1. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater: Stabat mater dolorosa
Album Title: Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Vivaldi: Motet
Performers: Dorothea Röschmann, soprano; Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano; Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
Label: Dorian
Track: 1
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 90196
Video: Concerto Köln, on Youtube; Voices of Music, on Youtube
2. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, La serva padrona: A Serpina penserete
Performers: Katalin Farkas, soprano; Capella Savaria; Pál Németh, conductor
Label: Hungaroton
Track: 9
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: HCD12846
Video: Anna Moffo (1962; da capo shortened to opening ritornello, but otherwise unbeatable)
3. Johann Adolph Hasse, Artaserse: Per questo dolce amplesso
Album Title: Arias for Farinelli
Performers: Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; René Jacobs, conductor
Label: Harmonia mundi (available on iTunes); Youtube
Track: 10
4. Lodovico Giustini, Piano Sonata No. 1 in G Minor: Second movement (Corrente: Allegro)
Album Title: Lodovico Giustini: 12 Sonate da Cimablo di piano e forte
Performer: Wolfgang Brunner
Label: CPO
Track: 2
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 777207-2
Andrea Coen on a replica of a Cristofori piano, on Youtube
5. Domenico Scarlatti, Sonata in C Major, K. 421
Album Title: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas
Performer: Władysław Kłosiewicz, harpsichord
Label: CD Accord
Track: 15
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: CDAccordACD055
Anthony Newman, on Youtube (without repeats)
6. Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1: Second movement (Adagio)
Album Title: Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos
Performers: Qian Zhou, violin; Toronto Camerata; Kevin Mallon, conductor
Label: Naxos
Track: 8
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 8.557322
Linda Melsted and Tafelmusik, on Youtube
7. Domenico Gallo, Trio Sonata No. 1 in G Major: First movement (Moderato)
Album Title: Favourite Baroque Classics
Performers: Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman
Label: Helios (available on iTunes)
Track: 13
Video: Youtube
Album Title: Stravaganza Napoletana
Performers: London Baroque
Label: BIS
Track: 23
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: BIS-CD-1395
Parnassi Musici, on Youtube
8. Johann Christian Bach, Sonata in D Major, Op. 5, No. 2: First movement (Allegro di molto)
Album Title: Johann Christian Bach: Six Sonatas, Op. 5
Performer: Sophie Yates, harpsichord
Label: Chandos
Track: 3
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: CHAN0762
Harald Hoeren, fortepiano, on Youtube
9. Christoph Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Act 2, Scene 1, up to end of chorus Misero giovane
Performers: Ann-Christine Biel, mezzo-soprano; Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra and Chorus; Arnold Östman, conductor
Label: Naxos
Tracks: 16–22
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 8.660064
Performers: Derek Lee Ragin, countertenor; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Label: Decca
Tracks: Disc 1, Tracks 10–12
Video: Bejun Mehta as Orfeo, cond. Vaclav Luks (eighteenth-century theater at Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic; English subtitles); Janet Baker as Orfeo, on Youtube
10. Johann Baptist Vanhal, Missa pastoralis: Agnus Dei
Performers: Tower Voices New Zealand; Aradia Ensemble; Uwe Grodd, conductor
Label: Naxos
Track: 6
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 8.555080; on Youtub
11. C. P. E. Bach, Fantasia in C Minor (third movement of the Sonata in F minor, W. 63, No. 6)
Album Title: C. P. E. Bach: The Solo Keyboard Music, Volume 22
Performer: Miklós Spányi, clavichord
Label: BIS
Track: 18
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: BIS-CD-1762
David Schulenberg, clavichord, a beautiful performance on Schulenberg's website
Robert Hill, clavichord, on Youtube
12. Johann Stamitz, Symphony in D Major, Op. 3, No. 2: First movement (Presto)
Album Title: Johann Stamitz: Symphonies, Volume 1
Performers: New Zealand Chamber Orchestra; Donald Armstrong, conductor
Label: Naxos
Track: 1
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 8.553194; on Youtube
Album Title: Johann Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto, Three Symphonies
Performers: The Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
Label: Decca; on Youtube
13. Anna Bon, Keyboard Sonata in F Major, Op. 2, No. 3: First movement (Allegretto)
Album Title: Anna Bon di Venezia: Six Sonatas for Harpsichord, Op. 2
Performer: Barbara Harbach, harpsichord
Label: MSR Classics (available on iTunes)
Track: 7
Fernando De Luca, harpsichord, on Youtube
14. Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 8 in G Major (Le soir): First movement (Allegro molto)
Album Title: Joseph Haydn: Symphonies “Le Matin—Le Midi—Le Soir”
Performers: The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, conductor
Label: Deutsche Grammophon (available on iTunes)
Track: 9
Album Title: Haydn, F. J.: Symphonies Nos. 6–8
Performers: Berlin Staatskapelle
Label: Berlin Classics
Track: 10
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 0032782BC
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, on Youtube
Video: orchestra of period instruments, cond. Xavier Roth, on Youtube (exposition not repeated)
I know of no recording of Gluck's song "Je n'aimais pas le tabac beaucoup," used by Haydn in the first movement of the Symphony "Le Soir." I have uploaded a vocal score (see link at the bottom of this page). If anyone were to record this song (to the accompaniment of keyboard or—better—pizzicato strings) and put it on Youtube, students of eighteenth-century music would be most grateful.
