[marlow]

Anyone who can write this belongs to the greats

 

[pianozach]

Anyone who can write this belongs to the greats

Well, yeah. Handel was no amateur hack.

 

[Chilham]

Down, down, deeper and down.

Level 1
Handel, Georg Frederic: Messiah

Level 2
Handel, Georg Frederic: Water Music

Level 3
Handel, Georg Frederic: Music for the Royal Fireworks
Handel, Georg Frederic: Giulio Cesare HWV 17 esp. Act 1: "Va tacito e nascosto"
Handel, Georg Frederic: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, HWV 319-330 esp. Concerto HWV 325
Handel, Georg Frederic: Solomon esp. Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba

Level 4
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Pieces de Clavercin
Handel, Georg Frederic: Four Coronation Anthems esp. Zadok the Priest
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Pieces de Clavercin en Concert
Handel, Georg Frederic: Israel in Egypt
Handel, Georg Frederic: Xerxes esp. Ombra Mal Fu
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Hippolyte et Aricie
Handel, Georg Frederic: Acis and Gatatea
Handel, Georg Frederic: Rinaldo esp. Mlascia Ch'io Pianga
Handel, Georg Frederic: Great Keyboard Suites HWV 426-433 esp. Suite HWV 427, HWV 430 "The Harmonious Blacksmith"
Handel, Georg Frederic: Organ Concertos Op. 4 esp. No. 4 & No. 6 B-flat Concerto

Level 5
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Castor et Pollux
Handel, Georg Frederic: Alcina (Opera) esp. Act 1 "Tornami a vagheggiar"
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Les Indes Galantes
Handel, Georg Frederic: Dixit Dominus
Handel, Georg Frederic: Ariodante
Handel, Georg Frederic: Judas Maccbaeus
Handel, Georg Frederic: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Handel, Georg Frederic: Saul
Handel, Georg Frederic: Jephtha
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Platée Suite
Handel, Georg Frederic: Orlando

Level 6
Handel, Georg Frederic: Concerti Grossi Op. 3
Handel, Georg Frederic: L'allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, Part III "As Steals the Morn"
Handel, Georg Frederic: Tamerlano
Handel, Georg Frederic: Organ Concertos Op. 7 esp. No. 10, No. 13 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"
Handel, Georg Frederic: Rodelinda
Handel, Georg Frederic: Susanna
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Les Boréades, RCT 31 esp. Acte IV, Scène IV
Handel, Georg Frederic: Samson
Handel, Georg Frederic: Agrippina
Handel, Georg Frederic: Theodora
Handel, Georg Frederic: La Resurrezione
Handel, Georg Frederic: Semele
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Zoroastre
Handel, Georg Frederic: Te Deum
Handel, Georg Frederic: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74 inc. Eternal Source of Light Divine
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Le Princesse de Navarre
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Pygmalion
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Traité de l'Harmonie
Handel, Georg Frederic: Dettingen' Te Deum
Handel, Georg Frederic: Admeto
Handel, Georg Frederic: Esther
Handel, Georg Frederic: Oboe Sonata in C Minor Op. 1 esp. Sonata No. 8

Level 7
Handel, Georg Frederic: Athaila
Handel, Georg Frederic: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline "The Ways of Zion do Mourn"
Manfredini, Francesco: Concerti Grossi
Handel, Georg Frederic: Belshazzar

Getting to know Rameau a little better for my listening today:

Rameau: Platée Suite

Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer

Rameau: Zoroaster, Le Boréades, Les Indes Galantes, Caster et Pollux (fragments)

Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Mark Padmore, Anna Maria Panzarella, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Laurent Naouri, Eirian James, Patricia Petibon, Gaëlle Méchaly, Yann Beuron, Nathan Berg

 

[Mandryka]

Jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

 

[Chilham]

Finishing off a week of Handel and Rameau with the rest of the works that received just one recommendation.

