The Best of John Eliot Gardiner by John Eliot Gardiner.

byJohn Eliot Gardiner

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April 14, 2023

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173m 35s

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01Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: III. (b) Andante2:18
02Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VI. Air3:50
03Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Song and Chorus. "Come If You Dare" - First Act Tune3:57
04Rameau: Les Fêtes d'Hébé, Troisième entrée "La Danse": Menuets2:34
05Bach, JS: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air4:06
06Massenet: La Vierge, Pt. 4: Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge4:10
07

Purcell: March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March

08Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: VII. De torrente in via bibet4:13

09Campra: Messe de requiem: I. Introït7:52

10Leclair: Scylla et Glaucus, Op. 11, Act 4: "Brillante fille de Latone" - Deuxième air des démons (Circé, Chœur)3:10

11Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished": I. Allegro moderato14:44

12Handel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": VIII. Soli and Chorus. "The righteous shall be had4:04

13Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H 130, Pt. 2: "Il s'en va loin de la terre" (Chœur)5:47

14Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627: Overture4:14

15Offenbach: Les brigands: Ouverture3:18

16Couperin, F: Les goûts-réunis: Le Parnasse ou l'apothéose de Corelli: II. Corelli charmé de la bonne réception qu'on lui fait au P2:04

17Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera, M. 512:36

18Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Duet. "The Lord is a man of war"5:45

19Carissimi: Jephte: "Plorate colles"4:42

20Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 3: Air. "J'ai perdu mon Eurydice" (Orphée)3:31

21Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 1: Chœur. "Ah ! Dans ce bois tranquille et sombre" (Nymphes, Bergers, Orphée)3:04

22Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7, H 81b: I. Villanelle, H 82b2:10

23Rameau: Dardanus, Prologue: Menuet tendre en rondeau1:37

24Rimsky-Korsakov: Serenade for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 374:28

25Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile for Cello and Orchestra (After String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11)6:41

26Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: Air. "Orpheus' self may heave his head"2:42

27Blow: Salvator mundi3:48

28Bach, JS: Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 2299:36

29Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Duet. "Hark Each Tree"3:59

30Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Final Chorus. "Hail! Bright Cecilia"4:25

31Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act 1: "Vieni Imeneo"1:04

32Bizet: Symphony in C Major, WD 33: III. Allegro6:32

33Rameau: Les Boréades: Ouverture4:50

34Handel: Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: II. Andante2:11

35Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Prelude While Cold Genius Rises - Frost Scene. "What Power Art Thou" (Cold Genius)2:51

36Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Trio and Chorus. "Woden, First to Thee" - "To Woden, Our Defender, Thanks We Render" (Saxon P3:40

37Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song and Chorus. "How Blest Are Shepherds" (Tenor, Chorus)6:37

38Clemens non Papa: O Maria, vernans rosa5:47

39Handel: Il pastor fido, HWV 8b, Prologue "Terpsicore": II. Sarabande1:45

40Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 4, Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"1:22

41Chabrier: L'étoile: Ouverture5:14