I'm fairly new at this, but love music and love history, so I'm trying to have a "brief" survey of about 500 works across early music until today (before the album era) of "classical" music.
Here's my current Baroque listing list... anything you'd say is a must for a beginner I'm missing here? Any fantastic recordings you've found to be much better?
Here's my current Baroque listing list... anything you'd say is a must for a beginner I'm missing here? Any fantastic recordings you've found to be much better?
- J. S. Bach: Die Kunst Der Fuge In Der Fassung Von H.E. Dentler Ensemble L'Arte Della Fuga 1750
- Handel: Water Music; Music For The Royal Fireworks Jordi Savall / Le Concert Des Nations 1749
- Handel: Solomon Nicholas McGegan / Festspielorchester Gottingen 1749
- J. S. Bach: Mass In B Minor Otto Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra 1749
- Handel: Messiah Sir Neville Marriner / Academy Of St Martin-in-the-Fields 1742
- J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations; Italian Concerto Trevor Pinnock 1741
- Vivaldi: Musica Per Mandolino E Liuto Rolf Lislevand 1741
- Rameau: Pieces De Clavecin En Concerts Aapo Häkkinen / Petri Tapio Mattson / Mikko Perkola 1741
- J. S. Bach: 3 Concerti Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert 1740
- Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas Ivo Pogorelich 1740
- J. S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Andreas Staier / Freiburger Barockorchester 1739
- Handel: Xerxes Ivor Bolton / Bayerische Staatsoper 1738
- Handel: Complete Organ Concertos Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert 1738
- Domenico Scarlatti: Thirty Sonatas For The Harpsichord Joseph Payne 1738
- Rameau: Castor Et Pollux Suite / Purcell: 3 Fantasias Frans Brüggen / Orchestra Of The 18th Century 1737
- Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Claudio Abbado / London Symphony Orchestra 1736
- Rameau: L'Orchestre De Louis XV Jordi Savall / Le Concert Des Nations 1735
- J. S. Bach: Organ Works / Toccata & Fugue E. Power Biggs 1735
- J. S. Bach: The Coffee Cantata Johannes Somary / Baroque Orchestra / Amor Artis Chorale 1734
- J. S. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium Rene Jacobs / RIAS-Kammerchor / Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin 1734
- Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3; Sonata A 5 Richard Egarr / The Academy Of Ancient Music 1734
- J. S. Bach: Cantata BWV 140, Magnificat BWV 243 Karl Richter / Münchener Bach-Orchester / Münchener Bach-Chor 1733
- Telemann : Recorder Sonatas & Fantasias Frans Brüggen / Anner Bylsma / Gustav Leonhardt 1730
- J. S. Bach: "Double" Concerto For 2 Violins In D Minor Zubin Mehta / New York Philharmonic 1730
- François Couperin: Pieces De Clavecin, Book 4 Mitzi Meyerson 1730
- Telemann: Tafelmusik Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel 1733
- Pergolesi: Concerto Di Violino Con Più Strumenti; Sinfonia Per Violoncello E Basso Continuo Fabio Maestri / Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana 1730
- J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion Rene Jacobs / RIAS-Kammerchor / Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin 1729
- Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound: Music For Trumpets & Organ Wolfgang Hannes / Berhard Läubin / Simon Preston 1729
- Handel: Coronation Anthems; Concerti A Due Cori Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert / Choir Of Westminister Abbey 1727
- Vivaldi: La Dorilla In Tempe, Opera En 3 Actes Gilbert Bezzina / Ensemble Baroque De Nice 1726
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Gil Shaham / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 1725
- Telemann: Concerto In D Major; La Bouffonne; Grillen-Symphonie; Alster Overture Simon Standage / Collegium Musicum 90 1725
- The Complete Keyboard Works Of J.S. Bach, Vol. 6 João Carlos Martins 1725
- J. S. Bach: Johannespassion Mathias Grünert / Kammerchor Der Frauenkirche / Ensemble Frauenkirche Dresden 1724
- J. S. Bach: The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites Yo-Yo Ma 1723
- J. S. Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier (Books I & II) Sviatoslav Richter 1722
- Zelenka: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-6 Burkhard Glaetzner 1722
- J.S. Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos / 4 Orchestral Suites Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert 1721
- Handel: The Complete Sonatas For Recorder Marion Verbruggen / Ton Koopman / Jaap Ter Linden 1720
- J. S. Bach: 6 Partitas Trevor Pinnock 1720
- Durante: XII Duetti A Soprano E Contralto Roberto Gini / Ensemble Concerto 1720
- Vivaldi: Concerti Fabio Biondi / Europa Galante 1720
- Vivaldi: Cello Sonatas Marco Ceccato / Accademia Ottoboni 1720
- Telemann: Trumpet Concertos Iona Brown / Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields 1720
