| Claudio Monteverdi |
La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318 (Prologo: Toccata) |
1:45 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318 (Prologo: Ritornello - Dal mio Permesso amato (excerpt)) |
4:01 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
Ecce sacrum paratum convivium, motet for solo voice and continuo, SV 299 |
4:37 |
| Luzzasco Luzzaschi |
T'amo mia vita, madrigal for 3 women's voices & continuo |
1:53 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
T'amo mia vita!, madrigal for 5 voices & continuo (from Book 5), SV 104 |
3:02 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, opera in 3 acts, SV 325 (Acte 5, Scène 10: Illustratevi, O Cieli) |
3:58 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308 (Acte 3, Scène 8: Pur ti miro) |
4:17 |
| Francesco Cavalli |
La Calisto, opera (Acte 1, Scène 2: Piante ombrose) |
2:28 |
| Francesco Cavalli |
La Calisto, opera (Acte 1, Scène 5) |
2:12 |
| Giacomo Carissimi |
Il mio core è un mar di pianti, cantata for 2 sopranos & continuo (also attributed to A. Stradella) |
5:05 |
| Giovanni-Battista Agneletti |
Gloria |
4:13 |
| Antonio Caldara |
Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo, oratorio (No. 35 Aria: In lagrime stemprato) |
4:25 |
| Alessandro Scarlatti |
Cain overo Il primo omicidio, oratorio, for soloists, strings & continuo (Duetto: La fraterna amica pace) |
4:03 |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
Stabat Mater, hymn for voice, strings & continuo in F minor, RV 621 (Eja mater, fons amoris) |
2:42 |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
Stabat Mater, hymn for voice, strings & continuo in F minor, RV 621 (Amen) |
1:05 |
| Giovanni Pergolesi |
Stabat mater, for soprano, alto, strings & organ in F major (Duo: Quis est homo, qui no fleret) |
2:56 |
| Alessandro Scarlatti |
La Griselda, opera (Acte 2, Scène 1:Aria, Mi rivedi, o selva ombrosa) |
4:52 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Agrippina, opera, HWV 6 (Acte 3, Scène 10: Récit et Air) |
2:51 |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
Cessate, omai cessate (I), cantata for voice, strings & continuo, RV 684 (largo e sciolto, Cessate, omai cessate) |
1:59 |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
Cessate, omai cessate (I), cantata for voice, strings & continuo, RV 684 (Larghetto & Andante molto, Ah ch'ingelice sempre) |
5:19 |
| Riccardo Broschi |
Idaspe, opera (Aria, Qual guerriero in campo armato) |
8:08 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully |
Armide, opera, LWV 71 (Ouverture) |
2:31 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully |
Armide, opera, LWV 71 (Acte 2, Scène 5 (Prélude): Enfin, il est en ma puissance) |
5:22 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully |
Armide, opera, LWV 71 (Acte 2, Scène 3 (Prélude): Plus j'observe ces lieux) |
5:26 |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
Médée, opera, H. 491 (Acte 3, Scène 3: Quel prix de mon amour, quel fruit de mes forfaits) |
5:11 |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau |
Les Indes galantes, opéra-ballet (Danse du Grand Calumet de la Paix, Forêts paisibles) |
4:36 |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau |
Castor et Pollux, tragédie en musique (Acte 1, Scène 3: Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux) |
5:56 |
| Henry Purcell |
King Arthur, or, The British Worthy, semi-opera, Z. 628 (Acte 3, Scène 2: Cold Song, What power art thou) |
4:12 |
| Henry Purcell |
Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626 (Acte 3: Thy hand, Belinda) |
0:52 |
| Henry Purcell |
Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626 (Acte 3: When I am laid in earth) |
4:09 |
| Henry Purcell |
Music for a While (from "Oedipus"), song, Z. 583/2 |
4:03 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7 (Acte 1, Scène 5: Furie terribili) |
2:27 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7 (Acte 2, Scène 4: Lascia ch'io pianga) |
6:13 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40 (Acte 1, Scène 1: Ombra mai fù) |
3:02 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17 (Acte 2, Scène 8: All lampo dell'armi) |
3:33 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Ottone, re di Germania, opera, HWV 15 (Acte 2, Scène 4: Vieni, o figlio) |
6:51 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach |
Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14) (Duo, Et misericordia eius) |
3:42 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach |
Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1) (Benedictus) |
4:07 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach |
St. Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b) (No. 39 Aria, Erbarme dich) |
6:37 |
| Georg Philipp Telemann |
Orpheus, oder die wunderbare Beständigkeit der Liebe, opera in 3 acts, TWV 21:18 (Ouverture) |
3:26 |
| Georg Philipp Telemann |
Orpheus, oder die wunderbare Beständigkeit der Liebe, opera in 3 acts, TWV 21:18 (Acte 1, Scène 1: Recitative, Bist du nicht Königinn) |
1:01 |
| Georg Philipp Telemann |
Orpheus, oder die wunderbare Beständigkeit der Liebe, opera in 3 acts, TWV 21:18 (Acte 1, Scène 1: Sù, mio core à la vendetta!) |
2:29 |
| Georg Philipp Telemann |
Orpheus, oder die wunderbare Beständigkeit der Liebe, opera in 3 acts, TWV 21:18 (Acte 3, Scène 3: Augelletti, che cantate) |
3:13 |
| Reinhard Keiser |
Croesus, opera in 3 acts (Acte 2, Scène 8: Liebe, sag', was fängst du an?) |
4:59 |
| Antoine Dauvergne |
Les Troqueurs, opera bouffon (Scène 2: Margot morbleu est par trop joyeuse) |
3:44 |
| Antoine Dauvergne |
Les Troqueurs, opera bouffon (Scène: Dou, Troquons, troquons) |
2:16 |
| Carl Heinrich Graun |
Cesare e Cleopatra, opera (Acte 2, Scène 20: Tutti, All'armi, al cimento) |
3:02 |
| Carl Heinrich Graun |
Cesare e Cleopatra, opera (Acte 3, Scène 1: Voglio strage, e sangue voglio) |
5:22 |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck |
Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30 (Acte 3, Scène 1: Ecco un nuovo tormento!) |
3:28 |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck |
Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30 (Acte 3, Scène 1: Che farò senza Euridice?) |
4:31 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588 (Acte 1, Scène 6: Récit, Dove son?) |
0:53 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588 (Acte 1, Scène 6: Terzettino, Soave sia il vento) |
3:24 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588 (Acte 1, Scène 11: Come scoglio) |
4:34 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 (Acte 1, Scène 2: No. 3 Se vuol ballare (cavatina)) |
2:38 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 (Acte 4, Scène 1: No. 24 L'ho perduta . . . me meschina! (cavatina)) |
1:34 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 (Acte 4, Scène 10: No. 28 Giunse alfin il momento (recit. & aria)) |
4:32 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Mass No. 17 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor (fragment, "Great Mass"), K. 427 (K. 417a) (Laudamus te) |
4:48 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626 (Tuba mirum) |
3:20 |
| Franz Joseph Haydn |
Qual dubbio ormai, cantata for soprano, chorus & orchestra, H. 24a/4 |
10:13 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Christus am Ölberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives), oratorio, Op. 85 (Duetto, So ruhe denn mit ganzer Schwere) |
5:02 |