# Recommend a Baroque Choral Piece for Me. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125 "2004-02-08T15:25:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/1 "2004-02-08T15:25:09Z")
Pretty please? ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/2 "2004-02-08T15:37:23Z")
Pergolessi – Gloria (This stands alone) Bach - St. Matthew Passion (This is of course a Mass – Bach Mass in B minor) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/3 "2004-02-08T16:56:04Z")
Vivaldi’s Gloria. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/4 "2004-02-08T18:24:25Z")
Pergolesi, _Stabat Mater_, the first movement. This is the single most beautiful baroque choral movement. Anyone who’s heard it, will know what I mean. (is this what you meant, **dgryphon**?) Vivaldi is good, too, as was mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/5 "2004-02-08T18:27:22Z")
Bach - St John Passion…much darker than the Matthew passion. ---
**Author:** ![Zweistein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/54ee81/32.png) [@Zweistein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zweistein)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/6 "2004-02-08T21:02:16Z")
Halleluja - Messiah - GF Händel ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/7 "2004-02-08T21:56:52Z")
> [@Tusculan](#): > > Pergolesi, _Stabat Mater_, the first movement. This is the single most beautiful baroque choral movement. Anyone who’s heard it, will know what I mean. (is this what you meant, **dgryphon**?) Ooooh, I sang in this piece a few years ago! It really is wonderful. 😃 And you really can’t go wrong with anything from Handel’s _Messiah._ ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/8 "2004-02-08T23:51:50Z")
Bach: _Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring_ Anerio: _Requiem_ Victoria: _Domine, non sum dignus_ ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/9 "2004-02-09T00:35:53Z")
Bach - “Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft,” the only remaining movement from his Cantata BWV 50. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/10 "2004-02-09T02:40:09Z")
Bach’s _Magnificat_. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/11 "2004-02-09T03:29:56Z")
If it ain’t baroque, it don’t need fixin’ Sorry ---
**Author:** ![klockwerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/klockwerk/32/6475_2.png) [@klockwerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klockwerk)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/12 "2004-02-09T06:56:17Z")
Purcell: _The Fairy Queen - Hark! the ech’ing air a triumph sings_. (I love the word painting in this one!) Getting a bit out of Baroque and into the Renaissance/Late Middle Ages (if you don’t mind :))… Orlando di Lasso: Motet - _Tristis est anima mea_ Claudin de Sermisy: Chanson - _Tant que vivray_ John Dowland: Air - _Flow, my tears_ ---
**Author:** ![august9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@august9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/august9)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/13 "2004-02-09T15:27:02Z")
Händel’s _Messiah_ is very, very, very, very, very, very good 🙂 Please keep in mind that different recordings can be _very_ different. Some recordings may suit your taste more than other, and you may be unlucky enough to pick up the one “bad” recording of a piece you might otherwise like. If you are able to borrow music (library?) please try 2-3 recordings before you decide if you like it or not. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/14 "2004-02-09T16:59:11Z")
Bach’s \*Cantata 140: Wachet Auf \* ---
**Author:** ![Israfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/87869e/32.png) [@Israfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Israfel)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-baroque-choral-piece-for-me/228125/15 "2004-02-09T20:39:01Z")
Michael Praetorius’ motet “Erhalt uns, Herr bei deinem Wort” is a really wonderful early Baroque piece. Definitely one of my favs.