The All-Baroque Box From Monteverdi to Bach

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Annotation

50-CD collection of significant recordings of Baroque works. Includes a 140-page booklet with complete tracklists and credits.

Annotation last modified on 2026-09-10 09:15 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Prologue, Acts 1-2)
2▶CD: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Acts 3-5) / Lamento d'Arianna
3▶CD: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine I
4▼CD: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine II
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1Vespro della Beata Vergine: 11. Sonata sopra Sancta Maria (… à 8 …)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
choir vocals:
London Oratory Junior Choir (in 1989-05)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1989-05) and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts (British early music group) (in 1989-05)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1989-05)
chorus master:
Patrick Russill (in 1989-05)
balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
recorded at:
Basilica di San Marco in Venezia (Venice), Venezia, Veneto, Italy (in 1989-05)
live recording of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: XI. Sonata sopra "Sancta Maria" (in 1989-05)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
part of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206 (for chorus & instruments)
recording of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: XI. Sonata sopra "Sancta Maria" (in 1989-05)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
part of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206 (for chorus & instruments)
Claudio Monteverdi7:00
2Vespro della Beata Vergine: 12. Ave maris stella (… à 8 …)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
theorbo:
Jakob Lindberg (lutenist) (in 1989-05)
choir vocals:
London Oratory Junior Choir (in 1989-05) and Monteverdi Choir (English vocal Baroque ensemble) (in 1989-05)
countertenor vocals:
Michael Chance (British countertenor) (in 1989-05)
tenor vocals:
Nigel Robson (tenor) (in 1989-05)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1989-05) and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts (British early music group) (in 1989-05)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1989-05)
chorus master:
Patrick Russill (in 1989-05)
balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
recorded at:
Basilica di San Marco in Venezia (Venice), Venezia, Veneto, Italy (in 1989-05)
live recording of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: XII. Hymnus "Ave maris stella" (in 1989-05)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
part of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206 (for chorus & instruments)
recording of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: XII. Hymnus "Ave maris stella" (in 1989-05)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
part of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206 (for chorus & instruments)
Claudio Monteverdi9:07
3Vespro della Beata Vergine: 13a. Magnificat a 7 (… a sette voci & sei instrumenti)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
organ:
Ian Watson (conductor and keyboardist) (in 1989-05)
bass vocals:
Alastair Miles (operatic bass) (in 1989-05) and Bryn Terfel (bass‐baritone opera singer) (in 1989-05)
choir vocals:
London Oratory Junior Choir (in 1989-05) and Monteverdi Choir (English vocal Baroque ensemble) (in 1989-05)
countertenor vocals:
Michael Chance (British countertenor) (in 1989-05)
soprano vocals:
Ann Monoyios (soprano) (in 1989-05) and Marinella Pennicchi (soprano) (in 1989-05)
tenor vocals:
Sandro Naglia (in 1989-05), Nigel Robson (tenor) (in 1989-05) and Mark Tucker (tenor) (in 1989-05)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1989-05) and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts (British early music group) (in 1989-05)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1989-05)
chorus master:
Patrick Russill (in 1989-05)
balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
recorded at:
Basilica di San Marco in Venezia (Venice), Venezia, Veneto, Italy (in 1989-05)
recording of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: XIII. Magnificat (I) (scored for 7 voices, 9 winds, 2 violins & cembalo) (in 1989-05)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
part of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206 (for chorus & instruments)
Claudio Monteverdi17:45
4Vespro della Beata Vergine: 13b. Magnificat a 6
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Karl-August Naegler (balance engineer)
organ:
Ian Watson (conductor and keyboardist) (in 1989-07)
bass vocals:
