The All Baroque Box

Brief ListingCD 1 & 2 CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI L'OrfeoCD 3 & 4 CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)CD 5 CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI Madrigali eroticiCD 6 GIOVANNI GABRIELI Music for San RoccoCD 7 HEINRICH SCHÜTZ Musikalische ExequienCD 8 & 9 VENETIAN VESPERS 1643CD 10 MISSA SALISBURGENSISCD 11 LE ROI DANSECD 12 MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER Te Deum H. 146CD 13 HENRY PURCELL Dido and AeneasCD 14 HENRY PURCELL Hail, bright Cecilia! Z. 328 (Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, 1692)CD 15 & 16 ARCANGELO CORELLI Concerti grossi op. 6 Nos. 1-12CD 17 PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN LOUIS COUPERIN Pièces de clavecin: Suite D minorCD 18 ARCADIACD 19 CANON & GIGUECD 20 & 21 ANTONIO VIVALDICD 22 ANTONIO VIVALDI Gloria in D major RV 589CD 23 GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN Wind ConcertosCD 24 & 25 JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU DardanusCD 26 JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU Une symphonie imaginaireCD 27 JOHANN DAVID HEINICHEN 7 Dresden ConcertosCD 28 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Toccata and FugueCD 29 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH English Suite, Prelude and Fugue No. 7, Chromatic Fantasia and FugueCD 30 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Goldberg Variations BWV 988CD 31 & 32 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sonatas and Partitas for Violin solo BWV 1001-1006CD 33 & 34 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Six Suites for Violoncello solo BWV 1007 1012CD 35 & 36 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV 1046-1051CD 37 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Cantata"Ich habe genug" BWV 82CD 38 & 39 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH St. Matthew Passion BWV 244CD 40 & 41 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Mass in B minor BWV 232CD 42 - 44 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Giulio CesareCD 45 & 46 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Messiah HWV 56CD 47 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Water Music HWV 348-350CD 48 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Dixit Dominus HWV 232CD 49 DOMENICO SCARLATTI 14 SonatasCD 50 GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI Stabat Mater · Salve Regina

This came in 2 days and I could not wait to begin listening. First of all, I liked the packaging: a handsome box, single CD sleeves, not too tight, a very well done 152 booklet not only listing the track information but also giving an informative timeline.Where to start? I felt like a kid in a candy store! Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Pachebel, Handel, Bach, or maybe Telemann? But wait, there's more!I began with Monteverdi's Vespers recorded in St. Marks Venice 1989 all digital. All the soloists are very good especially Nigel Robson and a young Bryn Terfel; the conductor is John Elliot Gardiner who leads a powerful performance. The Magnificat is presented in 2 versions, the first with 7 and then 6 soloists. Wow, I thoroughly enjoyed the performance.I followed up with Handel's Water Music and Royal Fireworks with Trevor Pinnock conducting from the harpsichord, all digital 1983 and 1985. I have heard many versions and this certainly ranks there with some of the best.It will take me some time to go through the balance of the set but from what I have already sampled, I will not be disappointed! This set is certainly worth having in your collection.Thanks to Vilhjálmur for listing all the tracks in the review section.

I have purchased this box set, and I do own just about 85% of the recordings that were previously issued separately over the years that are in this box set. It is the quality of the recordings, and the performances by the best of the digital era's Early Music Movement champions who are well regarded performers and conductors. The Amazon Editor's Review already listed those individuals, so I won't repeat here. These are Archiv recordings, after all, and the vast majority are ALL digital (DDD). The clarity of these recordings are unmatched. These are premium recordings of premium stars of the HIP universe. The value here is absolutely unbelievable. Far too often are such huge, comprehensive box sets filled with poor recordings and even more poor performances, and this is why those sets are so inexpensive. But wait! This set is the same LOW price for so many discs and recordings, but it is the QUALITY of the content that makes this box set the clear bargain of the era. If one is new to this sort of music, then PLEASE purchase this box set, as you will hear these pieces as good as it gets. Even today, 5 or 6 of these CD's could easily cost as much as this box set purchased separately the value of the content of these performances and recording quality are that good. I know because I acquired the vast majority of these recordings over time as they were released. The performers and musicians on this set command the top per CD retail price one sees as sticker shock when buying classical CD's. This is a welcome gift to those who have no alternative but the budget box set. This is the gift to young people exploring this era of music. If you have the slightest interest, buy this box set now. In addition, the low price of this box set makes it possible to acquire the few missing recordings on one's collection offered on this set at a huge discount from purchasing the CD's separately. I'm still in shock.Most of the works are choral, and what is considered among the very first Operas in Western Music, but recorded in the modern digital era. This box set is also a very good educational journey of early music with many fine well-known examples performed on period instruments. This is a very good buy.

This is an amazing deal: 50 CDs in the box. I have two old mini sound systems in my house. One can hold six CDs and the other two. I loaded them both up with CDs from this box. The systems are at opposite ends of the house. I could set them both off and then I would have Baroque throughout the house. At that rate it will still take me ages to get through this collection.The booklet that comes with the box set is a wonder in itself. Have a look at the site to see what I mean: [...]

