DISC: 1

1. Sit gloria Domini (Musica enchiriadis)

2. Orientis partibus (Song of the Ass) (conductus)

3. Christo psallat (rondellus, conductus)

4. Hymn to St. Magnus

5. Hec dies (organum) (Codex Wolfenbüttel 677)

6. Work(s)~Motets for “Hec dies”: Huic main – Hec dies

7. Work(s)~Motets for “Hec dies”: Deo confitemini – Domino

8. Estampie from Robertsbridge Codex, 1360

9. Agincourt Hymn

10. Mit ganczem Willen wünsch ich dir (from Fundamentum organisandi Magistri Conradi Paumanns Ceci de Nürenberga)

11. Praeambulum in fa

12. Gloria tibi Trinitas

13. Work(s)~3 Verses from the Te Deum

14. Pavana alla Venetiana from Intabulatura de lauto – Book IV

15. Work(s)~Chaconne in F major

16. In dulci jubilo (BWV 751)

17. Messe du Deuxième Ton~Passacaglia in G minor

18. Work(s)~Le Trophée from Pièces de clavecin IV/22/1 / Fugue on the Kyrie (Fugue sur les Jeux d’anches) Couplet No. 2 from the K

19. Suite No. 1 (Livre d’orgue)~Basse et Dessus de Trompette

20. Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten BWV 691

21. Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544~[Praeludium]

22. Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544~Fuga

23. Concierto de dos Organos Obligados No. 6~II. The Emperor’s Fanfare

24. Pièces d’Orgue – Book I, Suite No. 2~Duo en cors de chasse sur la Trompète

25. 3 Fabordones~Fabordón 1

26. 3 Fabordones~Fabordón 2

27. 3 Fabordones~Fabordón 3

28. Aria in D minor

29. Keyboard Sonata in A major ‘De Clarines”

30. Sonata in G minor

31. Toccata in D minor

32. Batalla [No. 1] ‘Imperial”

33. Partita sopra la Aria della Folia da Espagna

34. 3 Fabordones~Fabordón 1

35. 3 Fabordones~Fabordón 2

36. 3 Fabordones~Fabordón 3

37. Work(s)~Fabordón

38. Pavana No. 6 from Libro de Música de Vihuela de mano

39. romanesca

40. ballo dell’intorcia

41. Toccate e partite d’intavolatura II: Gagliarda 1 in A minor

42. Toccate e partite d’intavolatura II: Gagilarda 2 in G minor

43. Toccate e partite d’intavolatura II: Gagliarda 3 in G minor

44. Capriccio sopra la Battaglia from Toccate e partite d’intavolatura I

45. Gagliarda del Principe di Venosa

46. Gagliarda 2 in D minor

47. Gagliarda 8, et ultima, in G major

48. Fuga del IX tono

49. Work(s)~Variazioni sopra la Follia

50. Psalm 19: I cieli immensi narrano (Estro poetico-armonico)

51. Sonate d’involatura per organo e cimbalo I~No.

52. Verso 4 in D minor

53. Sonate d’involatura per organo e cimbalo I~No.

54. Verso 4 in E minor

55. Sonate d’involatura per organo e cimbalo I~No. 1

56. Verso 3 in G minor

57. Sonate d’involatura per organo e cimbalo I~No. 1

58. Verso 4 in G minor

59. Sonate d’involatura per organo e cimbalo I~No.

60. Verso 4 in C major

61. Sonate d’involatura per organo e cimbalo I~No. 1

62. Toccata all’ Offertorio in C major

63. Canzona ariosa

64. Secondo Dialogo: Acute ; Grave (L’Organo suonarino Op. 25)

65. Ballo della battaglia from Selva di varie compositioni d’intavolatura per cimbalo ed organo

66. Corrente detta dello Staccoli from Modo per imperare a sonare di Tromba

67. Fanfare

68. Rondeau. Bruit de guerre from Pièces de clavecin II/10: La Triomphante

69. Pièces d’orgue, Mass No. 2~Offertoire sur les grands jeux

70. Livre d’orgue II~Magnificat (premier ton). Basse de trompette

71. Recueil de Noëls – Suite No. 1~Joseph est bien marié

72. Caprice sur les grands jeux from Livre d’orgue – Suite No. 1

73. Chaconne in C major No. 26 from Pièces de clavecin

74. Chaconne in C minor “La Bergeronnette” No. 34 from Pièces de clavecin

75. Chaconne in G minor No. 121 from Pièces de clavecin

76. Chaconne in D minor No. 55 from Pièces de clavecin

77. Or nous dites Marie from Livre de noëls pour l’orgue et le clavecin

78. Quand le Sauveur Jésus-Christ fut né de Marie No. 20 from Noëls

79. Agincourt Hymn

80. Hornepype

81. Uppon la mi re

82. Work(s)~Ritornell

83. Work(s)~Composition on a Plainsong

84. Gloria tibi Trinitas

85. Iste confessor

86. Point

87. Gigg (The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, No. 181)

88. King of Denmark’s Galliard

89. Ground in Gamut

90. Allemande

91. Packington’s Pound

92. Ayre

93. Aylesford Pieces~Sarabande

94. Aylesford Pieces~Minuet I

95. Aylesford Pieces~Minuet II

96. Aylesford Pieces~Minuet III

97. Aylesford Pieces~Minuet IV

98. Aylesford Pieces~Passpied I

99. Aylesford Pieces~Minuet V

100. Aylesford Pieces~Passpied II

101. Voluntary V Op. 6/5~II. Andante largo

102. Voluntary VI Op. 7/6~I. Andante

103. Voluntary VI Op. 7/6~II. Vivace

104. Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 676

105. Fantasia in Echo Style – in G major

106. Fantasia in Echo Style – in F major

107. Work(s)~Aria in C minor

108. Fantasia in A minor

109. Fantasia in the Dorian Mode, with Echoes

110. Fantasia in A minor, with Echoes

111. Ihr lieben Christen, freut euch nun BuxWV 51~Sinfonia (Fanfare)

112. Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, chorale prelude, BuxWV 202

113. Mit ganczem Willen wünsch ich dir from Fundamentum organisandi Magistri Conradi Paumanns Ceci de Nürenberga

114. Courante dal S. Pietro Cornet

115. Partita for English Horn and Organ manualiter Op. 41/1~I. Liberamente – Adagio – Allegro

116. Partita for English Horn and Organ manualiter Op. 41/1~II. Larghetto

117. Partita for English Horn and Organ manualiter Op. 41/1~III. Vivace

118. Partita for English Horn and Organ manualiter Op. 41/1~IV. Largo

119. Partita for English Horn and Organ manualiter Op. 41/1~V. Andante sostenuto

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