15. Ignacio de Jerusalem, Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe: Vidi speciosam
Album Title: Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe Performers: Chanticleer
Label: Teldec
Track: 4
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 825646985869
Also on Youtube
16. Tommaso Traetta, Antigona: Piangi, o Tebe
Performers: Les Talens Lyriques; Christophe Rousset, conductor
Label: Decca (available on iTunes)
Track: Disc 2 Track 8
Also on Youtube
17. Giovanni Paisiello, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Finale of Act 4 (extract)
Performers: Teatro Lirico Guiseppe Verdi di Trieste; Giuliano Carella, conductor
Label: Dynamic
Track: Disc 2 Track 11
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: CDS417
Nicola Monti, tenor, Graziella Sciutti, soprano, on Youtube
18. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453: Second movement (Andante)
Album Title: Mozart: Complete Fortepiano Concertos, Volume 8
Performers: Viviana Sofronitzky, piano; Musica Antiqua Collegium Varsoviense
Label: Etcetera (available on iTunes)
Track: 8
Album Title: Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos, Vol. 5
Performers: Jenö Jandó, piano; Concentus Hungaricus
Label: Naxos
Track: 2
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 8.550205
Video: Kristian Bezuidenhout, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, on Youtube
19. Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2 (The Joke): Fourth movement (Presto)
Album Title: Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Opus 33
Performers: Apponyi Quartet
Label: Ars Musici
Track: Disc 1 Track 8
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: AM232160
Video: Ariel Quartet on Youtube
20. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, String Quartet in A Major, K. 464: Second movement (Minuet and Trio)
Album Title: Mozart: Les Quatuors dédiés à Haydn
Performers: Quatuor Mosaïques
Label: Naïve
Track: 2
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: E8845
Also on Youtube
Video: Hagen Quartet, on Youtube
21. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Così fan tutte: Fra gli amplessi in pochi istanti
Album Title: Mozart: Così fan tutte (Highlights)
Performers: Véronique Gens, soprano (Fiordiligi), Werner Güra, tenor (Ferrando), Concerto Köln; René Jacobs, conductor
Label: Harmonia mundi France (available on iTunes)
Track: 20
Album Title: Mozart: Così fan tutte
Performers: Capella Istropolitana; Slovak Philharmonic Chorus; Johannes Wildner, conductor
Label: Naxos
Track: CD 3 Track 6
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 8.660008-10
Video: Riccardo Muti, cond., Barbara Frittoli, Michael Schade: Youtube
22. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 (Prague): First movement (Adagio-Allegro)
Album Title: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphonies 38–41
Performers: Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
Label: Linn Records (available on iTunes)
Track: Disc 1 Track 1
Album Title: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 33 and 38, "Prague"
Performers: Virtuosi Saxoniae; Ludwig Guttler, conductor
Label: Berlin Classics
Track: 1
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 0011682BC
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra conducted by René Jacobs, on Youtube
Video: Concentus Musicus Wien, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, on Youtube
23. Wolfgang Amadues Mozart, Don Giovanni: Madamina, il catalogo è questo
Performers: Fernando Corena, bass; Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Max Rudolf, conductor (historic live recording, 1954)
Label: Walhall Eternity Series (available on iTunes)
Track: Disc 1, track 10; also on Youtube
Performers: Renato Girolani, bass: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Michael Halász, conductor
Label: Naxos
Track: 10
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 8.660080.82
Video: Many performances on Youtube, including an amusingly up-dated version of the opera called "Juan," in which Leporello reads his list off a Macbook: Youtube
24. Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 97 in C Major: Second movement (Adagio ma non troppo)
Album Title: Joseph Haydn: London Symphonies, Nos. 96, 97 & 98
Performers: La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
Label: Deutsche Harmonia mundi
Track: 6
Album Title: Haydn: Symphonies, Volume 14 (Nos. 97 & 98)
Performers: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Bela Drahos, conductor
Label: Naxos
Track: 2
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 8.550780
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Franz Brüggen, cond., on Youtube
25. Joseph Haydn, Piano Sonata No. 62 in E-flat Major (Hob. XVI: 52): First movement (Allegro)
Album Title: Joseph Haydn: London Sonatas
Performer: Ronald Brautigam
Label: BIS
Track: 9
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: BIS-CD-994
Video: Urszula Danielewicz, on Youtube
26. Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2: Fourth movement (Rondo: Grazioso)
Album Title: Beethoven: Complete Piano Works, Volume 2
Performer: Ronald Brautigam
Label: BIS
Track: 8
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: BIS-SACD-1363
Murray Perahia on Youtube
27. Joseph Haydn, The Seasons: Recitative Hier treibt ein dichter Kreis and chorus Hört das laute Getön
Performers: English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Label: Deutsche Grammophon (available on iTunes)
Tracks: Disc 2 Tracks 7 and 8
Performers: Gewandhaus Chamber Choir; conductor, Morten Schuldt-Jensen
Label: Naxos
Track: Disc 2 Track 8
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 8.557600.01
Video: Le Concert d'Anvers and Octopus Symphony Chorus on Youtube
28. Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major (Sinfonia eroica): Second movement (Marcia funebre: Adagio assai)
Performers: Radio-Symphonieorchester Stuttgart; Roger Norrington, conductor Label: Hännsler Classic
Track: 2
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: CD93.085
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carlo Maria Giulini, cond., on Youtube
London Classical Players, Roger Norrington, cond., on Youtube
Video: La Chambre Philharmonique, Emmanuel Krivine, cond., on Youtube
29. Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet in No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 (“Razumovsky”): Fourth movement (Allegro molto)
Album Title: Ludwig van Beethoven: Die Streichquartette
Performers: Gewandhaus Quartet
Label: New Classical Adventure
Track: Disc 6 Track 4
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: NCA60139-320
Video: Borealis String Quartet, on Youtube
Alban Berg Quartet, on Youtube