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An extensive series covering every major Baroque composer - and many lesser-known!

ORYX 5012 - The Barocophile
An introductory double album.

A Collection covering the full range of Bach's life, talent, and compositions

ORYX 5045 - The Bachophile
An introductory double album.

BMC 1 - John STANLEY (1712-86) Six Concertos for Hpschd / Organ and Strings. Historic organ 1746.

BMC 2 - DAVID MUNROW introduces medieval instruments plus three Suites of Renaissance dances

BACH 7012 - J S BACH: Four Shorter Masses & Sancti Schwabian Choral Society, Grischkat. Double-CD set.

BACH 703 - Violin Concertos BWV 1041/2, Double Violin Concerto 1043, Violin & Oboe Concerto BWV 1060.
BMC 3 - A Baroque Organ Recital Introducing the major baroque organ composers.
BMC 4 - A Baroque Concert Corelli, Vivaldi, Geminiani, Torelli, Handel.

BACH 7045 - Harpsichord Partitas 1-6 BWV 825-30. 2CDs. Derek Adlam. 

BACH 706 - Violin & Clavier Sonatas BWV 1021-4, Trio Sonatas 1036-38. Barchet, V-Lacroix.

BMC 5 - HANDEL Organ Concertos Op 4 Nos. 1,4,5 & 6, + "Cuckoo & the Nightingale".
BMC 6 - English Baroque Music. Sonatas & Symphonies by William Croft & William Boyce.
BACH 707 - Organ transcriptions BWV 592/4/5/6/7, Fugue BWV 574. BACH 708 - Bach on SILBERMANN ORGANS 1 Freiberg Cathedral

BMC 7 - Alessandro SCARLATTI: Six Concerti Grossi, + three Sinfonie di concerto grosso.
BMC 8 - Domenico SCARLATTI: 15 Keyboard Sonatas. Valda Aveling, harpsichord by Thomas Goff
BACH 709 - Bach/Silbermann 2: Grosshartmannsdorf. Preludes & Fugues, Chorale Variations
BACH 710 - Bach/Silbermann 3: Ponitz & Grosshartmannsdorf Prels & Fugues 540/546/548/550/591

BMC 9 - Henry PURCELL Nine Trio Sonatas, 1697.
Carl Pini & John Tunnell, violins. Harold Lester, harpsichord.
BMC 10 - Henry PURCELL: Chamber & Incidental Theatre Music. Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens
BACH 7114 - Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier, complete The 48 Preludes and Fugues. Malcolm Hamilton. BACH 715 - Concertos for 1, 2, 3 & 4 harpsichords 1052, 1061, 1064 & 1065. Sylvia Marlowe, Chbr Orch.

BMC 11 - ITALIAN BAROQUE Concertos & Chamber works by Albinoni, A. Scarlatti, Pasquini, Geminiani and Corelli
BMC 12 - VIVALDI: A varied selection of concertos - for strings, 2 cellos, bassoon, viola d'amore & guitar, 2 mandolins.
BACH 716 - Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1053, 58, 63; plus Italian Conc 971, Chrom Fantasy 903. George Malcolm
BACH 717 - Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1053, 58, 63; plus Italian Conc 971, Chrom Fantasy 903. George Malcolm

BMC 13 - Georg Philip Telemann Introducing this major and influential baroque composer
BMC 14 - Baroque Oboe Concertos Albinoni, Vivaldi, Marcello, Telemann, Handel, & Alessandro Scarlatti
BACH 718 - Concertos for 1 and 2 harpsichords BACH 71920 - Violin & Clavier Sonatas 1014-19. 2CDs. Suk, Ruzickova.  

BMC 15 - Count Unico Willem van WASSENAER Six "concerti armonici" 1740, by this "mystery" composer.
BMC 1617 - VIVALDI: "La Cetra" complete. 2CDs + Boyce and Albicastro.
BACH 721 - Cantatas 142 & 65 plus MAGNIFICAT in DBWV 243 version with Christmas Verses.
BACH 722 - Cantatas 46, 105, 25, 103
BMC 18 - The Baroque Concerto Corelli, Vivaldi, Locatelli, Telemann, Handel and Bach
BMC 19 - VIVALDI: Four Seasons Modena Chamber Orch. GLORIA RV 589 Vienna State Opera / Hermann Scherchen
BACH 723 - Cantatas 68, 76 & 80 German Bach Soloists, Ehmann / Amsterdam Philharmonic, Vandernoot
BACH 724 - Cantatas 4, 150 and 182

