Periods
Baroque
Music from about 1600 to 1750, by Monteverdi, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and others. Much of it is built over a steady bass line, with regular rhythm and ornamented melody.
8 recordings
Johannes Vermeer
Young Woman with a Lute, ca. 1662–63
Recordings
8 recordings, by composer
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: Prélude
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Yo-Yo Ma
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Glenn Gould
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, BWV 147
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir David Willcocks
Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150: Ciacona
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Sviatoslav Richter
Messiah, HWV 56: He shall feed his flock
George Frideric Handel.
Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Clare Wilkinson (contralto)
Water Music, Suite No. 2, HWV 349: Alla hornpipe
George Frideric Handel.
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
Gloria in D major, RV 589: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Antonio Vivaldi.
New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti