The Best of John Eliot Gardiner

John Eliot Gardiner

• Released on 14/04/2023 by Warner Classics
• Main artists: John Eliot Gardiner
• Genre: Classical

1 Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: III. (b) Andante

John Eliot Gardiner 00:02:18

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1982 Warner Music UK Limited

2 Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VI. Air

John Eliot Gardiner 00:03:50

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

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3 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Song and Chorus. "Come If You Dare" - First Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner 00:03:57

Richard Lee, Engineer - Tim Oldham, Producer - Paul Agnew, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Nick Parker, Producer

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4 Les Fêtes d'Hébé, Troisième entrée "La Danse": Menuets

Monteverdi Orchestra 00:02:34

Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Michel Garcin, Producer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Pierre Lavoix, Engineer - Monteverdi Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist

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5 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air

John Eliot Gardiner 00:04:06

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yolanta Skura, Producer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Pierre Lavoix, Engineer

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music UK Limited

6 La Vierge, Pt. 4: Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge

John Eliot Gardiner 00:04:10

Jules Massenet, Composer - Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1979 Warner Music UK Limited

7 March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March

John Eliot Gardiner 00:02:17

Henry Purcell, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Equale Brass Ensemble, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Monteverdi Orchestra, Orchestra

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1977 Warner Music UK Limited

8 Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: VII. De torrente in via bibet

John Eliot Gardiner 00:04:13

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Margaret Marshall, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Felicity Palmer, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Monteverdi Orchestra, Orchestra

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1978 Warner Music UK Limited

9 Messe de requiem: I. Introït

John Eliot Gardiner 00:07:52

Wynford Evans, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Stephen Roberts, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - André Campra, Composer - Michel Garcin, Producer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Jean-Martial Golaz, Engineer - Jean-Claude Orliac, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited ℗ 1981 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division

10 Scylla et Glaucus, Op. 11, Act 4: "Brillante fille de Latone" - Deuxième air des démons (Circé, Chœur)

John Eliot Gardiner 00:03:10

Yolanta Skura, Producer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Pierre Lavoix, Engineer - Monteverdi Choir, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Rachel Yakar, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jean-Marie Leclair, Composer - D'Albaret, Poet

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1988 Warner Music UK Limited

11 Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished": I. Allegro moderato

John Eliot Gardiner 00:14:44

Franz Schubert, Composer - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1988 Warner Music UK Limited

12 Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn": VIII. Soli and Chorus. "The righteous shall be had in everlasting"

John Eliot Gardiner 00:04:04

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Norma Burrowes, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Charles Brett, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Stephen Varcoe, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Monteverdi Orchestra, Orchestra - Martyn Hill, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1979 Warner Music UK Limited

13 L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H 130, Pt. 2: "Il s'en va loin de la terre" (Chœur)

John Eliot Gardiner 00:05:47

Hector Berlioz, Composer - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited ℗ 1988 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division

14 Dioclesian, Z. 627: Overture

John Eliot Gardiner 00:04:14

Henry Purcell, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1988 Warner Music UK Limited

15 Les Brigands: Ouverture

John Eliot Gardiner 00:03:18

Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Henri Meilhac, Poet - Ludovic Halevy, Poet - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1989 Warner Music France

16 Les goûts-réunis: Le Parnasse ou l'apothéose de Corelli: II. Corelli charmé de la bonne réception qu'on lui fait au Parnasse, en marque sa joye

English Baroque Soloists 00:02:04

François Couperin, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, MainArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1990 Warner Music UK Limited

17 Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera, M. 51

Barbara Hendricks 00:02:36

Maurice Ravel, Composer - Barbara Hendricks, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra - Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1989 Warner Music France

18 Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: Duet. "The Lord is a man of war"

John Eliot Gardiner 00:05:45

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Stephen Varcoe, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Orchestra, Orchestra - Charles Stewart, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1980 Warner Music UK Limited

19 Jephte: "Plorate colles"

English Baroque Soloists 00:04:42

Yolanta Skura, Producer, Engineer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, MainArtist - Giacomo Carissimi, Composer - Ruth Holton, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Susan Hemington Jones, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Gillian Ross, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

