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Music for Christian classical education

A recording each day, made for leisure.

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.

11 recordings

Young Woman with a Lute by Johannes Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer

Young Woman with a Lute, ca. 1662–63

The Met

Recordings

11 recordings, by composer

  1. Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: Prélude

    Johann Sebastian Bach.

    Yo-Yo Ma

  2. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach.

    Glenn Gould

  3. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, BWV 147

    Johann Sebastian Bach.

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

  4. Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150: Ciacona

    Johann Sebastian Bach.

    Joanne Lunn, Daniel Taylor, Paul Agnew

  5. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air

    Johann Sebastian Bach.

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

  6. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846

    Johann Sebastian Bach.

    Sviatoslav Richter

  7. Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah

    George Frideric Handel.

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

  8. Water Music, Suite No. 2, HWV 349: Alla hornpipe

    George Frideric Handel.

    The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

  9. Canon in D

    Johann Pachelbel.

    Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger

  10. Gloria in D major, RV 589: Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Antonio Vivaldi.

    Riccardo Muti

  11. The Four Seasons, “Spring”, RV 269: I. Allegro

    Antonio Vivaldi.

    Itzhak Perlman