This compilation devoted to the key musical landmarks of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries benefits from harmonia mundi’s incomparable expertise in this field. Here are the foremost masters of instrumental music (Couperin, Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach) and the great magicians of the human voice with their unforgettable arias (Purcell, Caldara, Handel). And the quality of the performances is on the same exalted level, in the experienced hands of René Jacobs, William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, and Chiara Banchini!
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI [1567-1643] · Toccata (1'49) GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI [1710-1736] · Quis est homo (2'42) JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750] · Recit & Aria (Alt): "Erbarm es Gott" (7'44) ANTONIO VIVALDI [1678-1741] · Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315 - "L'estate", III. Presto (2'48) HENRY PURCELL [1659-1695] · Act III, "When I am laid in earth" (Dido's lament) (5'01) ARCANGELO CORELLI [1653-1713] · No. 6 in F Major, I. Adagio (4'09) FRANÇOIS COUPERIN [1668-1733] · Troisième leçon (12'52) JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY [1632-1687] · Quatrième intermède, Air pour la cérémonie des Turcs (1'24) HENRY PURCELL [1659-1695] · Act III, "What Power art thou, who from below..." ("Cold Song") (9'10) JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU [1683-1764] · Air des Sauvages (1'58) GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL [1685-1759] · Act II, Sc. 6, Aria, "Al lampo dell'armi" (3'35) RICCARDO BROSCHI [1698-1756] · Aria "Qual guerriero in campoarmato" (3'35) GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL [1685-1759] · Act II, Duetto, "Per le porte del tormento" (9'38) JEAN-FÉRY REBEL · I. Le Chaos (6'53) HENRY PURCELL [1659-1695] · Round O ZT684 (from Abdelazer) (1'49) ANTONIO CALDARA [c. 1671-1736] · No. 35, Aria "In lagrime stemprato" (4'23) GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL [1685-1759] · II. Alla Hornpipe (3'46) JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750] · III. Allegro (4'28) ANTONIO VIVALDI [1678-1741] · Trio Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1, No. 12, RV 63 - La Follia (11'24) HEINRICH SCHÜTZ [1585-1672] · Trio Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1, No. 12, RV 63 - La Follia (3'41)
