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BOOST ZONE Golden Age Of BaroqueEncouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of 16th century, the Baroque was a highly ornate style of architecture, art and music that flourished in Europe from the early 17th until the mid-18th century. Greats of the Baroque era include composers Vivaldi, Bach, Handel and Purcell and artists Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Rubens, Bernini and Velazquez. Golden Age Of Baroque is the sixth release in the groundbreaking Historyzone series of albums charting the history of the world |
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1. A GOLDEN AGE 00:02:10 AN EXUBERANT CELEBRATION OF A NEW AGE FEATURING PERIOD INSTRUMENTS. AN ARRANGEMENT OF 'TRIO SONATA NO. 3 OP.2 IV ALLEGRO' BY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)
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3. THE AGE OF INVENTION 00:02:37 LIGHT AND BRISK BAROQUE PERFECTION FEATURING PERIOD INSTRUMENTS. AN ARRANGEMENT OF 'TRIO SONATA IN G MAJOR, BWV 1039: IV. PRESTO' BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
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5. HARPSICHORD GALANT 00:01:37 VIVACIOUS HARPSICHORD PLAYED IN THE BAROQUE GALANT STYLE COMPOSED BY GIUSEPPE DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757)
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6. BAROQUE GAVOTTE 00:01:11 A TYPICAL BAROQUE PERIOD DANCE WITH FLOWING STRING GROUP AND HARPSICHORD BACKING
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7. VERDI PRATI 00:01:41 A POPULAR MEZZO SOPRANO ARIA FIRST PERFORMED IN LONDON 1735. COMPOSED BY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) FROM THE OPERA SERIA 'ALCINA'
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8. ORGAN FUGUE IN D MINOR 00:03:26 AN ARRANGEMENT OF A BAROQUE ORGAN FUGUE COMPOSED BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) AND PLAYED ON LARGE CHURCH ORGAN
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9. THE BOURGEOIS TRAGEDY 00:01:09 A SLOW AND DRAMATIC BAROQUE SCENE-SETTER WITH STEADY SEARCHING STRINGS AND HARPSICHORD
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10. QUEEN MARY’S FUNERAL MARCH 00:02:02 THE END OF AN ERA. FUNERAL MARCH FOR THE QUEEN MARY II COMPOSED BY HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695) WHICH ECHOES EARLIER TUDOR STYLE EARLY BRASS AND DRUMS
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11. LUTE FANTASIE 00:02:10 INTRICATE AND DETAILED BAROQUE ARCHLUTE PERFORMANCE OF 'FANTASIE IN D MINOR' BY SYLVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS (1687-1750)
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12. OMBRA MAI FU 00:02:26 A POPULAR ROMANTIC BAROQUE ARIA FROM THE OPERA 'SERSE' (1738) COMPOSED BY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)
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13. THE GRAND TOUR 00:04:47 YOUNG ADVENTURERS DISCOVERING BAROQUE EUROPE. A SPRIGHTLY ARRANGEMENT OF A PIECE BY JOHANN JOACHIM QUANTZ (1697-1773)
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14. SARABANDE IN D MINOR 00:01:35 PROUD AND DRAMATIC THIS COMPOSITION BY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) IS ONE OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD’S MOST FAMOUS PIECES
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15. VIVALDI'S SONATA IN C MINOR 00:03:28 EXPRESSIVE AND ROMANTIC ARRANGEMENT OF 'SONATA IN C MINOR FOR VIOLIN, CELLO AND CONTINUO, RV 83: II. LARGO' BY ANTONIO LUCIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)