Level 1
Handel, Georg Frederic: Messiah

Level 2
Handel, Georg Frederic: Water Music

Level 3
Handel, Georg Frederic: Music for the Royal Fireworks
Handel, Georg Frederic: Giulio Cesare HWV 17 esp. Act 1: "Va tacito e nascosto"
Handel, Georg Frederic: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, HWV 319-330 esp. Concerto HWV 325
Handel, Georg Frederic: Solomon esp. Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba

Level 4
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Pieces de Clavercin
Handel, Georg Frederic: Four Coronation Anthems esp. Zadok the Priest
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Pieces de Clavercin en Concert
Handel, Georg Frederic: Israel in Egypt
Handel, Georg Frederic: Xerxes esp. Ombra Mal Fu
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Hippolyte et Aricie
Handel, Georg Frederic: Acis and Gatatea
Handel, Georg Frederic: Rinaldo esp. Mlascia Ch'io Pianga
Handel, Georg Frederic: Great Keyboard Suites HWV 426-433 esp. Suite HWV 427, HWV 430 "The Harmonious Blacksmith"
Handel, Georg Frederic: Organ Concertos Op. 4 esp. No. 4 & No. 6 B-flat Concerto

Level 5
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Castor et Pollux
Handel, Georg Frederic: Alcina (Opera) esp. Act 1 "Tornami a vagheggiar"
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Les Indes Galantes
Handel, Georg Frederic: Dixit Dominus
Handel, Georg Frederic: Ariodante
Handel, Georg Frederic: Judas Maccbaeus
Handel, Georg Frederic: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Handel, Georg Frederic: Saul
Handel, Georg Frederic: Jephtha
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Platée Suite
Handel, Georg Frederic: Orlando

Level 6
Handel, Georg Frederic: Concerti Grossi Op. 3
Handel, Georg Frederic: L'allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, Part III "As Steals the Morn"
Handel, Georg Frederic: Tamerlano
Handel, Georg Frederic: Organ Concertos Op. 7 esp. No. 10, No. 13 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"
Handel, Georg Frederic: Rodelinda
Handel, Georg Frederic: Susanna
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Les Boréades, RCT 31 esp. Acte IV, Scène IV
Handel, Georg Frederic: Samson
Handel, Georg Frederic: Agrippina
Handel, Georg Frederic: Theodora
Handel, Georg Frederic: La Resurrezione
Handel, Georg Frederic: Semele
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Zoroastre
Handel, Georg Frederic: Te Deum
Handel, Georg Frederic: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74 inc. Eternal Source of Light Divine
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Le Princesse de Navarre
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Pygmalion
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Traité de l'Harmonie
Handel, Georg Frederic: Dettingen' Te Deum
Handel, Georg Frederic: Admeto
Handel, Georg Frederic: Esther
Handel, Georg Frederic: Oboe Sonata in C Minor Op. 1 esp. Sonata No. 8

Level 7
Handel, Georg Frederic: Athaila
Handel, Georg Frederic: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline "The Ways of Zion do Mourn"
Manfredini, Francesco: Concerti Grossi
Handel, Georg Frederic: Belshazzar
Handel, Georg Frederic: Teseo
Handel, Georg Frederic: Chandos Anthems
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: La Dauphine
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Nouvelles Suites
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Zaīs
Walther, Johann Gottfried: Christ Lag in Todesbanden
Walther, Johann Gottfried: Geystliches Gesangk Buchelyn
Walther, Johann Gottfried: Musicalisches Lexicon
Walther, Johann Jakob: Hortuulus Chelicus
Walther, Johann Jakob: Scherzi
Handel, Georg Frederic: Alessandro
Handel, Georg Frederic: Alexander Balus
Handel, Georg Frederic: Alexander's Feast
Handel, Georg Frederic: Almira
Handel, Georg Frederic: Alpestre Monte HWV 81
Handel, Georg Frederic: Amadigi di Gaula
Handel, Georg Frederic: Aminio
Handel, Georg Frederic: Arianna
Handel, Georg Frederic: Armida
Handel, Georg Frederic: Chaconne with 62 Variations HWV 442
Handel, Georg Frederic: Concerti a Due Cori
Handel, Georg Frederic: Deborah
Handel, Georg Frederic: Deidamia
Handel, Georg Frederic: Ezio (Aetius)
Handel, Georg Frederic: Il Pastor Fido
Handel, Georg Frederic: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Handel, Georg Frederic: Joshua
Handel, Georg Frederic: Nò, di voi non vo' fidarmi
Handel, Georg Frederic: Ottone
Handel, Georg Frederic: Quel fior che all'alba ride
Handel, Georg Frederic: Radamisto
Handel, Georg Frederic: Rodrigo
Handel, Georg Frederic: Sosarme, re di Media
Handel, Georg Frederic: Suite in D Minor HWV 437 esp. Sarabande
Handel, Georg Frederic: Suites des Pièces pour le Clavercin Premier Volume
Handel, Georg Frederic: The Occasional Oratorio
Handel, Georg Frederic: Triumph of Time
Handel, Georg Frederic: Flavia
Handel, Georg Frederic: Trio Sonatas Op. 2 & 5
Handel, Georg Frederic: Vncer se Stesso è Il Maggior Vittoria

Lined-up for me today, thanks to earlier recommendations:

Handel: Concerti a Due Cori

Alfredo Bernardini, Zefiro

Acis and Galatea

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants

JS Bach up next.