Do not buy this boxset. So far 3 of the disc have gotten stuck in my bose player and are unplayable. And the deadline has passed, so I am unable to return the product.

Amazing - a lot of old favourites(Pinnock & English Concert - how brilliant these are!) and new discoveries (Minkowski). For someone who wants to properly explore this period of music I can think of no better place to start (or finish).

Archiv (an imprint of DG dedicated to earlier pieces) is one of the few labels I just automatically know will combine great engineering with interesting baroque and era repertoire and great artists. To have 50 of their best CDs in one location is a windfall for collectors and those looking to build a collection. There's all the baroque masterpieces in this box, along with a decent booklet that covers the contents.The set has all the traditional pieces from Monteverdi, Bach, Teleman, Purcell, Handel and more well-known composers, as well as those that only baroque and choral fans will know, such as Lully, Arcadia, Charpentier, Schutz, Rameau and a lot more. For those who are not well-versed in baroque music, there's a plethora of new-to-you composers to revel in. Even for those of us who've been collecting for decades, there's music here I didn't have in my collection, or some for which I welcome a different interpretation.Every disk in the set is superbaly engineered and recorded, and remastered as rquired from the analog domain. Archiv always had excellent sound, and these discs continue that tradition. Further, the artists are all established and known, doing what they do best.For the folks who put together this box, wading through the Archiv catalog must have been both fun and difficult; fun because there's so much to choose from, and difficult because there's inevitably some music you want to include but can't. There's little repetition in this box with others from the same publishing house, and considering the esoteric nature of some of these discs, it's likely that this will be your only source of these discs for many years.Whether you love the baroque or just learning about it, this box has everything you need at a wonderful price. I very eagerly went through the discs, in some cases sparking memories of listening to the LP, and in others comparing to other interpretations. This is a great box set of wonderful music, and it needs to be in your collection. Congratulations to Archiv on a lovely box product, as well as a showcase for their superb history of producing outstanding music recordings.

Ottimo il livello musicale di questo nuovo Box della Universal realizzato attingendo al catalogo Archiv; alcune di queste registrazioni sono fuori catalogo e/o in vendita a prezzo pieno se acquistate singolarmente: tanto per fare un esempio, solo acquistare la Messa in Si Minore di Bach nell'interpretazione di J.E. Gardiner, i Concerti per strumenti a fiato di Telemann nell'interpretazione dei Musica Antiqua Köln e i Concerti Grossi di Corelli suonati da T. Pinnock vi costerà, se vi va bene, sui 30-35 euro. Se consideriamo che attualmente Amazon vende il Box a meno di 70 euro, e stiamo parlando di 50 CD, siamo di fronte a una ghiotta opportunità di portarsi a casa (anzi, di farvela portare visto che ci pensa il corriere) ore e ore di grandissima musica a prezzo stracciato.Se devo muovere qualche critica a questo cofanetto, c'é da dire che il materiale cartaceo usato appare di qualità leggermente inferiore rispetto a quello usato in altre produzioni analoghe (es: "The Decca Sound" e "Vivarte Collection").Nel libretto di 140 pagine troverete, altre all'elenco dei pezzi contenuti nei CD, una piccola guida storica al periodo Barocco (in inglese). E, sempre nella lingua di Henry Purcell, potremo leggere le trame dei lavori operistici contenuti nel cofanetto. Anche questa é una edizione limitata: ottimo prezzo e ottime esecuzioni. Qualità sonora non sempre a livelli eccelsi ma questo sarebbe cercare il pelo nell'uovo.Acquisto caldamente raccomandato!

確かに、初心者向けではないように思うが、ルネサンス期からバロック期までの名作が揃っていると思います。中でも、オペラ作品の比重が高いように思いますが、それもバロック期を知る上で欠かせないものだと思います…なんてことを偉そうにのたまっている僕自身、リュリやラモー、ヘンデルのその手の作品を聴くのは初めてでしたが、このBOXはそんな僕の蒙を啓いてくれました。今後はバロック・オペラに散財しそうです（苦笑）。演奏はやはりどれも素晴らしいものです。ただ、Musica Antiqua Kolnの演奏による、かの有名な「パッヘルベルのカノンとジーグ」はかなりテンポが速く（ホントに、かなりです）、「え～っ、これはねぇだろ～っ」と思わず叫んでしまいました（笑）。また、バッハのマタイ受難曲は、発表当初、物議を醸したPaul McCreeshの演奏です。当時、タワーレコードで試聴してさんざん悩んだ挙句についに買わず終いだったこの作品に、こうして再び出会うことになろうとは…彼のマタイは、これまでのものとは全く違うスタイルであると言っても過言ではないと思います。賛否両論ありますが、このような解釈の仕方もあるのだな、という感じです。「王は踊る」のサントラも収められていますが、メチャメチャかっこいい！と、これも思わず叫んでしまいました（笑）完全限定生産ですし（現在のところ）、買って損はないと思います☆

Unica nota negativa: le copertine dei singoli dischi non riproducono le copertine originali ma sono realizzate tutte con scritte bianche su sfondo nero rendendo meno immediata l'individuazione dei dischi.Comunque consigliato vivamente