Alastair Miles (operatic bass) (in 1989-07) and Bryn Terfel (bass‐baritone opera singer) (in 1989-07)
choir vocals:
London Oratory Junior Choir (in 1989-07) and Monteverdi Choir (English vocal Baroque ensemble) (in 1989-07)
soprano vocals:
Ann Monoyios (soprano) (in 1989-07) and Marinella Pennicchi (soprano) (in 1989-07)
tenor vocals:
Nigel Robson (tenor) (in 1989-07) and Mark Tucker (tenor) (in 1989-07)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1989-07) and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts (British early music group) (in 1989-07)
conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner (in 1989-07)
chorus master:
Patrick Russill (in 1989-07)
balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer)
recorded at:
All Saints Church (Tooting, London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1989-07)
recording of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206a: XIII. Magnificat (II) (scored for 6 voices and organ) (in 1989-07)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player) (in 1610)
arrangement of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: XIII. Magnificat (I) (scored for 7 voices, 9 winds, 2 violins & cembalo)
part of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206 (for chorus & instruments)
Claudio Monteverdi18:28
5▶CD: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigali erotici
6▶CD: Giovanni Gabrieli: Music for San Rocco
7▶CD: Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien
8▶CD: Monteverdi / Rigatti / Grandi / Cavalli: Venetian Vespers I
9▶CD: Monteverdi / Rigatti / Grandi / Cavalli: Venetian Vespers II
10▶CD: Heinrich I. F. Biber: Missa Salisburgensis
11▶CD: Lully / Cordier / Lambert / Cambert: Le Roi danse
12▶CD: M.-A. Charpentier: Te Deum / Messe de Minuit
13▶CD: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
14▶CD: Henry Purcell: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day / Verse Anthems
15▶CD: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti Grossi op. 6 nos. 1-6
16▶CD: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti Grossi op. 6 nos. 7-12
17▶CD: Couperin Family: Pièces de clavecin
18▶CD: Gasparini / Scarlatti / Pasquini / Marcello: Cantatas
19▶CD: Pachelbel / Handel / Vivaldi / Bach: Canon & Gigue / Sonatas / Suites
20▶CD: Antonio Vivaldi: L'estro armonico op. 3 nos. 1-9
21▶CD: Antonio Vivaldi: L'estro armonico op. 3 nos. 10-12 / Le quattro stagioni
22▶CD: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria / Stabat Mater / Nisi Dominus
23▶CD: G. P. Telemann: Wind Concertos
24▶CD: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dardanus (Prologue, Acts 1-2)
25▶CD: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dardanus (Acts 3-5)
26▶CD: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Une symphonie imaginaire
27▶CD: J. D. Heinichen: Dresden Concertos
28▶CD: J. S. Bach: Organ Toccatas & Fugues
29▶CD: J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue / Preludes & Fugues / Suites
30▶CD: J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
31▶CD: J. S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo I
32▶CD: J. S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo II
33▶CD: J. S. Bach: Six Suites for Violoncello Solo I
34▶CD: J. S. Bach: Six Suites for Violoncello Solo II
35▶CD: J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos nos. 1-5
36▶CD: J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 / Violin Concertos BWV 1041-1043
37▶CD: J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 82, 140, 147
38▶CD: J. S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion (Part I, Part II nos. 1-35)
39▶CD: J. S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion (Part II nos. 36-68)
40▶CD: J. S. Bach: Mass in B minor (Kyrie, Gloria)
41▶CD: J. S. Bach: Mass in B minor (Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei)
42▶CD: G. F. Handel: Guilio Cesare (Act I nos. 1-15)
43▶CD: G. F. Handel: Giulio Cesare (Act I no. 16, Act II)
44▶CD: G. F. Handel: Giulio Cesare (Act III)
45▶CD: G. F. Handel: Messiah (Part I, Part II nos. 19-20)
46▶CD: G. F. Handel: Messiah (Part II nos. 21-39, Part III)
47▶CD: G. F. Handel: Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks
48▶CD: G. F. Handel: Dixit Dominus / Coronation Anthems
49▶CD: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas
50▶CD: G. B. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Salve Regina / G. Allegri: Miserere

Credits

Release

art direction and illustration:Fred Münzmaier
photography:Christy Lee Rogers (Underwater photographer) (task: box photos)
miscellaneous support:David Butchart (task: project management)
booklet editor:Eva Zöllner (booklet editor)
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ASIN:DE: B008BP1LS6 [info]
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