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Hacia 1600 nace una idea nueva: una melodía que canta sobre un bajo continuo que la sostiene. De ahí salen la ópera, el oratorio, la sonata y el concierto, y con ellos el gusto por el contraste, el adorno y los afectos: cada pieza quiere mover una emoción concreta. Los instrumentos (el violín, el clave, el órgano) ganan un repertorio propio.
Monteverdi abre la época con sus óperas y madrigales; Corelli y Vivaldi fijan el concierto italiano, que toda Europa imita; en Francia, Lully y Couperin escriben para la corte de Versalles; en Inglaterra, Purcell. Todo desemboca en Johann Sebastian Bach, que resume el contrapunto de dos siglos, y en Händel, con sus oratorios; Domenico Scarlatti, mientras, escribe cientos de sonatas para clave en la corte de Madrid.
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- The Four Seasons: Autumn (Violin Concerto in F Major, RV 293)Antonio Vivaldi · John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players · 3 mov.11 min
- Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867Johann Sebastian Bach · Walter Rummel · 2 mov.6 min
- Sonata sopra Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis (Vespro della Beata Vergine)Claudio Monteverdi · Instrumentalensemble, Ferdinand Leitner9 min
- The Four Seasons: Winter (Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297)Antonio Vivaldi · United States Air Force Concert Band and Strolling Strings3 min
- English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807Johann Sebastian Bach · Wanda Landowska · 6 mov.17 min
- Lamento d'Arianna, SV 22Claudio Monteverdi · Elisabeth Höngen, Ferdinand Leitner (clave)11 min
- Keyboard Suite No. 14 in G major, HWV 441George Frideric Handel · Wanda Landowska · 7 mov.13 min
- Partita no.4, BWV 828Johann Sebastian Bach · Sergei Rachmaninoff4 min
- The Four Seasons: Summer (Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 315)Antonio Vivaldi · John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players · 3 mov.9 min
- Keyboard Suite No.5George Frideric Handel · Sergei Rachmaninoff4 min
- The Four Seasons: Spring (Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269)Antonio Vivaldi · John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players · 3 mov.11 min
- Organ Concerto in B-flat major, Op. 7 No. 1, HWV 306George Frideric Handel · Advent Chamber Orchestra · 3 mov.13 min
- Organ works (Albert Schweitzer, Gunsbach 1951)Johann Sebastian Bach · Albert Schweitzer (órgano de Gunsbach) · 5 mov.59 min
- Goldberg Variations, BWV 988Johann Sebastian Bach · Wanda Landowska · 32 mov.49 min
- Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052Johann Sebastian Bach · Wanda Landowska · 3 mov.26 min
- Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: AirJohann Sebastian Bach · The United States Air Force Strings3 min
- Harpsichord Suite in C majorDieterich Buxtehude · Fine Krakamp · 2 mov.7 min
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048Johann Sebastian Bach · Advent Chamber Orchestra · 2 mov.8 min
- Stabat Mater a dieci vociDomenico Scarlatti · The Tudor Consort · 10 mov.24 min
- The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Nos. 6–, BWV 851–Johann Sebastian Bach · Wanda Landowska · 14 mov.41 min
- French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817Johann Sebastian Bach · Wanda Landowska · 8 mov.9 min
- Violin Sonata in G minor "Devil's Trill" (abridged)Giuseppe Tartini · Renée Chemet, Marguerite Delcourt9 min
- Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 4Arcangelo Corelli · Advent Chamber Orchestra3 min
- Minuet from Le Temple de la PaixJean-Baptiste Lully · Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos4 min
- Keyboard Suite No. 2 in F major, HWV 427George Frideric Handel · Wanda Landowska · 4 mov.8 min
- Violin Partita no.3, BWV 1006Johann Sebastian Bach · Sergei Rachmaninoff · 3 mov.7 min
- Concerto for Two Oboes in F Major, Op. 9 No. 3Tomaso Albinoni · Advent Chamber Orchestra · 3 mov.12 min
- Out of the DeepOrlando Gibbons · The Tudor Consort5 min
- Keyboard Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432George Frideric Handel · Wanda Landowska · 6 mov.14 min
- Goldberg Variations, BWV 988Johann Sebastian Bach · Shelley Katz · 32 mov.1 h 16 min














