The DeuxDuel Baroque lineup

22 songs · 18 artists · 1912–2024 · listed A–Z, not ranked

What this list is

DeuxDuel draws from 22 songs when it builds a Baroque matchup. Two of them appear side by side, you play a 30-second preview of each, and you pick the one you would rather hear. Every track here is a real Apple Music catalogue song, hand-picked for this category — not pulled from a streaming chart — and voting needs no music subscription.

The order below is alphabetical by artist. It is not a ranking and does not imply one.

No ranking is published for Baroque yet. DeuxDuel only publishes a chart once a category has real head-to-head evidence behind it, so this page shows the lineup and nothing more. How the ranking works.

Every song in Baroque

  1. Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner · 1985
  2. Gloria in D Major, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St Martin in the Fields · 1991
  3. Messiah, HWV 56: "Hallelujah"
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St Martin in the Fields · 1976
  4. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Dido's Lament
    Cordelia, Maria Ferré & Santiago Bernal Montaña · 2023
  5. Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K. 141 (Remastered 2022, Moscow 1955)
    Emil Gilels · 2022
  6. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (From Cantata "Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben", BWV 147)
    Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra · 1977
  7. Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 "Christmas Concerto": I. Vivace - Grave - Allegro (2013 Remastered Version)
    Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, David Madison, Veda Reynolds & Lorne Munroe · 1959
  8. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1981 Recording): Aria
    Glenn Gould · 1982
  9. Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne
    Jascha Heifetz · 1952
  10. Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe
    John Eliot Gardiner & English Baroque Soloists · 1990
  11. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
    Maja Weber · 2019
  12. Stabat Mater, P. 77: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa
    Margaret Marshall, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado & Leslie Pearson · 1985
  13. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
    Masato Suzuki · 2024
  14. Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Kyrie eleison
    Nancy Argenta, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Mary Nichols, Ashley Stafford & Wynford Evans · 1985
  15. Vespro Della Beata Vergine: "Domine Ad Adiuvandum a 6"
    Nigel Robson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts & Monteverdi Choir · 1986
  16. The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Major, RV. 293, "Autumn": I. Allegro
    Simon Standage, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock · 1982
  17. The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV. 315, "Summer": III. Presto
    Simon Standage, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock · 2000
  18. Adagio in G Minor
    Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St Martin in the Fields · 2011
  19. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro
    The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock · 1983
  20. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro
    The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock · 1912
  21. Solomon, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
    The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock · 1985
  22. Rinaldo, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga
    Yoshikazu Mera, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra & Shigeo Genda · 1997
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