BMC 20 - HANDEL: Water Music, & Music for the Royal Fireworks Bath Festival Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin
BMC 21 - HANDEL at ADLINGTON HALL
Recorded in the Great Hall at Adlington, Cheshire
BACH 725 - Cantatas 36, 93 & 140 German Bach Soloists, Ehmann / Stuttgart, Couraud / Göttingen, Doormann
BACH 726 - Harpsichord Toccatas BWV 910-915. Isolde Ahlgrimm, Ammer pedal-harpsichord
BMC 22 - HANDEL Organ Concertos Op7 The Third Set complete. Karl Richter BMC 23 - HANDEL Hpschd Suites Dramatic, individualistic performances by Christopher Wood, Dolmetsch hpschd
BACH 727 - Toccatas, Preludes, Fugues Nicholas Danby, Isolde Ahlgrimm, pedal-harpsichord
BACH 728 - Bach on Sunday Choral and organ music from a village in Bavaria

BMC 24 - SYLVIA MARLOWE plays BACH & HANDEL.
Bach BWV 910/971/906.
Handel Air, Suite 7, Conc Op4/1
BMC 25 - BACH & BUXTEHUDE played on the pedal-hpschd by Lionel Rogg. Preludes, Fugues, Chaconnes.
BACH 729 - MUSICAL OFFERING Thuringian Bach Ensemble. Incl. 3-part Ricercare on Silbermann fortepiano
BACH 730 The Art of the Fugue
Thuringian Chamber Orchestra, Guest Conductor: George Malcolm.

BMC 26 - TICKLE MY TOE
A varied and entertaining program of Early Baroque Dances. Strings, brass ensemble, lute, orchestra
BMC 27 - BAROQUE IN PRAGUE
A Grand Concert of Choral, Organ and Orchestral music.
BACH 731 - GOLDBERG Variations and French Suite No.5 BWV 816.
Sylvia Marlowe, harpsichord.
BACH 732 - Lesser-known Harpsichord Works Gunnar Johansen, Sperrhake harpsichord.

BMC 28 - Johann Josef FUX Chamber Music, clavichord, harpsichord
BMC 29 - BUXTEHUDE: Abendmusik
A Programme of Organ and Choral Music
BACH 7334 - Choruses and Chorales from Bach's Cantatas The Ansbach Bach Festival Choir & Orchestra, Karl Richter BACH 735 - Bach on Silbermann Organs 4: Burgk Castle and Nassau Village
BMC 30 - Johann Pachelbel. Organ, Harpsichord, Chamber Music BMC 31 - Jan Dismas ZELENKA Orchestral and chamber music by this "unorthodox" baroque composer!
BACH 736 - Cantatas 198 (Trauerode), 54 and 106. Hermann Scherchen. BACH 737 - Cantatas 35, 53 and 42. Hermann Scherchen.

BMC 32 - The Art of the Chaconne Purcell, Corelli, Pachelbel, Vitali, Bach. Orchestra, violin+organ, harpsichord

BMC 334 - Geminiani
12 Concerti Grossi after Corelli

BACH 738 - Bach on Silbermann Organs 5: Fraureuth, Helbigsdorf, Reinhardtsgrimma
BACH 739 - Bach on Silbermann Organs 6: Crostau and Rotha
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BMC 35 - Baroque Music for Strange and Diverse Instruments BMC 36 - JS Bach: Six concertos for Solo Harpsichord after Vivaldi. Sylvia Marlowe. +2 Vivaldi originals.
BACH 740 - Bach's Domestic Keyboard Instruments Harpsichord, clavichord, lute, lute-harpsichord
BACH 74123 - Brandenburg Concertos 1,2,3 & 4 The Brandenburg Bach Orchestra
BMC 378 - Handel Six Chandos Anthems Collegium Musicum Rutgers University. BMC 39 - Henry Purcell: Odes, Anthems and Chamber Music. BACH 744 - Bach on Gottfried Silbermann organs Volume 7: The Six Trio Sonatas
BACH 745 - Flute & Clavier Sonatas, French Overture BWV 831 - Larrieu and Puyana.
BMC 40 - Purcell: Ode for St Cecilia's Day, 1692. Songs and harpsichord solos
BMC 41 - HANDEL: Six Concertos Opus 3 Plus Oboe Concertos 2 and 3
BACH 746 - The Complete Sinfonias from Bach's Cantatas - Berlin Bach Orchestra BACH 747 - Sonatas for Harpsichord & Cello BWV 1027-9, plus three Concertos for Solo Harpsichord

