Baroque · GenresWhat is baroque?
Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European music which were in widespread use between approximately 1600 and 1750. This era is said to begin in music after the Renaissance and was followed by the Classical music era.
About baroque
The original meaning of "baroque" is "misshapen pearl", a strikingly fitting characterization of the architecture of this period; later, the name came to be applied also to its music. Baroque music forms a major portion of the classical music canon, being widely studied, performed, and listened to.
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Artists to start with
Albums to hear first
The Four SeasonsAntonio Vivaldi
Live in DenverPanic! at the Disco
LULLY: Ballet Music for the Sun KingJean-Baptiste Lully
Goldberg VariationsJohann Sebastian Bach
Eleven String BaroqueGöran Söllscher
VIVALDI: Flute Concertos (Famous)Antonio Vivaldi
PURCELL: Suites and Transcriptions for HarpsichordHenry Purcell
Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 1-6Arcangelo Corelli
Baroque songs
- Air on a G String by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Adagio in G minor by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
- Canon In D by Johann Pachelbel
- Oboe Concerto in D Minor: II. Adagio by Alessandro Marcello
- Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs by Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Le Badinage by Marin Marais
- Chaconne in G Minor by Tomaso Antonio Vitali
- L'Entretien des Muses by Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Lamento della ninfa by Claudio Monteverdi
Baroque on Risocast
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: When I Am Laid in Earth (Arr. Trovesi for Chamber Ensemble)Henry Purcell, Gianluigi Trovesi, Stefano Montanari, Stefano Rossi, Claudio Andriani, Francesco Galligioni, Luca Bandini, Riccardo Balbinutti, Ivano Zanenghi · 2023
Zelená poštaPavol Hammel"Summer Classical Drive" - Guess that ThemeJohann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Luigi Boccherini, Alexander Borodin, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Aaron Copland, Claude Debussy, Léo Delibes, Antonín Dvořák, Paul Dukas, Edward Elgar, Manuel de Falla, Gabriel Fauré, George Gershwin, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Joseph Haydn, Gustav Holst, Aram Khachaturian, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Franz Liszt, Pietro Mascagni, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Modest Mussorgsky, Jacques Offenbach, Carl Orff, Sergei Prokofiev, Giacomo Puccini, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Erik Satie, Jean Sibelius, Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss II, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Ralph Vaughan Williams · 2025
"Autumn Mornings: Classical Masterpieces"Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin, George Frideric Handel, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Maurice Ravel, Felix Mendelssohn, Erik Satie, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninoff · 2026
French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: IV. GavotteJohann Sebastian Bach, Bruce Liu · 2026
Air, Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, Bwv 1068. Great for Baby's Brain, Mozart Effect, Stress Reduction and Pure Enjoyment.Johann Sebastian BachCantata No. 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's DesiringJohann Sebastian Bach, Leopold Stokowski · 2004
Mascitti: Violin Sonata, Op. 5 No. 12 "Psyché": V. Du sommeil. Largo e pianoMichele Mascitti, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi · 2026
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classicalcontemporary classicalamapianobaroque popchamber popchamber musicminimalismmodern classicalneoclassicaloperapersian classicalcarnatic classicalQuestions
- What is baroque?
- Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European music which were in widespread use between approximately 1600 and 1750. This era is said to begin in music after the Renaissance and was followed by the Classical music era. The original meaning of "baroque" is "misshapen pearl", a strikingly fitting characterization of the architecture of this period; later, the name came to be applied also to its music.
- Who are the best-known baroque artists?
- By Last.fm listening: Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Friedrich Händel, Henry Purcell, Johann Pachelbel and Jean-Philippe Rameau.
- What genres are similar to baroque?
- On Risocast it sits with classical, contemporary classical, amapiano, baroque pop, chamber pop and chamber music.
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