 

[pianozach]

JS Bach up next.

I like Bach. He's one of my favorite composers.

And Vivaldi. Did I miss the Vivaldi posts?

 

[Chilham]

I like Bach. He's one of my favorite composers.

And Vivaldi. Did I miss the Vivaldi posts?

I don't think you missed them all. Vivaldi was with us a couple of weeks ago starting from post #331 and post #348 has the full listing.

A slightly contrived grouping this week for reasons that will become clear later. We're going to look at JS Bach "pre-Liepzig" works, together with other composers born 1685-1695 who aren't specifically identified as being part of the Galant or Empfindsamkeit styles. We'll spend some time with those composers in a couple of weeks.

First up, the "Must-listen" piece for this week:

Level 1
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concertos

My listening today:

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

Trevor Pinnock, European Brandenburg Ensemble

The listing in pianozach's Beginner's Guide to Classical Music is linked above and here, other listening options are listed here, and there's an ongoing discussion on the work and the various recordings here.

Enjoy!

 

[new but obsessed]

Fantastic stuff. Great recording. I've always liked the excerpts of this and other Bach that I'd heard. This was the first time I've listened to the concertos straight through. I particularly liked Concerto 5.

And, as luck would have it, I'm yet again at the same point on this thread's "journey" and on pianozach's list. Two birds!

 

[Chilham]

Fantastic stuff. Great recording. I've always liked the excerpts of this and other Bach that I'd heard. This was the first time I've listened to the concertos straight through. I particularly liked Concerto 5.

And, as luck would have it, I'm yet again at the same point on this thread's "journey" and on pianozach's list. Two birds!

Excellent! I also have the Savall/Concert des Nations recording but prefer Pinnock.

Next up:

Level 1
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concertos

Level 2
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 esp. Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major BWV 846 & Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 855
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suites BWV 1007-12

I know that some of my listening today divides opinion but after a good deal of listening, it's what I currently prefer. I don't provide it to suggest it's the best. I was asked to share my suggestion so I do. There was a recent poll on WTC recordings. My preference wasn't even recommended for the poll. As for Yo-Yo Ma, I just got hooked on his recording. Other options listed here. Listen for yourself and decide what you prefer.:

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I

Angela Hewitt

Bach: Cello Suites

Yo-Yo Ma

 

[new but obsessed]

I couldn't find the Angela Hewitt recording on Apple Music. But I did previously add one by Keith Jarrett that the service recommended on their Bach page. Did the trick.

Then I looked up some of the recordings from that poll, and found the 1963 Gould and something from some year or other listed under Sviatoslav Richter's name (I'm assuming that's the top-voted 1970 Richter). Unfortunately the Gould ones sound like they were recorded in a jazz club (I could hear someone talking in the first track!). But the Richter version of BWV 846, though there's some old-timey hiss on the recording, is played at a slower pace and has such a pillowy, dreamy piano sound. A lot less jumpy and sharp than the others I've found. I don't know what's "accurate", but it's certainly a very pleasing rendition.

I'd love to find something played on a non-piano: a clavichord or harpsichord.

Also, odd tidbit, when searching through my iTunes for "Well Tempered Clavier", among the results was a track from a 2005 M. Ward (indie singer songwriter) album, Transistor Radio. On the track listing, the final track was credited to JS Bach, it's some sort of acoustic folk guitar version. Based on my ancient star rating of it, seems I did like it back in those days, and it's still quite pleasant a listen. Unfortunately, I'm not sure which section of WTC it is from.

 

[Chilham]

I couldn't find the Angela Hewitt recording on Apple Music. But I did previously add one by Keith Jarrett that the service recommended on their Bach page. Did the trick.

Then I looked up some of the recordings from that poll, and found the 1963 Gould and something from some year or other listed under Sviatoslav Richter's name (I'm assuming that's the top-voted 1970 Richter). Unfortunately the Gould ones sound like they were recorded in a jazz club (I could hear someone talking in the first track!). But the Richter version of BWV 846, though there's some old-timey hiss on the recording, is played at a slower pace and has such a pillowy, dreamy piano sound. A lot less jumpy and sharp than the others I've found. I don't know what's "accurate", but it's certainly a very pleasing rendition.