BMC 423 - Joseph Haydn - Six Divertimenti Op 31, Harpsichord Concerto, Symphony 49

BMC 44 - HANDEL: Three Coronation Anthems Plus Three Concerti a Due Cori

BACH 74855 - Choruses and Chorales from Bach's Cantatas Volumes 3-10
BACH 756 - French and English Suites Isolde Ahlgrimm, Harpsichord
BMC 45 - ALBINONI: A Programme of Orchestral Music Concertos for strings, trumpet, oboe, and two oboes
BMC 46 - G.F. Handel: Overtures from his Operas BACH 759 - Bach: The Six Trio Sonatas.
Lorenz Mikulas, pedal-harpsichord.
BACH 76061 - Bach: Art of Fugue, Musical Offering  2CDs Isolde Ahlgrimm, pedal harpsichord
BMC 4748 - HANDEL: Alexander's Feast

BMC 49 - HANDEL: Lute-Harp Concerto Lute-Harp Concerto, the only recording, plus Sonatas
BACH 762 - Bach: Cantatas 17, 110, 131 Windsbacher Boys' Choir
A> BACH 76364 - Musical Offering, Art of the Fugue Heinrich KLEMM, Johannes-Ernst Köhler
BMC 50 - Baroque Eclectica Splendid lesser-known works by Albicastro, Boyce, Woodcock, Zelenka

BMC 51 - Baroque Music for Guitars A varied and enjoyable program including transcriptions for four guitars.

BACH 765 - Trio Sonatas as Chamber Music A varied and enjoyable program including transcriptions for four guitars.
BACH 766 - Six Motets
BMC 52 - Virtuoso Violins
Baroque violin concertos, sonatas, adagios.
BMC 53 - Bach, Vivaldi & Mozart
played on two accordeons

BACH 7678 - Mass in b minor
Dresdner Kreuzchor / Staatskapelle Dresden
BACH 769 - Goldberg Variations
George Malcolm, Goff Harpsichord
ORYX 506 - Contemplation
Quiet music for study, meditation, relaxation

ORYX 507 - Baroque Adagios
Carefully selected adagio movements for quiet moments.
BACH 770 - Brandenburg Concertos 3,4,5,6 Arranged for 2 pianos by Max Reger.
BACH 773 - Harpsichord Extravaganza
5 Concertos for 2, 3 and 4 harpsichords
BHP 901 - J S BACH: Goldberg Variations - English Suite 5 Millicent Silver, Goble Hpschd
BHP 9047 - J S BACH: Concertos
for 2/3/4 pianos complete

BACH 777 - Bach on the Pedal Clavichord
Trio Sonata 525, Passacaglia and Fugue, Prelude & Fugue 552

ORYX 503 - A Grand Christmas Celebration Symphony Orchestra, Brass Band, Choir, Organ

East Germany 1950s, with religion barely tolerated by the Communist government, the Sunday Cantatas by the Thomas Choir under Gunther Ramin were performed and broadcast under strict limitations, yet eagerly awaited by a despondent population. These are performances historically and musically unique, sung with power and passion. There are none like them, nor perhaps ever will be.
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BHP 914 - Bach Cantatas 131 - 106 - 179
plus excerpts from 67, 103 and 42.
THOMANERCHOR and Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, conductor Gunther Ramin.
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BHP 915 - Bach Cantatas 73 - 138 - 72
plus excerpts from 24, 111, 36 and 42.
THOMANERCHOR and Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, conductor Gunther Ramin.
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BHP 916 - Bach Cantatas 137 - 95 - 79
plus excerpts from 43 and 128.
THOMANERCHOR and Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, conductor Gunther Ramin.
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BHP 917 - Bach Cantatas 4, 12, and 92
THOMANERCHOR and Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, conductor Gunther Ramin.
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