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16. VIVALDI'S GUITAR CONCERTO IN D MAJOR 00:02:11 ELEGANT AND PRECISE CLASSICAL GUITAR. AN ARRANGEMENT OF THE FAMOUS 'GUITAR CONCERTO IN D MAJOR: II' BY ANTONIO LUCIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)
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17. HARPSICHORD SONATA 00:02:00 DRAMATIC AND ENERGETIC HARPSICHORD PLAYED IN THE BAROQUE GALANT STYLE COMPOSED BY GIUSEPPE DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757)
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18. BANKS OF THE TIBER 00:01:37 MUSIC INTRO TO THE FAMOUS CANTATA. AN ARRANGEMENT OF 'SU LE SPONDE DEL TEBRO, H.705: SINFONIA' COMPOSED BY PIETRO ALESSANDRO GASPARE SCARLATTI (1660-1725)
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19. IN DULCI JUBILO 00:01:53 BAROQUE ERA RELIGIOUS ATMOSPHERE COMPOSED BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) AND PLAYED ON A LARGE CHURCH ORGAN
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20. ARCHLUTE SARABANDE 00:01:49 THOUGHTFUL BAROQUE ARCHLUTE ATMOSPHERE. AN ARRANGEMENT OF 'PRELUDE, SUITE NO. 13 IN D MINOR' BY SYLVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS (1687-1750)
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21. PASSACAGLIA AND FUGUE 00:09:55 BAROQUE SCENE-SETTER PLAYED ON LARGE CHURCH ORGAN. AN ARRANGEMENT OF THE FAMOUS ORGAN WORK 'PASSACAGLIA AND FUGUE BWV 582' BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
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22. CESSATE OMAI CESSATE 00:02:22 DYNAMIC CANTATA (RV684) BY ANTONIO LUCIO VIVALDI (1678-1741) FEATURING MEZZO SOPRANO VOICE
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23. PLEASURE GARDENS 00:03:59 ENJOYING THE GAIETY OF THE PLEASURE GARDENS OF THE BAROQUE ERA. AN ARRANGEMENT OF 'KEYBOARD SONATA IN B-FLAT MAJOR, K. 551' BY GIUSEPPE DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757)
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24. OBOE SONATA 00:02:57 BEAUTIFUL BACH ADAGIO ON PERIOD HARPSICHORD AND BAROQUE OBOE. AN ARRANGEMENT OF 'SONATA IN G MINOR BWV 1020: II. ADAGIO' BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
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25. PRELUDE IN F MAJOR 00:01:29 STUDIED AND PRECISE BAROQUE ARCHLUTE PERFORMANCE OF 'LUTE SONATA NO. 1 IN F MAJOR' BY SYLVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS (1687-1750)
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28. ORGAN PRELUDE IN G 00:02:58 A JOYFUL RELIGIOUS ATMOSPHERE FEATURING LARGE CHURCH ORGAN. AN ARRANGEMENT OF BMV 568 BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
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29. LINE OF BEAUTY 00:01:54 GENTEEL BAROQUE ELEGANCE AND BEAUTY FEATURING PERIOD INSTRUMENTS. AN ARRANGEMENT OF 'TRIO SONATA NO. 2 IN G MAJOR: I. LARGO' BY THOMAS AUGUSTINE ARNE (1710-1778)
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30. BACH’S BADINERIE 00:01:35 SPRIGHTLY FAMOUS BACH PIECE FOR STRINGS AND FLUTE. AN ARRANGEMENT OF 'SUITE NO.2 IN B MINOR BWV 1067' BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
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31. SONATA FOR HARPSICHORD 00:03:40 DRIVING, ENERGETIC BAROQUE HARPSICHORD. AN ARRANGEMENT OF 'SONATA IN B MINOR, K. 27' BY GIUSEPPE DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757)
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32. OLD MASTERS OF THE GOLDEN AGE 00:01:44 A BAROQUE GUITAR INTERPRETATION OF 'PAVANE IN A MINOR' BY GASPAR SANZ (1640 -1710) WITH ECHOES OF PRE-BAROQUE COURT MUSIC
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34. PRELUDE AND ALLEGRO IN D MINOR 00:01:21 COURTLY BAROQUE GUITAR. AN ARRANGEMENT OF THE WELL KNOWN CLASSICAL PIECE BY SANTIAGO DE MURCIA (1673-1739)