I'd love to find something played on a non-piano: a clavichord or harpsichord.

Also, odd tidbit, when searching through my iTunes for "Well Tempered Clavier", among the results was a track from a 2005 M. Ward (indie singer songwriter) album, Transistor Radio. On the track listing, the final track was credited to JS Bach, it's some sort of acoustic folk guitar version. Based on my ancient star rating of it, seems I did like it back in those days, and it's still quite pleasant a listen. Unfortunately, I'm not sure which section of WTC it is from.

Pretty sure it's Book 1, Prelude No. 1, the very first piece from the WCT.

Next up:

Level 1
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concertos

Level 2
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 esp. Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major BWV 846 & Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 855
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suites BWV 1007-12
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV 1001-1006 esp. Partita No. 2 v. Chaconne

Level 3
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565

Level 4
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor BWV 582
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"

My listening today:

Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

Christian Tetzlaff

Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor

Olivier Latry

Bach: Cantata 147

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

 

[new but obsessed]

Something that surprised me, personally, was that of all the Level 2-4 stuff listed here that I've listened to so far, the first movement coro of the "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" cantata was the standout highlight. I usually prefer the orchestral stuff, but that piece was just special.

 

[Chilham]

Something that surprised me, personally, was that of all the Level 2-4 stuff listed here that I've listened to so far, the first movement coro of the "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" cantata was the standout highlight. I usually prefer the orchestral stuff, but that piece was just special.

When I first delved deeper into Bach's music a year ago, the cantatas and flute sonatas where the big surprise for me. Thoroughly enjoyed them.

Level 1
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concertos

Level 2
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 esp. Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major BWV 846 & Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 855
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suites BWV 1007-12
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV 1001-1006 esp. Partita No. 2 v. Chaconne

Level 3
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565

Level 4
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor BWV 582
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 "The Great"

Level 5
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 208 Was Mir Behagt inc. Sheep May Safely Graze
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Inventions and Sinfonias (Two & Three Part Interventions)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orgelbüchlein BWV 599-644 esp. BWV 618 "O Lamm Gottes"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: French Suites BWV 812-817 esp. Suite No. 5 VII. Gigue
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todes Banden"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Flute Sonatas, BWV 1030-1035
Geminiani, Francesco: 6 Concerto Grossi, Op. 2

Revisiting some favourites today:

Bach: Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 "The Great"

Olivier Latry

Bach: Cantata BWV 208

Sibylla Rubens, Matthias Goerne, Eva Kirchner, Stuttgart Gachinger Kantorei, Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgart Bach Collegium, James Taylor

Bach: Flute Sonatas

Trevor Pinnock, Emmanuel Pahud

And then a couple that are new to me:

Bach: Cantata BWV 4

Lionel Meunier, Vox Luminis

Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias

Angela Hewitt

 

[Chilham]

Level 1
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concertos

Level 2
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 esp. Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major BWV 846 & Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 855
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suites BWV 1007-12
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV 1001-1006 esp. Partita No. 2 v. Chaconne

Level 3
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565

Level 4
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor BWV 582
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 "The Great"

Level 5
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 208 Was Mir Behagt inc. Sheep May Safely Graze
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Inventions and Sinfonias (Two & Three Part Interventions)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orgelbüchlein BWV 599-644 esp. BWV 618 "O Lamm Gottes"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: French Suites BWV 812-817 esp. Suite No. 5 VII. Gigue
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todes Banden"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Flute Sonatas, BWV 1030-1035
Geminiani, Francesco: 6 Concerto Grossi, Op. 2
Geminiani, Francesco 6 Concerto Grossi, Op. 3

Level 6
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 106 "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 21 "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto for Four Harpsichords BWV 1065
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV 903
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 538 "Dorian"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 202 "Wedding Cantata"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564
Locatelli, Pietro: XII Concerti Cioè Violino solo con XXIV Capricci ad libitum "L'Arte del Violino" Op. 3
Roman, Johann Helmich: Drottningholm Musique
Weiss, Sylvius Leopold: Lute Sonata in C SW 39 "Partita Grande"
Weiss, Sylvius Leopold: Lute Sonata in A SW 12
Locatelli, Pietro: 12 Concerti Grossi Op. 1
Zipoli, Domenico: Elevazione for Cello And Oboe
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Lutheran Masses BWV 233-236
Weiss, Sylvius Leopold: Lute Sonata in D, SW 18 esp. 6. Passacaglia

