Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque

Symphonic Transcriptions by Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977)

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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)

Suite from 'Water Music'

19:35

Christopher Blake oboe

1

I

Adagio

3:06

2

II

Allegro

2:40

3

III

Air

2:02

4

IV

Minuet

2:19

5

V

Bourrée

0:58

6

VI

Hornpipe

1:15

7

VII

Andante

3:20

8

VIII

Allegro 'Alla Hornpipe'

3:53

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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE (c. 1637-1707)

9

Sarabande and Courante

4:41

(from the keyboard suite Auf meinen lieben Gott, BuxWV 179)

Cynthia Millar ondes martenot

ANTONIO CESTI (1623-1669)

10

Tu mancavi a tormentarmi, crudelissima speranza

6:47

(Italian art song)

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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

11

Dead March

5:16

(from Act III, Scene 4 of the Sacred Oratorio Saul)

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HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695)

Concert Suite

12:19

Peter Dixon cello

12

I

Trumpet Tune 'The Cebell'

1:34

13

II

Echo Pastorale from The Fairy Queen

2:19

14

III

Hornpipe from The Fairy Queen

1:18

15

IV

'When I am laid in earth' ('Dido's Lament') from Dido and Aeneas

3:56

16

V

Largo and Allegro from The Fairy Queen

3:12

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TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA (1548-1611)

17

Jesu dulcis memoria

2:57

(Four-part motet)

WILLIAM BYRD (1543-1623)

18

Pavane and Gigue

4:40

(Pavane 'The Earl of Salisbury' from Parthenia and 'A Gigg' from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)

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ARCANGELO CORELLI (1653-1713)

19

Adagio

3:44

(from Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 5 No. 5)

CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714-1787)

20

Sicilienne

3:06

(from Act V, Scene 2 of the Heroic Drama Armide)

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Concerto grosso No. 11 in D minor

12:33

(from L'estro armonico, Op. 3)

Richard Davis flute - Christopher Blake oboe

21

I

Allegro

5:03

22

II

Largo

4:03

23

III

Allegro

3:25

Matthias Bamert

29 February & 1 March 2000