Classic 100 Baroque and Before

!Rank

!Composer

!Work

! Date

|Handel

|Messiah

|1741

|Vivaldi

|The Four Seasons

|1725

|Allegri

|Miserere

|data-sort-value="1634"|1630s

|Handel

|Water Music

|1717

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|St Matthew Passion, BWV 244

|1727

|Pachelbel

|Canon and Gigue in D

|1680

|Purcell

|Dido and Aeneas

|1688

|Handel

|Four Coronation Anthems (includes "Zadok the Priest")

|1727

|Handel

|Music for the Royal Fireworks

|1749

|Tallis

|Spem in alium

|data-sort-value="1570"|c. 1570

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

|1723

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

|1741

|Vivaldi

|Gloria, RV 589

|data-sort-value="1715"|c. 1715

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Suite for Solo Cello No. 1, BWV 1007

|data-sort-value="1700"| early 18th century

|Pergolesi

|Stabat Mater

|1736

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048

|1721

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147
(Includes Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)

|1723

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Mass in B minor

|1749

|Corelli

| Twelve concerti grossi, Op. 6 (includes No. 8, Christmas Concerto)

|1714

|Monteverdi

|Vespers of the Blessed Virgin

|1610

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

|data-sort-value="1710"|early 18th century

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050

|1721

|Handel

|Solomon

|1748

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, BWV 1046

|1721

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|The Well-Tempered Clavier

|data-sort-value="1722"| 1722, 1742

|Anonymous

|Greensleeves

|data-sort-value="1550"| 16th century

|Purcell

|Come Ye Sons of Art

|1694

|Handel

|Serse

|1738

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Brandenburg concerto No. 4, BWV 1049

|1721

|Dowland

|Lute songs

|data-sort-value="1605"| 1597–1612

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

|1734

|Handel

|Rinaldo

|1711

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|St John Passion, BWV 245

|1724

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Brandenburg concerto No. 2, BWV 1047

|1721

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Brandenburg concerto No. 6, BWV 1051

|1721

|Clarke

|Prince of Denmark's March

|data-sort-value="1700"| c. 1700

|Vivaldi

|Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G Major, RV 532

|data-sort-value="1700"| 18th century

|Handel

|Giulio Cesare

|1724

|Monteverdi

|L'incoronazione di Poppea

|1642

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140

|1731

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208

|1713

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068

|1730

|Monteverdi

|L'Orfeo

|1607

|Handel

|Dixit Dominus

|1707

|Anonymous

|O come, O come, Emmanuel

|data-sort-value="750"| 8th century

|Marais

|Pièces de viole (includes "The Bells of St. Genevieve")

|1723

|Albinoni

|Concerto for Oboe in D minor, Op. 9 No. 2

|1722

|Handel

|Semele

|1743

|Purcell, Henry

|Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary

|1695

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Magnificat, BWV 243

|data-sort-value="1723"|1723, 1733

|Anonymous

|Coventry Carol

|data-sort-value="1550"| 16th century

|Byrd

|Ave verum corpus

|1605

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78

|1724

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Partita for Violin No. 2, BWV 1004

|data-sort-value="1710"| early 18th century

|Hildegard of Bingen

|Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula

|data-sort-value="1150"| 12th century

|Purcell

|The Fairy-Queen

|1692

|Charpentier

|Te Deum

|1692

|Hildegard of Bingen

|Kyrie eleison

|data-sort-value="1150"| 12th century

|Praetorius, Michael

|Terpsichore

|1612

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Ich habe genug, BWV 82

|1727

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|The Art of Fugue

|1750

|Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel

|Magnificat, Wq215

|1749

|Monteverdi

|Magnificat Primo

|data-sort-value="1600"| c. 17th century

|Palestrina

|Missa Papae Marcelli

|data-sort-value="1562"|c. 1562

|Purcell, Henry

|Trumpet Tune and Air

|data-sort-value="1680"| late 17th century

|Handel

|Judas Maccabaeus (includes "See, the Conqu’ring Hero Comes!")