A break from Bach for me today, starting with one of my favourite pieces:

Zipoli: Elevazione

Robert Haydon Clark & Consort Of London

Geminiani: 6 Concerto Grossi, Op. 2

Carlo Ipata, Auser Musici

Locatelli: 12 Concerti Grossi Op. 1 No. 2 & 8

Garcia Navarro, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Locatelli: XII Concerti Cioè Violino solo con XXIV Capricci ad libitum "L'Arte del Violino" Op. 3 No. 11 & 12

Mainz Chamber Orchestra, Günter Kehr & Susanne Lautenbacher

Weiss: Lute Sonata in C SW 39 "Partita Grande"

Jakob Lindberg

 

[marlow]

Dig that rhythm in Bach!

 

[marlow]

A little Red Priest

 

[Mandryka]

Dig that rhythm in Bach!

This is one that Elisabeth Schwarzkopf did, very well IMO.

 

[Chilham]

Weiss: Lute Sonata in C SW 39 "Partita Grande"

Jakob Lindberg

Well, that's delightful!

 

[Chilham]

Level 1
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concertos

Level 2
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 esp. Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major BWV 846 & Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 855
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suites BWV 1007-12
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV 1001-1006 esp. Partita No. 2 v. Chaconne

Level 3
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565

Level 4
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor BWV 582
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 "The Great"

Level 5
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 208 Was Mir Behagt inc. Sheep May Safely Graze
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Inventions and Sinfonias (Two & Three Part Interventions)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orgelbüchlein BWV 599-644 esp. BWV 618 "O Lamm Gottes"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: French Suites BWV 812-817 esp. Suite No. 5 VII. Gigue
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todes Banden"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Flute Sonatas, BWV 1030-1035
Geminiani, Francesco: 6 Concerto Grossi, Op. 2
Geminiani, Francesco 6 Concerto Grossi, Op. 3

Level 6
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 106 "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 21 "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto for Four Harpsichords BWV 1065
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV 903
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 538 "Dorian"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 202 "Wedding Cantata"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564
Locatelli, Pietro: XII Concerti Cioè Violino solo con XXIV Capricci ad libitum "L'Arte del Violino" Op. 3
Roman, Johann Helmich: Drottningholm Musique
Weiss, Sylvius Leopold: Lute Sonata in C SW 39 "Partita Grande"
Weiss, Sylvius Leopold: Lute Sonata in A SW 12
Locatelli, Pietro: 12 Concerti Grossi Op. 1
Zipoli, Domenico: Elevazione for Cello And Oboe
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Lutheran Masses BWV 233-236
Weiss, Sylvius Leopold: Lute Sonata in D, SW 18 esp. 6. Passacaglia
Locatelli, Pietro: XII Sonate à Violino solo e Basso da Camera Op. 6

Level 7
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Partita in A minor for solo flute, BWV 1013
Weiss, Sylvius Leopold: Lute Sonata in A, Weiss SW 29 "L'Infidele"
Fasch, Johann Friedrich: Suite No. 2 in B-Flat
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 61
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude and Fugue for Organ BWV 543
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 170 "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" esp. i. Aria
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Sonatas BWV 1027-29
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccatas, BWV 910-916
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantatas BWV 152
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantatas BWV 202
Giustini, Ludovico: 12 Sonate cla Cimbali di Piano e Forte
Taglioni, Giulio: Alexander's Feast
Viadana, Lodovico: Cento Concerti Ecclesiastici
Viadana, Lodovico: Sinfonie Musicali a 8
Marcello, Benedetto: Concerto for Recorders
Marcello, Benedetto: Estro Poetico Armonico
Marcello, Benedetto: Il Teatro all Moda
Porpora, Nicola: Arianna in Nasso
Porpora, Nicola: Meride e Selinunte esp. Torbido Intorno al Core
Porpora, Nicola: Polifermo

Trying out Fasch for the first time, then heading back up the listing today:

Fasch: Overture (Suite) in B-Flat Major

Hans-Martin Linde, Cappella Coloniensis

Bach: French Suites

Murray Perahia

 

[Mandryka]

I think Zipoli wrote some interesting music, music which transcends the formulae of the epoch, not necessarily that cello and oboe thing for me, but still, worth a try.