LP: Archiv Production Classic Recordings 1956: 1982

Bach, J S: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565

                Trio Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV530

                Prelude & Fugue in C major, BWV547

                Trio Sonata No. 1 in E flat major, BWV525 Helmut Walcha (organ)

                Cantata BWV51 'Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen'

                Cantata BWV202 'Weichet Nur, betrubte Schatten' (Wedding Cantata) Karl Richter

Biber: Die Pauernkirchfahrt

           Battalia a 10

           Sonata VIII

           Sonata a 3 for 2 violins, baroque trombone Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Couperin, F: Sonate en Quatuor 'La Sultane' Music Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel

Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 9 in F major, HWV327

             Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 10 in D minor, HWV328

             Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 11 in A major, HWV329

             Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 12 in B minor, HWV330 The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Marais, M: Sonnerie de Sainte Genevieve du Mont de Paris

                Sonate a la Maresienne Music Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel

Muffat, Georg: Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Bona nova

                        Indissolubilis Amicitia: Suite Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Rebel, J-F: Tombeau de Monsieur Lully Music Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel

This 5-LP Set is set, with its strikingly-handsome silver artwork and Archiv logo, is rather special:
• Limited-Edition, Numbered-Box Set
• The pressings from Optimal on 180 gsm vinyl stock
• Each set offers a free MP3 / FLAC 16-bit digital download
• Original LP front and back covers
• 16-page leaflet, with introduction on Archiv, and facsimiles of the inner pages of the original Archiv gatefold LPs
LP SET OVERVIEW
• Helmut Walcha playing famous Bach organ works – one of Archiv’s first stereo recordings
• Karl Richter – early recordings of two joyous Bach cantatas, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51 and the wedding cantata Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten BWV 202
• Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s Court Music by Muffat and Biber with Concentus Musicus Wien – one of only two recordings he made on Archiv
• Reinhard Goebel and Music Antiqua Koln’s classic French Baroque programme, Le Parnasse Francais
• Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert with Handel Concerti Grossi op. 6 nos. 9 – 12: an LP to die for, with the clarity and airiness of its recording, and the rhythm and feeling of its performances