(western) classical music discussion

[Rev. Rye]

Oh, no wonder I couldn't find it in the list of albums released by different performers, I was looking under Beethoven. DUH! I need to look more into Bach. I haven't looked into much baroque music.

Well, just ask me what composers you're interested in, and I'll try to point you in the right direction.

Here's my baroque collection:

• H.I.F. Biber: Rosary Sonatas
  
• Corelli: Op. 6 Concertos (Ensemble 415)
  
• Corelli: Op. 5 Sonatas (Manze-Egarr)
  
• Handel: Messiah (Gardiner, Higginbottom)
  
• Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Alessandrini)
  
• Monteverdi: Vespers (McCreesh)
  
• Monteverdi: Combattimento (Haim)
  
• Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Lewis)
  
• Purcell: Fantasias and In Nomines (Fretwork)
  
• Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
  
• Vivaldi: The Essential Vivaldi 2 Disc Decca (includes Marriner's 4 Seasons)
  

And, in a category all his own, Bach:

Chamber:

• Cello Suites (Casals, Schiff)
  
• Flute and Gamba sonatas (Larrieu)
  
• Violin Sonatas and Partitas (Grumiaux, Faust)
  
• Goldberg Variations String Trio Arrangement (Maisky)
  
• Music for Lute-Harpsichord (Farr)
  

Choral:

• Canatatas (Rifkin:147, 140, 80, 8, 78, 51; Quasthoff: 56, 158, 82)
  
• Christmas Oratorio (Ledger)
  
• Matthew Passion (Klemperer, Herreweghe)
  
• B Minor Mass (Klemperer, Gardiner)
  
• Magnificat (The 16)
  

Keyboard:

• St. John Passion (Gardiner)
  
• 6 Partitas (Schiff)
  
• Tocattas (Hewitt)
  
• Organ Works (Richter)
  
• Glenn Gould: Well-Tempered Clavier, French and English Suites, Inventions, Goldberg Variations (1955 and 1982)
  

Orchestral:

• Brandenburgs, Orchestral Suites, Violin Concertos, Musical Offering: Neville Marriner
  
• Harpsichord Concerto (Pinnock)
  
• Brandenburgs (Richter)
  

Art of the Fugue:

• Organ: Helmut Walcha
  
• Ensemble: Marriner
  
• Piano: Hewitt