|1746

| Bach, Johann Sebastian (actually Stölzel)

| Bist du bei mir (Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach)

|data-sort-value="1718"|c. 1718

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009

|data-sort-value="1700"| early 18th century

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Toccata and Fugue in D minor ("Dorian"), BWV 538

|data-sort-value="1710"| early 18th century

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV 1041

|data-sort-value="1710"| early 18th century

|Telemann

|Concerto for Trumpet in D

|data-sort-value="1750"| 18th century

|Handel

|Concerti grossi, Op. 6

|1739

|Handel

|Harpsichord Suite in E, HWV 430 (includes The Harmonious Blacksmith)

|1720

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012

|data-sort-value="1710"|early 18th century

|Corelli

|12 Sonatas, Op 5 (includes No 12, "La Folia")

|1700

|Telemann

|Tafelmusik

|1733

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Cello Suite No. 2, BWV 1008

|data-sort-value="1710"|early 18th century

|Vivaldi

|Concerto for Lute or Mandolin in D Major RV 93

|data-sort-value="1700"|18th century

|Palestrina

|Stabat Mater in 8 parts

|data-sort-value="1550"|16th century

|Byrd

|Mass for Four Voices

|data-sort-value="1593"|1593–1594

|Rameau

|Les Indes galantes

|1735

|Handel

|Alcina

|1735

|Vivaldi

|Stabat Mater, RV 621

|1727

|Purcell

|Rejoice in the Lord alwayFor text of this setting, see {{cite web|title=Rejoice in the Lord alway|url=http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Rejoice_in_the_Lord_alway|publisher=Choral Public Domain Library|accessdate=7 June 2014}}

|data-sort-value="1690"|late 17th century

|Vivaldi

|Concerto for two trumpets in C, RV 537

|data-sort-value="1710"|early 18th century

|Monteverdi

|Eight Books of Madrigals

|1587–1638

|Handel

|Ode for St. Cecilia's Day

|1739

|Tartini

|Devil's Trill Sonata

|data-sort-value="1710"|early 18th century

|Lully

|Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

|1670

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

|data-sort-value="1710"|early 18th century

|Vivaldi

|Dixit Dominus, RV 594

|data-sort-value="1710"|early 18th century

|Couperin, François

|Pièces de Clavecin, book 2

|1717

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

|Concerto for Violin in E major, BWV 1042

|data-sort-value="1710"|early 18th century

|Byrd

|Mass for Five Voices

|1594–1595

|Albinoni

|Concerto for Oboe in B-flat, Op. 9 No. 11

|1722

|Bach, Johann Sebastian

| Partitas for keyboard, BWV 825–830

|1731

|Anonymous

|Llibre Vermell de Montserrat

|data-sort-value="1350"|14th century

|Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

|Rosary Sonatas (including Passacaglia)

|data-sort-value="1676"|late 17th century

|Albinoni

|Concerto for Two Oboes in G, Op. 9 No. 6

|1722

|Anonymous

|Sumer is icumen in

|data-sort-value="1260"|mid 13th century

!|Composer

!|Nationality

!|Works

|Italian

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|Italian

|align=center|1

|Various

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|German

|align=center|1

|German

|align=center|33

|Austrian

|align=center|1

|English

|align=center|3

|French

|align=center|1

|English

|align=center|1

|Italian

|align=center|2

|French

|align=center|1

|English

|align=center|1

|German/English

|align=center|15

|German

|align=center|2

|French

|align=center|1

|French

|align=center|1

|Italian

|align=center|5

|German

|align=center|1

|Italian

|align=center|2

|Italian

|align=center|1

|German

|align=center|1

|English

|align=center|6

|French

|align=center|1

|English

|align=center|1

|Italian

|align=center|1

|German

|align=center|2

|Italian

|align=center|7