Artist	Song
Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood	Canon and Gigue in D Major
from Pachelbel: Canon & Other Baroque Favorites (1994)
Academy of St. Martin In the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & Thurston Dart	Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068: II. Air
from Bach: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1 - 4 (1991)
Academy of Ancient Music, Catherine Mackintosh, Christopher Hogwood & Nigel North	Violin Concerto, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo
from The Four Seasons (1998)
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra, Jorg Faerber & Douglas Haas	Adagio for Organ and Strings In G Minor - Adagio
from Pachelbel: Canon and Other Baroque Favorites (2007)
Leon Fleisher	Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
from Two Hands (2004)
Scholars Baroque Ensemble	The Messiah: Hallelujah!
from Handel: The Messiah (Highlights) (1995)
Simon Preston	Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: I. Toccata
from J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue BWV 565 (1989)
Edition Monastery Maulbronn	Sinfonia - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
from Handel - Solomon (2004)
Yo-Yo Ma	Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
from Bach: The Cello Suites (1997)
Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble & Marc Minkowski	Te Deum for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra, H 146: Prélude. Rondeau
from Charpentier: Te Deum & Messe de Minuit (1997)
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock	Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351 (1749): La Réjouissance
from Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (Original Version 1749) (1997)
London Festival Orchestra & Tutti Camarata	Trumpet Tune in D
from The World of the Trumpet (1994)
Hilary Hahn, Jeffrey Kahane, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra & Margaret Batjer	Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace
from Bach: Violin Concertos (2003)
Academy of Ancient Music, Choir Of King's College, Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury	Gloria In D, RV 589: I. Gloria In Excelsis Deo
from Vivaldi: Gloria (2002)
András Schiff	The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in F-Sharp, BWV 882
from J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (1987)
Scholars Baroque Ensemble	The Messiah: Behold, I Tell You a Mystery... The Trumpet Shall Sound
from Handel: The Messiah (Highlights) (1995)
Emerson String Quartet	The Art of Fugue, BWV1080: Contrapunctus I
from Bach: The Art of Fugue (2003)
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner	Water Music Suite No.2 in D, HWV 349: 12. Alla Hornpipe
from Handel: Water Music Suites & Music for the Royal Fireworks (2001)
Philharmonia Virtuosi & Richard Kapp	Brandenberg Con No.3 in G, BWV 1048: I. Allergo
from J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (1994)
King's College Choir & Stephen Cleobury	Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary 1695: Drum Recessional
from Purcell: Music for Queen Mary (2006)
Monica Huggett & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment	Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. No Tempo Indicated
from Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (1999)
Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner	Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 3 in C Minor: III. Allegro
from Corelli: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 (1995)
Wilhelm Kempff	Aria Mit 30 Veränderungen, BWV 988 "Goldberg Variations": Aria
from Bach: Goldberg Variations (1994)
Anton Heiller, Antonio Janigro & I Solisti di Zagreb	Concerto No. 1 in D Minor for One Harpsichord, BWV 1052: I. Allegro
from Bach: Harpsichord Concertos (2003)
Charles Daniels, Florian Deuter, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players, Julian Podger, Paul McCreesh, Peter Harvey & Timothy Wilson	Hail, Bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Hail, Bright Cecilia, Hail to Thee!
from Purcell: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, My Beloved Spake & O Sing Unto the Lord (2002)

Comment:

During the Baroque period (1600-1750), the royal courts of Europe became the center of much compositional activity, with composers such as Handel writing music for the entertainment of the aristocracy. The eight repeated chords of Pachelbel's "Canon" still ring in our ears today, and Bach's "Air on the G String" formed the basis of a thousand chillout compilations.

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