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20 Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 3: Air. "J'ai perdu mon Eurydice" (Orphée)

Anne Sofie von Otter 00:03:31

Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor - Alain Duchemin, Producer - Michel Lepage, Engineer

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21 Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 1: Chœur. "Ah ! Dans ce bois tranquille et sombre" (Nymphes, Bergers, Orphée)

John Eliot Gardiner 00:03:04

Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Alain Duchemin, Producer - Michel Lepage, Engineer

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1989 Warner Music France

22 Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7, H 81b: I. Villanelle, H 82b

John Eliot Gardiner 00:02:10

Howard Crook, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Hector Berlioz, Composer - Théophile Gautier, Poet - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist

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23 Dardanus, Prologue: Menuet tendre en rondeau

English Baroque Soloists 00:01:37

Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, MainArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1983 Warner Music UK Limited

24 Serenade for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 37

John Eliot Gardiner 00:04:28

Andrew Keener, Producer - Steven Isserlis, Cello, FeaturedArtist - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited ℗ 1990 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

25 Andante cantabile for Cello and Orchestra (After String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11)

John Eliot Gardiner 00:06:41

Andrew Keener, Producer - Mike Hatch, Engineer - Steven Isserlis, Cello, FeaturedArtist - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Limited

26 L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 2: Air. "Orpheus' self may heave his head"

John Eliot Gardiner 00:02:42

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Marie McLaughlin, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited

27 Salvator mundi

John Eliot Gardiner 00:03:48

John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - John Blow, Composer

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28 Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229

John Eliot Gardiner 00:09:36

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Michel Garcin, Producer - Yolanta Skura, Engineer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist

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29 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Duet. "Hark Each Tree"

John Eliot Gardiner 00:03:59

David Thomas, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Ashley Stafford, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist

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30 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Final Chorus. "Hail! Bright Cecilia"

John Eliot Gardiner 00:04:25

David Thomas, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Ashley Stafford, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Paul Elliott, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Brian Gordon, Contralto Vocals, FeaturedArtist

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31 L'Orfeo, SV 318, Act 1: "Vieni Imeneo"

English Baroque Soloists 00:01:04

Claudio Monteverdi, Composer - Michel Garcin, Producer - Yolanta Skura, Engineer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited ℗ 1983 Erato Classics S.N.C.

32 Symphony in C Major, WD 33: III. Allegro

John Eliot Gardiner 00:06:32

Georges Bizet, Composer - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist

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33 Les Boréades: Ouverture

English Baroque Soloists 00:04:50

Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, MainArtist

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34 Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: II. Andante

English Baroque Soloists 00:02:11

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, MainArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited

35 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Prelude While Cold Genius Rises - Frost Scene. "What Power Art Thou" (Cold Genius)

John Eliot Gardiner 00:02:51

Stephen Varcoe, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

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36 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Trio and Chorus. "Woden, First to Thee" - "To Woden, Our Defender, Thanks We Render" (Saxon Priest, Priestess, Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner 00:03:40

Stephen Varcoe, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Ashley Stafford, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Paul Elliott, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

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37 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song and Chorus. "How Blest Are Shepherds" (Tenor, Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner 00:06:37

Henry Purcell, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Paul Elliott, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

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38 O Maria, vernans rosa

John Eliot Gardiner 00:05:47

John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Jacob Clemens non Papa, Composer

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited ℗ 1985 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division

39 Il pastor fido, HWV 8b, Prologue "Terpsicore": II. Sarabande

English Baroque Soloists 00:01:45

George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra, MainArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music UK Limited

40 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 4, Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"

John Eliot Gardiner 00:01:22

Henry Purcell, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Equale Brass Ensemble, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Monteverdi Orchestra, Orchestra

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1977 Warner Music UK Limited

41 L'étoile: Ouverture

John Eliot Gardiner 00:05:14

Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer - Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Eric Macleod, Producer

A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1984 Warner Music France

About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 41 track(s)
• Total length: 02:53:35

• Main artists: John Eliot Gardiner
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Warner Classics
• Genre: Classical
Available in
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A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, © 2023 Warner Music UK Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques compilation, ℗ 2023 Warner Music UK Limited