Album Summary
Shannon Mercer (Soprano)
Angèle Dubeau (Violin)
Matthew White
James Ehnes (Violin)
Marcelle Mallette (Violin)
Thérèse Motard (Cello)
Karina Gauvin (Soprano)
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767)
François Couperin (1668 - 1733)
Notes & Reviews:
The main achievements of the Baroque style were the rise of opera and oratorio, the development of the cantata and the evolution of the bel canto style and figured bass accompaniment. This recording reflects these innovations in a vast range of chamber and orchestral works, solo compositions, and dramatic vocal music, both sacred and secular.
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Handel, George Frideric : Solomon :: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1748
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 :: Air sur la corde de sol - Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1731
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 :: Gavotte I & II - Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1731
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 :: Aria - Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1741
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007 :: Prealudium - Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1720
Purcell, Henry : Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 :: When I am laid in Earth - Performer: Shannon Mercer (Soprano)
- Conductor: Olivier Fortin
- Ensemble: Ensemble Masques (Classical)
- Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1689
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Le reniement de St Pierre, H 424 "Cum cenasset Jesus" :: Historicus - Period Time: Baroque
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Le reniement de St Pierre, H 424 "Cum cenasset Jesus" :: Historicus - Period Time: Baroque
Purcell, Henry : Abdelazer, Z 570 "Moor's Revenge" :: Rondo - Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1695
Telemann, Georg Philipp : Sonatas (6) for 2 Flutes/Violins, Op 5 "Melodious Canons" :: 122 (Op - Performer: Angèle Dubeau (Violin)
- Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1738
Telemann, Georg Philipp : Fantasias (12) for Violin solo :: 20 - Performer: Angèle Dubeau (Violin)
- Running Time: 2 min. sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1735
Scarlatti, Alessandro : Cain overo Il primo omicidio :: Perchè mormora il ruscello - Performer: Matthew White
- Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Monteverdi, Claudio : Christe, adoramus te a 5 - Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: circa 1620
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 :: Double - Performer: James Ehnes (Violin)
- Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1720
François Couperin (1668 - 1733) : Pièces de clavecin, Book 2 - Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1716-1717
Vivaldi, Antonio : Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo in D minor, Op. 1 no 12/RV 63 "La Follia" - Performers: Angèle Dubeau (Violin); Marcelle Mallette (Violin); Thérèse Motard (Cello)
- Running Time: 10 min. 44 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Chamber Music
- Written: 1705
Vivaldi, Antonio : Sum in medio tempestatum, RV 632 :: Aria (allegro - Performer: Karina Gauvin (Soprano)
- Conductor: Jean-François Gauthier
- Ensemble: Les Chambristes de Ville Marie
- Running Time: 7 min. 51 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1742























