1 hour Baroque music playlist on Spotify

So you want a playlist with one hour Baroque music on Spotify? Here is a curated playlist!

First, let’s explore the melodious lute concerto by Johann Friedrich Fasch, a German composer who, just before Bach’s arrival, founded a ‘Collegium musicum’ in Leipzig. This initiative paved the way for an orchestral concert culture in the city. Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, the (only!) teacher Georg Friedrich Händel ever had, remains an intriguing figure. Unfortunately, I couldn’t trace the specific New Year’s Day for which the cantata “Preiset Mit Mir Den Herren” was written, but I hold great admiration for this exceptional work.

Now, let’s delve into Handel’s famous harp concerto. Interestingly, the manuscript cover reads “Concerto per il Liuto e l’Harpa.” That “e” is crucial—it signifies “and,” not “or.” So, was it a misprint, or was it genuinely intended for both harp and lute to play? In this recording by La Divina Armonia, we find the latter to be the case.

Georg Philipp Telemann, known for his “faithful music master,” issued a musical magazine containing pieces for home enjoyment. Among the 1728 monthly issues, there was a partita for harpsichord. Pay attention to the third movement titled “Rondeau” (track 17). Could Mozart have been influenced by this piece? It almost foreshadows his aria “Batti, Batt bel masetto.” Feel free to hum along with the melody!

Lastly, let’s transition from the Baroque era to classical music with Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht’s 1748 trio sonata for two flutes and continuo. Remarkably, Kleinknecht worked in Bayreuth a century before Wagner. Enjoy the playlist! 🎶

Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758)

Track 01-03 Lute Concerto, FWVL: D1, between 1735 and 1745

Richard Stone, Lute & conductor

Tempesta die mare, Philadelphia Baroque orchestra

2012

Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663-1712)

Track 04-11 Preiset Mit Mir Den Herren (Festo Novi Anni)

Constanze Backes, soprano

Capella Frisiae, chorus

Accademia Amsterdam, Ludger Remy conductor.

2009

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

Track 04-11 Concerto For Lute And Harp In B Flat Major, Op 4/6, Hwv 294, 1736

Luca Pianca, Archlute

Margreth Köll, Harp

La Divina Armonia, conductor

2007

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Track 15-19 Partia à Cembalo solo, TWV 32:1

From: Der getreue Music-Meister, Lektion 1-3, 1728.

Roberto Loreggian, harpsichord

2016

Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht (1722-1794)

Tracks 20-22 Trio sonata in D major, op 2, 1748

Aysha Wills, traverso

David Westcombe, traverso 

Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde, cello 

Artem Belogurov, harpsichord

2019

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5KmgsBaiHy9YDxrHBqTJW5?si=22fe0ca968474435(HTTP link)

Gorgeous Baroque music recording by Jordi Savall on Spotify

So you want to have a bit of Baroque in exemplary performances? 

Well, here are 78 minutes of pure joy. I stumbled on the Teleman Viola da Gamba suite and was hooked. Later, I read the Classics Today, Gramophone magazine, Musica dei Dominum and Fanfare reviews and it seemed I was not alone in my praise for this recording.

Hope you will like it too! Enjoy :-)

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713).

Track 01-06 Concerto Grosso in D major opus 6, no 4.

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767).

Track 07-13 Ouverture en suite in D majeur for Viola da Gamba, strings and continuo TWV 55: D6.

Jordi Savall, viola da gamba. 

Georg Philipp Telemann.

Track 14-17 Concerto in A minor TWV 52:a1 

Pierre Hamon, recorder. 

Jordi Savall, viola da gamba. 

Georg Philipp Telemann.

Track 18-24 Concerto Tafelmusik, Part 1: no 1, Overture for 2 Flutes, 2 Violins and Strings in E minor, TV 55

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764).

Track 25-30 Concerto Les Indes Galantes, Suites des Airs à Jouer.

Le Concert des Nations 

Jordi Savall, conductor

https://open.spotify.com/user/otterhouse/playlist/1sW9XOgiepd4aYARKTWUtM

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Fine Baroque Chamber music cd! Georg Philipp Telemann violin sonatas on Spotify

So many classical CD’s around! In the “new releases index” e-ve-ry month in the Gramophone magazine (amazing to see that, still), in the shops, in your own CD-shelfs, in a forgotten box in your attic… Is there still room for new releases? Yes, very much! That was the thought when I heard a new CD with violin sonata’s by Georg Philipp Telemann on Spotify last night. Four previously unrecorded works, played with such elegance and power; for me it was a relevance to hear such “flowing” and ease on a baroque violin. The technique of playing period instruments still develops and that in itself enough reason to keep recording and issuing these CD’s. Highlight for me was the second movement of the (violin solo) fantasia in b minor, dancing and playing upon ornaments with the greatest fun factor imaginable… :-) Curious what you think of this performance! 

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) 

-Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in G, TWV 41:G1 (published 1715)

-Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in d minor, TWV 41:d5 (published 1732)

-Fantasia for Violin Solo in b minor, TWV 40:22 (published 1735) 

-Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in g minor, TWV 41:g1 (published 1725)

-Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in d minor, TWV 41:d6  (published 1725)

-Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A, TWV 41:A1 (published 1715)

-Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in e minor, TWV 41:e8 (published 1725)

-Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in G, TWV 41:G10 (published 1725)

Arsenale Sonoro: 

Boris Begelman, violin 

Ludovico Minasi, cello

Alexandra Koreneva, harpsichord

https://open.spotify.com/user/otterhouse/playlist/71TscCobfg2XtXojtf6mSv

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