| Cipriano de Rore |
Anchor che col partire, madrigal |
2:21 |
| Orlande de Lassus |
Allala la pia calia, villanelle for 4 voices, S. x/104 |
2:12 |
| Ercole Bottrigari |
So ben mi ch'a ben tempo, for voice and lute |
1:59 |
| Giulio Caccini |
Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche) |
3:04 |
| Luca Marenzio |
Vezzosi augelli in fra le verdi fronde, madrigal for 4 voices (Madrigali...libro primo a 4 voci) |
2:33 |
| Luca Marenzio |
Crudele acerba inesorabil' morte, madrigal for 5 voices (Il nono libro de madrigali a 5 voci) |
3:23 |
| Carlo Gesualdo |
Mercè grido piangendo, madrigal for 5 voices (Book 5), W. 5/49 |
4:15 |
| Luzzasco Luzzaschi |
Occhi del pianto mio |
4:39 |
| Luzzasco Luzzaschi |
T'amo mia vita, madrigal for 3 women's voices & continuo |
4:27 |
| Sigismondo d'India |
Quella Vermiglia Rosa for voice solo |
2:23 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
Luci serene e chiare, voi m'incendete, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 4), SV 81 |
3:47 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
T'amo mia vita!, madrigal for 5 voices & continuo (from Book 5), SV 104 |
3:02 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
O come sei gentile, caro augellino, madrigal for 2 sopranos (from Book 7), SV 120 |
4:03 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, dramatic cantata (from Book 8), SV 153 |
18:14 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
Zefiro Torna, madrigal for 2 tenors and continuo (from Book 9 & Scherzi musicali), SV 251 |
5:17 |
| Heinrich Schütz |
O dolcezze amarissime, madrigal for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor & bass, SWV 2 (Op. 1/2) |
2:51 |
| Antonio Cesti |
Amanti, io vi disfido, cantata for voice & continuo |
3:47 |
| Antonio Cesti |
Il mio core è un mar di pianti, cantata |
5:03 |
| Orazio Vecchi |
L'amfiparnasso, madrigal comedy (Prologue: Benchè siat'usi, o spettatori illustri) |
1:37 |
| Orazio Vecchi |
L'amfiparnasso, madrigal comedy (Act 3. Scene 2: Anchor ch'al parturire) |
3:24 |
| Orazio Vecchi |
L'amfiparnasso, madrigal comedy (Act 3. Scene 3: Tich, Tach, Toch) |
2:37 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318 (Toccata) |
1:42 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318 (Prologue: Dal mio Permesso amato) |
2:48 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318 (Act 1: Vieni, Imeneo) |
1:18 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318 (Act 2: Ahi casi acerbo!) |
3:04 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318 (Act 2: In un fiorito prato) |
3:52 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318 (Act 3: Possente spirto) |
5:06 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318 (Act 3: Ritornello (arpa)) |
1:09 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
Lamento d'Arianna, for voice & continuo ("Lasciatemi morire"), SV 22 |
11:31 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, opera in 3 acts, SV 325 (Sinfonia) |
2:15 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, opera in 3 acts, SV 325 (Act 4. Scene 3: Ecco l'arco d'Ulisse) |
6:07 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308 (Act 2. Scene 3: Amici, è giunta l'ora) |
5:56 |
| Claudio Monteverdi |
L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308 (Finale. Pur ti miro) |
4:18 |
| Luigi Rossi |
Orfeo, opera (Lagrime, dove sete) |
3:39 |
| Francesco Cavalli |
Giasone, opera (Act 1. Scene 14: Stanza degli incanti di Medea (Medea's magic room)) |
6:28 |
| Francesco Cavalli |
La Calisto, opera (Act 1. Sinfonia) |
0:46 |
| Francesco Cavalli |
La Calisto, opera (Act 1. Piante ombroso) |
2:27 |
| Francesco Cavalli |
La Calisto, opera (Act 1. Va' pur, va' pur, va'seco) |
5:09 |
| Francesco Cavalli |
La Calisto, opera (Act 1. Ballo de orsi (The Ballet of Bears)) |
2:57 |
| Thomas Tomkins |
Oyez! Has Any Found A Lad? for 4 voices (madrigal) |
2:00 |
| Thomas Ravenscroft |
We be soldiers three, madrigal |
1:54 |
| William Byrd |
Come to me, grief, for ever, consort song for voice & 4 viols |
6:17 |
| English Traditional |
The Three Ravens, folk song |
3:17 |
| Scottish Traditional |
Barbara Allen, folk song |
3:07 |
| John Dowland |
Flow, my tears, fall from your springs, for 2 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs) |
4:03 |
| John Dowland |
Go from my window, song arranged for lute, P 64 |
0:36 |
| John Dowland |
Sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears, for 2 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs) |
3:56 |
| English Traditional |
Packington's Pound |
1:23 |
| Anonymous, English |
They were three ravens, madrigal |
4:37 |
| William Lawes |
She weepeth sore in the night |
1:51 |
| John Blow |
Venus and Adonis, masque (Overture) |
3:15 |
| John Blow |
Venus and Adonis, masque (Act 3. Adonis, uncall'd for sighs) |
5:20 |
| Henry Purcell |
When I am laid in earth (from "Dido and Aeneas"), soprano aria (Dido's Lament), Z. 626/38b |
8:15 |
| Henry Purcell |
Hark! how the songsters in the grove (from "Timon of Athens"), duet for 2 sopranos, Z. 632/2 |
1:57 |
| Henry Purcell |
What power art thou ("Prelude while the cold genius rises" from "King Arthur"), bass aria, Z. 628/20 |
4:07 |
| Henry Purcell |
Fairest Isle (from "King Arthur"), aria for soprano, Z. 628/38 |
3:40 |
| Henry Purcell |
The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629 (Act 2. Prelude) |
1:20 |
| Henry Purcell |
The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629 (Act 2. May the god of Wit) |
2:25 |
| Henry Purcell |
See my many color'd fields (from "The Fairy Queen"), tenor aria, Z. 629/35 |
2:43 |
| Henry Purcell |
