The well-tempered clavier by
Includes Vols. I and II of The Well-tempered clavier.
Performer
Glenn Gould, piano.
Program notes by Ekkehart Kroher in German and French with English translation in container.
Contents
Disc 1. Vol. 1 : Preludes & fugues, BMV 846-861 -- Disc 2. Vol. 1 : Preludes & fugues, BMV 862-869 ; Vol. 2 : Preludes & fugues, BMV 870-877 -- Disc 3. Vol. 2 : Preludes & fugues, BMV 878-893.
Brandenburgische Konzerte. Nr. 4-6 by
Performers
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Neville Mariner, conductor.
Program notes by William Mann in English, French, and German in container.
Messiah by
Oratorio ; sung in English. Libretto by Charles Jennens, taken from the Bible and Prayer book Psalter.
Performers
Margaret Marshall, soprano ; Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano ; Charles Brett, countertenor ; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor ; Robert Hale, bass ; Saul Quirke, boy soprano ; Monteverdi Choir ; English Baroque Soloists ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.
Program notes in English, French, and German and libretto with French and German translations (75 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Water Music by
Orchestral suites.
Performers
English Concert ; Trevor Pinnock, conductor/harpsichord continuo ; performed on authentic instruments.
Pitch: A=415 Hz, tuned to unequal temperament.
Program notes (16 p.) in English, French, and German by Anthony Hicks included.
Contents
Suite in F major, HWV 348 (31:00) -- Suite in D/G major, HWV 349/350 (23:00).
Essential Purcell by
Performers
Various soloists ; Choir of New College, Oxford ; Choir of the King's Consort ; King's Consort ; Robert King, conductor.
Contents
Welcome, welcome glorious morn -- Be welcome then, great Sir -- Oh, fair Cedaria -- Hear my prayer, O Lord -- When I am laid in earth ("Dido's lament") -- Let mine eyes run down with tears -- The sparrow and the gentle dove -- If music be the food of love -- Rejoice in the Lord alway ("The bell anthem") -- Hosanna to the highest -- Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts -- Fairest Isle, all isles excelling -- Mark, how readily each pliant string -- Sound the trumpet -- She loves and she confessess too -- O how blest is the Isle -- Remember not, Lord, our offences -- Now that the sun hath veiled his light ("An evening hymn") -- Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day -- With rapture of delight ... Hail bright Cecilia.
Le quattro stagioni ; The four seasons by
Performers
Christopher Hirons (no. 1), John Holloway (no. 2), Alison Bury (no. 3), Catherine Mackintosh (no. 4), violin ; Academy of Ancient Music ; Christopher Hogwood, harpsichord, organ, conductor.
Program notes by Christopher Hogwood in English with French and German translations (23 p.) in container.