John Eliot Gardiner - The Blossoming Conductor

by George Frideric Handel, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, Robert Lloyd, Timothy Penrose, English Baroque Soloists, Henry Purcell, Patrizia Kwella, Martyn Hill, Carlo Gesualdo, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Jean-Marie Leclair, Monteverdi Orchestra, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Carol Hall, Jules Massenet, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, François Couperin, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Charles Brett, Felicity Palmer, John Angelo Messana, Gillian Fisher, David Thomas, Ashley Stafford, Jennifer Smith, Stephen Varcoe, Georges Bizet, Rosemary Hardy, Christopher Royall, Domenico Scarlatti, Paul Elliott, Andrew Murgatroyd, Nicolas Robertson, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Steven Isserlis

Massenet: Suite d'orchestre No. 6 "Scènes de féerie": IV. Bacchanale
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song and Chorus. "Hither, This Way, This Way Bend" (Philidel, Chorus)
Handel: Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: III. Allegro
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Chorus. "Come, Shepherds, Lead up a Lively Measure" - Hornpipe (Chorus)
Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: Air. "Haste thee, nymph"
Gesualdo: Sacrarum cantionum liber primus a 5: No. 3, Ave dulcissima Maria
Handel: Water Music Variants, HWV 331: No. 2 in F Major, Alla Hornpipe
Handel: Semele, HWV 58, Act 1: Chorus. "Lucky omens bless our rites" - Recitative, Air and Duet. "Daughter obey" (Priests, Cadmus, Athamas)
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture
Gluck: Don Juan, Wq. 52: XXXI. Allegro non troppo
Gluck: Don Juan, Wq. 52: XX. Moderato
Leclair: Scylla et Glaucus, Op. 11, Prologue: Air gracieux
Rameau: Les Fêtes d'Hébé, Troisième entrée "La Danse": Tambourin en rondeau
Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 3: Song. "Kind Fortune Smiles" (Ariel)
Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Duet and Chorus. "No Stars Again Shall Hurt You" (Amphitrite, Neptune, Chorus)
Gluck: Don Juan, Wq. 52: I. Sinfonia - Allegro
Gluck : Iphigénie en Aulide : Overture to Act 1
Purcell: Funeral Sentences: In the Midst of Life, Z. 17A
Bizet: L'Arlésienne, Op. 23, WD 28, Act 1: No. 1, Prélude
Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "We the Spirits of the Air" (Third Aerial Spirit, Fourth Aerial Spirit, Chorus)
Massenet: Suite d'orchestre No. 4 "Scènes pittoresques": I. Marche
Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631: Overture
Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: III. Minuets I & II
Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Air with Chorus. "And the children of Israel"
Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Air. "Their land brought forth frogs"
Handel: Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 5, HWV 316: II. Allegro
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Prelude - Chorus. "See, See, We Assemble" - Dance (Chorus)
Gluck: Don Juan, Wq. 52: III. Andante
Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Overture. Allegro
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Song and Chorus. "Come If You Dare" - First Act Tune (British Warrior, Chorus)
Leclair: Scylla et Glaucus, Op. 11, Prologue: "Ciel ! Quels attentats furieux !" (Chef des peuples, Chœur, Les Propétides)
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33: Theme. Moderato semplice
Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: Symphony. Adagio
Massenet: Suite d'orchestre No. 6 "Scènes de féerie": I. Cortège
Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: Air. "Hence vain deluding joys"
Couperin, F: L'apothéose de Lully: VIII. Accüeil entre-doux et agard, fait à Lulli par Corelli, et par les muses italiénes
Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: I. Dixit Dominus, Domino meo
Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Chorus. "He smote all the first-born of Egypt"
Scarlatti, D: Stabat Mater in C Minor: VII. Juxta crucem
Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, HWV 312: III. Allegro
Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: Air. "What Flattering Noise Is This?" (Envy, Two Followers)