Next winter comes slowly (from "The Fairy Queen"), bass aria, Z. 629/36 |
3:34 |
| Henry Purcell |
If music be the food of love, song, Z. 379 (3 settings) |
2:23 |
| Henry Purcell |
Music for a While (from "Oedipus"), song, Z. 583/2 |
4:03 |
| Michel Lambert |
Admirons Notre Jeune et Charmante Déesse |
2:56 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully |
Atys, opera, LWV 53 (Act 3. Scene 4. Prelude. Dormons, dormons tous) |
7:32 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully |
Atys, opera, LWV 53 (Act 3. Scene 4. Air des songes agréables (Air of the Pleasant Dreams)) |
2:29 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully |
Armide, opera, LWV 71 (Overture) |
2:31 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully |
Armide, opera, LWV 71 (Act 2. Scene 4. Ah! Quelle erreur!) |
1:32 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully |
Armide, opera, LWV 71 (Act 2. Scene 5. Enfin, il est en ma puissance) |
5:24 |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
Médée, opera, H. 491 (Act 3. Scene 5. Noires filles du Styx) |
2:05 |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
Médée, opera, H. 491 (Act 3. Scene 6. Venez mêler à mes poisons) |
1:15 |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
Médée, opera, H. 491 (Act 3. Scene 7. Je vois le don fatal) |
1:49 |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
Médée, opera, H. 491 (Act 3. Dieu du Cocyte et des Royaumes sombres) |
6:00 |
| André Campra |
Idomeneo Rè di Creta, opera (Act 4. Scene 4. O Neptune reçoy nos voeux) |
4:48 |
| André Campra |
Idomeneo Rè di Creta, opera (Act 5. Scene 2. Ah! quel bonheur de vous revoir) |
3:41 |
| André Campra |
Idomeneo Rè di Creta, opera (Act 5. Last Scene. Quel pouvoir m'a conduit sur ce bord écarte) |
3:58 |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau |
Castor et Pollux, tragédie en musique (Act 1. Scene 1. Que tout gémisse) |
3:34 |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau |
Castor et Pollux, tragédie en musique (Act 1. Scene 3. Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux) |
5:53 |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau |
Castor et Pollux, tragédie en musique (Act 1. Scene 4. D'où partent ces cris nouveaux? / Que l'enfer applaudisse) |
4:51 |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau |
Castor et Pollux, tragédie en musique (Act 1. Scene 5. First Air for the Athletes) |
0:56 |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
Le Malade imaginaire, incidental music for soloists, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 495 (Entrée de ballet) |
1:12 |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
Le Malade imaginaire, incidental music for soloists, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 495 (Des vos flûtes bocagères) |
2:30 |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
Le Malade imaginaire, incidental music for soloists, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 495 (Quand la neige fondue) |
1:58 |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau |
Les Indes galantes, opéra-ballet (Earthquake. Dans les abîmes) |
5:53 |
| Antoine Dauvergne |
Les Troqueurs, opera bouffon (Overture. Presto - Andante - Presto) |
1:55 |
| Antoine Dauvergne |
Les Troqueurs, opera bouffon (Troquons, troquons / Eh non c'est lui, eh non c'est moi) |
4:13 |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
L' Incoronazione di Dario, opera, RV 719 (Overture) |
4:47 |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
L' Incoronazione di Dario, opera, RV 719 (Act 1. Scene 14. L'adorar beltà che piace) |
4:27 |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
L' Incoronazione di Dario, opera, RV 719 (Act 1. Scene 14: Ma chidicea cosi?) |
2:22 |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
L' Incoronazione di Dario, opera, RV 719 (Act 2. Scene 5. Lo spietato, e crudo amor) |
2:50 |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
L' Incoronazione di Dario, opera, RV 719 (Act 2. Scene 6. Lampa eterna) |
2:31 |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
L' Incoronazione di Dario, opera, RV 719 (Act 2. Scene 6. Non mi lusinga) |
5:04 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Radamisto, opera, HWV 12 (Act 2. Scene 2. Ombra cara di mia sposa) |
8:00 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Ottone, re di Germania, opera, HWV 15 (Act 2. Scene 4. Ben a raggion) |
1:03 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Ottone, re di Germania, opera, HWV 15 (Act 2. Scene 4. Vieni, o figlio) |
6:49 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17 (Overture) |
3:07 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17 (Act 1. Scene 7. Alma del gran Pompeo) |
4:21 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17 (Act 1. Scene 4. Svegliatevi nel core) |
4:44 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17 (Act 2. Scene 8. All lampo dell'armi) |
3:33 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, opera, HWV 16 (Act 2. Scene 1. Al tuo cenno reale ubbidiente) |
3:17 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, opera, HWV 16 (Act 2. Scene 2. Fato tiranno e crudo) |
3:17 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Ariodante, opera, HWV 33 (Act 2. Sinfonia) |
0:50 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Ariodante, opera, HWV 33 (Di Dalinda l'amore) |
1:35 |
| George Frederick Handel |
Ariodante, opera, HWV 33 (Tu preparati a morire) |
3:57 |
| Carl Heinrich Graun |
Cesare e Cleopatra, opera (Act 1. Scene 8. Tra le procelle assorto) |
7:56 |
| Carl Heinrich Graun |
Cesare e Cleopatra, opera (Act 2. Scene 20. All'armi, al cimento) |
3:02 |