Baroque: 1600-1750
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If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it. (worst joke ever)

Also I decided to go in descending order cause peeps don't really care about early baroque... mostly.

I have spots available for your recs and am happy to compare other recordings you really like instead.

Not sure if I want to dig much further into this period. 100 albums suffice for now, unless of course I'm missing something AMAZING.

If I follow this listening guide, I'll need at least 2 lists (211 Albums, and now more with more sources). I want to do a good survey of more than what I already know, but 150 years of music is a lot to go through...
http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/beginlst/baroque.htm

Playlist created for this chart: https://open.spotify.com/user/1226145753/playlist/5tLqiD8t32m1Wx6JcQIaAf?si=MUxpGQSfRpiuiUeWlqkNRw

Chart updated: 02/25/2019 02:15
(Created: 10/06/2018 17:43).
Chart size: 100 albums.

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J. S. Bach: Die Kunst Der Fuge In Der Fassung Von H.E. Dentler

Ensemble L'Arte Della Fuga

1750 - one of the last things Bach wrote. No specified instrumentation, so I chose this recording because I felt the voicing popped the most, even if Jordi Savall's recording probably is another great selection.

https://open.spotify.com/album/0Za55PWJfXAVWAnVS710Dt?si=pRT6DUuzTS6d6rGH2nl-9Q [First added to this chart: 10/06/2018]

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

2 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2017:

4,302

Rank in 2010s:

40,561

Average Rating:

73 (1 vote)

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Handel: Water Music; Music For The Royal Fireworks

Jordi Savall / Le Concert Des Nations

1749 - Royal Fireworks Music
1717 - Water Music Suites
I chose this recording because it felt exactly what it should be, celebration music.

https://open.spotify.com/album/7fLoMHhLJpE6brEeHezv3C?si=bNxYYkugSx-PktYPp-TdQw [First added to this chart: 10/06/2018]

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

3 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2008:

3,093

Rank in 2000s:

28,006

Average Rating:

74 (1 vote)

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Handel: Solomon

Nicholas McGegan / Festspielorchester Gottingen

1749

https://open.spotify.com/album/1nLXXPTYdpIo2gSgrKUTUV?si=rt__G0SrS5iaZU1jmTRJtQ [First added to this chart: 10/06/2018]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2007:

3,389

Rank in 2000s:

31,131

Average Rating:

73 (1 vote)

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J. S. Bach: Mass In B Minor

Otto Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra

1749

https://open.spotify.com/album/0Lf2hPLgMv8XsYn5jeYzFp?si=1ifF4_wqQhSt1N7JnIh1KA [First added to this chart: 10/06/2018]

Year of Release:

2012

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2 charts

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Handel: Messiah

Sir Neville Marriner / Academy Of St Martin-in-the-Fields

1742

https://open.spotify.com/album/4fMwLdKBFB0A2XjrB8vvM5?si=MXFk9Tk2QdKk4o80wR8SpA [First added to this chart: 10/06/2018]

Year of Release:

1992

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5 charts

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J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations; Italian Concerto

Trevor Pinnock

1741

I know everyone loves Mr. Gould. Somehow I don't, and this was meant for harpsichord anyway.

https://open.spotify.com/album/5hvzqOezhg7mZ2xKta0ZSu?si=e4VV6-3_RhOT3_GddRt52w [First added to this chart: 10/06/2018]

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

3 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2007:

3,130

Rank in 2000s:

28,882

Average Rating:

73 (1 vote)

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Vivaldi: Musica Per Mandolino E Liuto

Rolf Lislevand

1741

https://open.spotify.com/album/6MQrclkXQFGageRqbsmRFc?si=iw36u965T9aryqzq8Q5xYQ [First added to this chart: 10/06/2018]

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2007

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2 charts

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Rameau: Pièces De Clavecin En Concerts

Aapo Häkkinen / Petri Tapio Mattson / Mikko Perkola

1741

https://open.spotify.com/album/4Lm4m7ArHnQ98J4xixNMaI?si=HtbuE-G_TaCT7AxkH33P8g [First added to this chart: 10/07/2018]

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

2 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2013:

4,211

Rank in 2010s:

44,214

Average Rating:

72 (1 vote)

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J. S. Bach: 3 Concerti

Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert

1740

https://open.spotify.com/album/694MFE8cs67byhj80qWK4E?si=xZZ3WPkkTdGCORlkMKAHsg [First added to this chart: 10/06/2018]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

2 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1984:

1,242

Rank in 1980s:

13,078

Average Rating:

73 (1 vote)

Comments:

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Domenico Scarlatti: Sonaten

Ivo Pogorelich

1740

https://open.spotify.com/album/7FOA2fqAs4VlZKGxLtuYKo?si=1FWw4ssZSYmc2Zz7R_UfbA

Year of Release:

1992

Appears in:

3 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1992:

1,647

Rank in 1990s:

18,657

Average Rating:

74 (3 votes)

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Baroque: 1600-1750 composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	0	0%
1970s	2	2%
1980s	18	18%
1990s	26	26%
2000s	29	29%
2010s	25	25%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert	7	7%
William Christie / Les Arts Florissants	6	6%
Rinaldo Alessandrini / Concerto Italiano	4	4%
Trevor Pinnock	2	2%
René Jacobs / RIAS-Kammerchor / Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin	2	2%
John Eliot Gardiner / English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir	2	2%
Jordi Savall	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%

	27	27%
	13	13%
	12	12%
	12	12%
	9	9%
	8	8%
	4	4%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	83	83%
Yes	17	17%

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RoundTheBend 05/30/2019 01:58 | #236899

Thanks Jameth! I PMed you, but I have charts for the Early Music (Antiquity through Renaissance), Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods. They are just in order of when they were written (roughly). My diary then assesses them (in the music diary section of this site).

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Jameth 05/29/2019 03:33 | #236860

I can’t wait to get around to this chart. It’s a prime example of why I come to this site. I’d like to cull through your pre-Baroque chart first, but I’ll be back.

I didn’t see one...are you going to do a Contemporary chart?

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RoundTheBend 10/09/2018 03:36 | #222258

Oh actually I've added it since you recommended it (Pergolesi's since there are many Stabat Maters). While I totally agree with your vibrato comment, I felt the orchestra was better in the recording I chose. Finding the right recording can be tough at times! It totally changes the piece. I still can't agree with which Four Seasons recording I agree with the most: Shaham, Perlman, or Sophie-Mutter.

To answer your question, I think the most accessible pieces from this period are Four Seasons, Bach's Anna Magdalena Notebook collection of "simple" piano works. As well as the Cello Suites I have from Yo-Yo Ma. Also Handel's Water Music selection is pretty accessible. Four Seasons is constantly used as hold music... not sure how much more modern you can get? haha. I suppose accessible really is in direct relation to what you have already become accustom to or what expectations you set.

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haha. Awesome, thanks!

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