- Marais: Pièces De Viole Du Quatrième Livre Jordi Savall 1717
- Domenico Scarlatti: 12 Sonatas For Guitar Luigi Attademo 1715
- Rebel: Les Elements / Destouches: Les Elémens Christopher Hogwood / Academy Of Ancient Music 1715
- Albinoni: Complete Oboe Concertos John Georgiadis / The London Virtuosi 1715
- Vivaldi: Gloria In D Major RV 589 Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert 1715
- Marcello: 6 Concertos La Cetra & Concerto In D Minor For Oboe And Strings Giorgio Sasso / Insieme Strumentale Di Roma 1715
- Albinoni: Adagio / Corelli: Christmas Concerto / Vivaldi: L'amoroso Herbert Von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker 1714
- Corelli: 12 Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert 1714
- Tartini: Concerti Per Flauto; Sonate; "Trillo Del Diavolo" Massimo Mercelli / Marco Rogliano / Ensemble Respighi 1713
- Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Nisi Dominus; Salve Regina Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert 1712
- Handel: Rinaldo René Jacobs / Freiburger Barockorchester 1711
- Vivaldi: 12 Concertos, Op. 3 "L'Estro Armonico" Brecon Baroque / Rachel Podger 1711
- Campra: Cantates Françaises William Christie / Les Arts Florissants 1710
- Albinoni: Concerto Op. 9,2; Concert A 5; Concerto For Organ & Strings; Adagio Various Artists 1708
- Cavalli: Requiem & Antiennes à La Vierge Françoise Lasserre / Ensemble Vocal Régional De Champagne-Ardenne / Akademia 1705
- Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantate E Duetti Rinaldo Alessandrini / Concerto Italiano 1700
- Caldara: Cantatas / Stradella: Motets Il Seminario Musicale / Gérard Lesne / Sandrine Piau 1700
- Pachelbel: Hexachordum Apollinis John Butt 1699
- Gverav: Poema Harmonico Hopkinson Smith 1694
- Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 Jonathan Cohen / Arcangelo 1694
- Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue / Handel: The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert 1690
- Charpentier: Te Deum, H.146, Litanies De La Vierge & Missa "Assumpta Est Maria" William Christie / Les Arts Florissants 1690
- Purcell: Dido & Aeneas William Christie / Les Arts Florissants 1689
- Purcell: Ten Sonatas In Four Parts • Twelve Sonatas Of Three Parts London Baroque 1683
- Lully: Grand Motets, Vol. 1 Hervé Niquet / Le Concert Spirituel 1684
- Purcell: Fantasias For The Viols Hesperion XX / Jordi Savall 1680
- Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri / Schütz: O Bone Jesu John Eliot Gardiner / English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir 1680
- Lully: Psyché Paul O'Dette / Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra & Chorus 1678
- Heinrich Biber: Sonaten Ãœber Die Mysterien Des Rosenkranzes Gunar Letzbor / Ars Antiqua Austria 1674
- Bologna 1666 Julia Schröder / Kammerorchester Basel 1666
- Lully: Atys William Christie / Les Arts Florissants 1676
- Buxtehude: Abendmusiken Ensemble Masques / Vox Luminis 1670
- Dieterich Buxtehude And The Mean-Tone Organ, Volume 1 Hans Davidsson 1670
- Storace: Selva Di Varie Compositioni D'intavolatura Per Cimbalo Rinaldo Alessandrini / Concerto Italiano 1664
- Cavalli: Xerse René Jacobs / Concerto Vocale 1654
- Matthew Locke: Consort Of Flower Parts Jordi Savall 1650
- Legrenzi: Venice Before Vivaldi El Mundo 1650
- Rossi: Orfeo William Christie / Les Arts Florissants 1647
- Rossi: Oratorio Per La Settimana Santa William Christie / Les Arts Florissants 1641
- Carissimi: Duets & Cantatas René Jacobs / Concerto Vocale 1640
- Frescobaldi: Works For Harpsichord Gustav Leonhardt 1640
- Allegri: Masses, Miserere & Motets David Trendell / The Choir Of King's College London 1638
- Merula: Arie E Capricci A Voce Sola Jordi Savall / La Capella Reial De Catalunya / Montserrat Figueras 1633
- Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae I, Op. 6 Hans-Christoph Rademann 1629
- Monteverdi: Motetti E Madrigali A 2 Soprani Ilaria Geroldi & Marina Morelli 1615
- Gabrieli: Sonate E Canzoni "Per Concertar Con L'Organo" Concerto Palatino / Bruce Dickey 1615
- Monteverdi : Il Sesto Libro De Magrigali Rinaldo Alessandrini / Concerto Italiano 1614
- Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine John Eliot Gardiner / English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir 1610
- Monteverdi: Missa In Illo Tempore Philippe Herreweghe / Ensemble Vocal Européen De La Chapelle Royale 1610
- Airs De Cour Ensemble Orinda 1610
- Monteverdi: L'Orfeo Jordi Savall / La Capella Reial De Catalunya 1607
- Caccini: Le Nuove Musiche Ars Antiqua Ensemble / Candice Gautier / Arkadiy Volkov 1602
- Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso Ensemble Clément Janequin / Dominique Visse 1597
- Monteverdi: Il Secondo Libro De' Madrigali Rinaldo Alessandrini / Concerto Italiano 1590
- Luzzaschi: Concerto Delle Dame Di Ferrara Cristina Miatello / Helena Afonso / Marinella Pennichi / Sergio Vartolo 1580