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Baroque Masterpieces | 
 enlarge | Creators: Tomaso Albinoni, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jeremiah Clarke, Arcangelo Corelli, Christoph Willibald Gluck, George Frederick Handel, Jean-joseph Mouret, Johann Pachelbel, Christian Pezold, Henry Purcell, Charles Groves, Eugene Ormandy, Jean-claude Malgoire, Jose-luis Garcia, Pierre Boulez, Raymond Leppard, Richard Kapp, La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy, Philharmonia Virtuosi Of New York
Label: Sony
Category: Music
Buy New: $6.98
New (27) Used (11) from $2.64
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 90948
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 89847
UPC: 696998984721
EAN: 0696998984721
ASIN: B00005YQL6
Release Date: January 29, 2002
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Pre-Order (0-0 Business Days)
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| Tracks:
| • | Canon in D major | | • | Rondeau | | • | Marche in D major (Anna Magdalena Notebook), BWV A | | • | Dance of the Blessed Spirits | | • | The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba | | • | Pastorale ad libitum | | • | Overture | | • | Rondeau | | • | Martial Symphony | | • | Dead March | | • | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring | | • | See, the Conquering Hero Comes | | • | Let the Bright Seraphim | | • | No. 1 | | • | No. 2 | | • | No. 3 |
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| Customer Reviews:
Excellent recordings of some great music October 29, 2008
This is a quality CD, both in the pieces selected and in the quality of the recordings. I am playing it over and over again, because I like it so much! However, if you are looking for authenticity, do be aware that these versions don't necessarily use the instruments you might expect. This can actually be an advantage if, like me, you've listened to some of these pieces before, and are pleased to hear a new interpretation. For example, there is no harpsichord or piano playing the Musette for keyboard in D major, and there are no vocals to "Bist du bei mir". I actually wanted a version without the vocals, so this was in fact a plus point for me. Personally, I think this CD is a good buy.
Baroque Masterpieces July 7, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The music was very good but wish they had more to listen too. Not enough bang.
Great short Baroque piece collection February 4, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This CD has 17 pieces on 22 tracks including 7 by Handel, 2 each by Bach & Corelli, and 1 each by Pachelbel, Mouret, Albinoni, Gluck, Clarke, & Purcell. They are frequently the best known piece by the composer--and easily recognizable: Pachelbel's Canon, Mouret's Rondeau (theme from PBS' Masterpiece Theater), Albinoni's Adagio, etc. If you like high quality short pieces/excerpts, this CD is for you. My only qualification is: no Telemann, but it's just too good for a 4-star rating.
Excellent Baroque Collection July 22, 2003
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
As I have stated in many of my previous reviews, I am a huge fan of the Sony Essential Classics (SEC) budget series. Most of the recordings feature classic and often definitive performances featuring the likes of George Szell, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Casadesus, Isaac Stern and Rudolf Serkin among others. Here we get a variety of orchestras and conductors including big names like Jean-Claude Malgoire, Raymond Leppard, Pierre Boulez, Sir Charles Groves and the great Eugene Ormandy. This disc features excellent performances of what is arguably the most popular Baroque music ever written. I am not usually one to give five-star ratings to greatest-hits style collections (particularly in classical), but the half-dozen performances by Ormandy make this disc a great purchase for both novices and serious collectors.
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