Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque
Symphonic Transcriptions by Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977)
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
(1685-1759)
Suite from 'Water Music'
19:35
Christopher Blake oboe
8.
VIII
Allegro 'Alla Hornpipe'
3:53
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
(c. 1637-1707)
9.
Sarabande and Courante
4:41
(from the keyboard suite Auf meinen lieben Gott, BuxWV 179)
Cynthia Millar ondes martenot
ANTONIO CESTI
(1623-1669)
10.
Tu mancavi a tormentarmi, crudelissima speranza
6:47
(Italian art song)
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
(from Act III, Scene 4 of the Sacred Oratorio Saul)
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HENRY PURCELL
(1659-1695)
Peter Dixon cello
12.
I
Trumpet Tune 'The Cebell'
1:34
13.
II
Echo Pastorale from The Fairy Queen
2:19
14.
III
Hornpipe from The Fairy Queen
1:18
15.
IV
'When I am laid in earth' ('Dido's Lament') from Dido and Aeneas
3:56
16.
V
Largo and Allegro from The Fairy Queen
3:12
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TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA
(1548-1611)
17.
Jesu dulcis memoria
2:57
(Four-part motet)
WILLIAM BYRD
(1543-1623)
18.
Pavane and Gigue
4:40
(Pavane 'The Earl of Salisbury' from Parthenia and 'A Gigg' from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
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ARCANGELO CORELLI
(1653-1713)
(from Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 5 No. 5)
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
(1714-1787)
(from Act V, Scene 2 of the Heroic Drama Armide)
ANTONIO VIVALDI
(1678-1741)
Concerto grosso No. 11 in D minor
12:33
(from L'estro armonico, Op. 3)
Richard Davis flute - Christopher Blake oboe
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Matthias Bamert