Baroque Music - A 'Project Climax' Subcategory - 13 CDs

Baroque (1600-1750)
The Baroque era is the period of musical history from around 1600 to around 1750. This period acquired the name "Baroque" from nineteenth-century historians for its flamboyant, decorative, and expressionistic tendencies. These trademarks can be seen in the two most notable features of Baroque music: complex counterpoint (multiple melodic lines occurring simultaneously) and elaborate ornamentation (improvised "extra" notes that decorate the melody). The development of modern string instruments caused instrumental music to flourish; the most popular genres of instrumental music were the concerto grosso (one or more soloists playing with an orchestra) and the trio sonata (two melodic instruments and a keyboard instrument). However, vocal music held its own as well. Composers continued to write masses and other sacred music, and opera enjoyed immense popularity in Italy.

The two giants of Baroque music were Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Bach was a church composer from central Germany whose works were never very popular during his lifetime; it was only the "Bach revival" in the nineteenth century that brought him to prominence. Handel, on the other hand, was extremely well-traveled and well-known, and he was asked to compose for royal courts in Germany and England. Other Baroque notables include Antonio Vivaldi, who composed more than five hundred concertos; Dietrich Buxtehude, a master of the organ; Domenico Scarlatti, who brought the keyboard sonata to a new level of perfection; and Jean-Philippe Rameau, who was as famous as a theorist as he was as a composer.




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01 - Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051 - Orchestra of the AOE (Virgin 1999)
http://rapidshare.de/files/33621029/B.BC.OotAoE.1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33632074/B.BC.OotAoE.1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33632339/B.BC.OotAoE.1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33633413/B.BC.OotAoE.2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33680636/B.BC.OotAoE.2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33683807/B.BC.OotAoE.2.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/33612275/Cvrs.rar
or
http://rapidshare.de/files/33878496/Bach_-_Brandenburg_Concertos.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/33878419/Bach_-_Brandenburg_Concertos.part2.rar.html

02 - Georg Friedrich Händel; Messiah - Pinnock, The English Concert & Choir (Archiv 1990) 2 CDs
http://rapidshare.de/files/34033179/097BTUGJNMFK.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34029706/097BTUGJNMFK.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34025177/097BTUGJNMFK.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34022462/097BTUGJNMFK.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34018305/097ATUGJNMFK.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34015262/097ATUGJNMFK.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34012628/097ATUGJNMFK.part1.rar

03 - Antonio Vivaldi; Le Quattro Stagioni - Tartini; Devil's Trill - Mutter & Trondheim Soloists (DG 1999)
http://rapidshare.de/files/34044942/098ASPADEFGJ.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34040987/098ASPADEFGJ.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34037250/098ASPADEFGJ.part1.rar

04 - Complete Goldberg Variations 1955-81 'A State of Wonder' - Glenn Gould (Sony 2002) 3 CDs
http://rapidshare.de/files/30243771/Climax002c.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30237916/Climax002c.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30232240/Climax002c.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30225734/Climax002b.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30217701/Climax002b.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30210946/Climax002a.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30203113/Climax002a.part1.rar

05 - George Friedrich Händel; Water Music, Music For The Royal Fireworks - Orpheus CO (DG 1992)
http://rapidshare.de/files/34057591/99ALKJFEHGD.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34053361/99ALKJFEHGD.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34048964/99ALKJFEHGD.part1.rar

03 - Mass in B minor - Gardiner, English Baroque Soloist, Monteverdi Choir (Archiv 1990) 2 CDs
http://rapidshare.de/files/30280570/Climax003b.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30276154/Climax003b.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30270720/Climax003b.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30265920/Climax003a.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30257987/Climax003a.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/30250982/Climax003a.part1.rar

07 - Arcangelo Corelli; Concertos Vol. 2 - Nicholas McGegan & PBO (Harmonia Mundi 2001)
http://rapidshare.de/files/34424393/C.CV2.PBO.NMG.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34415702/C.CV2.PBO.NMG.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34411746/C.CV2.PBO.NMG.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34418577/C.CV2.PBO.NMG.Cvrs.rar

08 -George Frideric Handel; Coronation Anthems - Willcocks, ECO (Decca 1997)
http://rapidshare.de/files/34464178/H.4CA.DW.TCoKCC.1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34465606/H.4CA.DW.TCoKCC.1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34465804/H.4CA.DW.TCoKCC.1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34470697/H.4CA.DW.TCoKCC.1.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34505989/H.4AC.DW.TCoCC.2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34518063/H.4AC.DW.TCoCC.2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34597558/H.4AC.DW.TCoCC.2.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34511988/H.4AC.DW.TCoCC.2.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34536890/H.4CA.DW.TCoKCC.Cvrs.rar

09 - Henry Purcell; Dido and Aeneas - Baker, Lewis, English Chamber Orchestra (Decca 2000)
http://rapidshare.de/files/34122365/102AMANMDGJF.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34112061/102AMANMDGJF.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34078573/102AMANMDGJF.part1.rar

10 - Bach; Magnificat, Vivaldi; Gloria - Rigby, Hendricks, Murray, Neville Marriner (EMI 1991)
http://rapidshare.de/files/34173141/103AASSJRGNN.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34168228/103AASSJRGNN.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34134225/103AASSJRGNN.part1.rar

11 - Domenico Scarlatti; Keyboard Sonatas - Mikhail Pletnev (Virgin 1995) 2 CDs
http://rapidshare.de/files/34198523/104BOOJVEHFI.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34193983/104BOOJVEHFI.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34191371/104BOOJVEHFI.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34188631/104BOOJVEHFI.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34185728/104AOOJVEHFI.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34181919/104AOOJVEHFI.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34176586/104AOOJVEHFI.part1.rar

12 - Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin - Meyerson, Ensemble Sonnerie (Virgin 2001)
http://rapidshare.de/files/34600151/R.PdCec.S.MM.1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34674282/R.PdCec.S.MM.1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34639840/R.PdCec.S.MM.1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34696932/R.PdCec.S.MM.1.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34663174/F.PdCec.MM.2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34689239/F.PdCec.MM.2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34717744/F.PdCec.MM.2.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34717930/F.PdCec.MM.2.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34717762/F.PdCec.MM.2.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34618813/R.F.PdCec.S.MM.Cvrs.rar

13 - Georg Philipp Telemann; Recorder Suite, Viola Concerto, Tafelmusik - Edlinger, CI (Decca 1993)
http://rapidshare.de/files/34296813/106ASASSJGHF.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34289173/106ASASSJGHF.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34240153/106ASASSJGHF.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/34224511/106ASASSJGHF.part1.rar