi rivedi, o selva ombrosa, Part 1
orchestra:
University of California Berkeley Orchestra
conductor:
Lawrence Moe (organist)
partial recording of:
Griselda, Act II, Scene 1. Aria "Mi rivedi, o selva ombrosa" (Griselda)
composer:
Alessandro Scarlatti (composer) (in 1721)
part of:
Griselda: Act II
Alessandro Scarlatti1:56
28Griselda, Act II Scene 1: Mi rivedi, o selva ombrosa, Part 2
orchestra:
University of California Berkeley Orchestra
conductor:
Lawrence Moe (organist)
partial recording of:
Griselda, Act II, Scene 1. Aria "Mi rivedi, o selva ombrosa" (Griselda)
composer:
Alessandro Scarlatti (composer) (in 1721)
part of:
Griselda: Act II
Alessandro Scarlatti1:02
29Griselda, Act II Scene 1: Mi rivedi, o selva ombrosa, Part 3
orchestra:
University of California Berkeley Orchestra
conductor:
Lawrence Moe (organist)
partial recording of:
Griselda, Act II, Scene 1. Aria "Mi rivedi, o selva ombrosa" (Griselda)
composer:
Alessandro Scarlatti (composer) (in 1721)
part of:
Griselda: Act II
Alessandro Scarlatti1:56
30Giulio Cesare, Act III Scene 4, Part 1
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
George Weldon (conductor)
Georg Friedrich Händel0:48
31Giulio Cesare, Act III Scene 4, Part 2
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
George Weldon (conductor)
Georg Friedrich Händel1:25
32Giulio Cesare, Act III Scene 4, Part 3
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
George Weldon (conductor)
Georg Friedrich Händel2:25
33Giulio Cesare, Act III Scene 4, Part 4
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
George Weldon (conductor)
Georg Friedrich Händel0:48
34Giulio Cesare, Act III Scene 4, Part 5
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
George Weldon (conductor)
Georg Friedrich Händel0:30
35Giulio Cesare, Act III Scene 4, Part 6
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
George Weldon (conductor)
Georg Friedrich Händel2:35
36The Beggar's Opera, Scenes 11-13, Part 1
conductor:
Denis Stevens (musicologist, co-founder of The Ambrosian Singers)
performer:
Accademia Monteverdiana
John Gay0:44
37The Beggar's Opera, Scenes 11-13, Part 2
conductor:
Denis Stevens (musicologist, co-founder of The Ambrosian Singers)
performer:
Accademia Monteverdiana
John Gay0:38
38The Beggar's Opera, Scenes 11-13, Part 3
conductor:
Denis Stevens (musicologist, co-founder of The Ambrosian Singers)
performer:
Accademia Monteverdiana
John Gay1:32
39The Beggar's Opera, Scenes 11-13, Part 4
conductor:
Denis Stevens (musicologist, co-founder of The Ambrosian Singers)
performer:
Accademia Monteverdiana
John Gay1:21
40The Beggar's Opera, Scenes 11-13, Part 5
conductor:
Denis Stevens (musicologist, co-founder of The Ambrosian Singers)
performer:
Accademia Monteverdiana
John Gay1:05
41Xerxes, Act I Scene 1: Frondi tenere
choir vocals:
Gabrieli Festival Chorus
orchestra:
Gabrieli Festival Orchestra
conductor:
Brian Priestman
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 1. Recitativo “Frondi tenere” (Serse)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1738)
part of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I
Georg Friedrich Händel0:50
42Xerxes, Act I Scene 1: Ombra mai fù
choir vocals:
Gabrieli Festival Chorus
orchestra:
Gabrieli Festival Orchestra
conductor:
Brian Priestman
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1737-12-26 until 1738-01-09)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I
Georg Friedrich Händel2:44
43Xerxes, Act I Scene 3: Và godendo vezzoso e bello
choir vocals:
Gabrieli Festival Chorus
orchestra:
Gabrieli Festival Orchestra
conductor:
Brian Priestman
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 5. Aria “Va godendo vezzoso e bello” (Romilda)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I
Georg Friedrich Händel2:20
44Symphonia Sacrae Liber Secundus: Hodie completi sunt à 8, C 57, Part 1
choir vocals:
Gabrieli Festival Chorus
orchestra:
Gabrieli Festival Orchestra
conductor:
Edmond Appia
Giovanni Gabrieli0:38
45Symphonia Sacrae Liber Secundus: Hodie completi sunt à 8, C 57, Part 2
choir vocals:
Gabrieli Festival Chorus
orchestra:
Gabrieli Festival Orchestra
conductor:
Edmond Appia
Giovanni Gabrieli2:10
46Symphonia Sacrae Liber Secundus: Hodie completi sunt à 8, C 57, Part 3
choir vocals:
Gabrieli Festival Chorus
orchestra:
Gabrieli Festival Orchestra
conductor:
Edmond Appia
Giovanni Gabrieli1:29
47Cento concerti ecclesiastici: O Domine, Jesu Christe
organ:
Charles J. Brown (1950s organist)
countertenor vocals:
Johnson Flucker
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana2:17
48Ghirlanda sacra, libro primo: O quam tu pulchra es, Part 1
conductor:
Denis Stevens (musicologist, co-founder of The Ambrosian Singers)
performer:
Accademia Monteverdiana
partial recording of:
Ghirlanda sacra: O quam tu pulchra es (for solo voice and basso continuo published 1625)
composer:
Alessandro Grandi (famous composer, 1586-1630)
arrangement of:
Il primo libro de Motetti: O quam tu pulchra es (for 3 voices and basso continuo, published 1610)
Alessandro Grandi1:22
49Ghirlanda sacra, libro primo: O quam tu pulchra es, Part 2
conductor:
Denis Stevens (musicologist, co-founder of The Ambrosian Singers)
performer:
Accademia Monteverdiana
partial recording of:
Ghirlanda sacra: O quam tu pulchra es (for solo voice and basso continuo published 1625)
composer:
Alessandro Grandi (famous composer, 1586-1630)
arrangement of:
Il primo libro de Motetti: O quam tu pulchra es (for 3 voices and basso continuo, published 1610)
Alessandro Grandi0:26
50Ghirlanda sacra, libro primo: O quam tu pulchra es, Part 3
conductor:
Denis Stevens (musicologist, co-founder of The Ambrosian Singers)
performer:
Accademia Monteverdiana
partial recording of:
Ghirlanda sacra: O quam tu pulchra es (for solo voice and basso continuo published 1625)
composer:
Alessandro Grandi (famous composer, 1586-1630)
arrangement of:
Il primo libro de Motetti: O quam tu pulchra es (for 3 voices and basso continuo, published 1610)
Alessandro Grandi2:27
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