Naxos AudioBook Grandiose and glamorous, Baroque music stands alone, written to glorify the finest courts of Europe. It's greatest composers, such as Vivaldi, Handel and Bach, head a fascinating cast of musical magicians, including Albinoni, Pachelbel and Scarlatti. Their lives are as intriguing as their music: we find virtuoso performers who earned their bread and butter in the cathedrals of Europe while keeping company with kings and queens, and setting opera houses ablaze across the continent with their fabulous new music. Discover Music of the Baroque Era is rich in musical detail.
13 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act II: Aria: O Ruddier Than the Cherry
14 Italian Opera at This Time Was All the Rage in London
15 Keyboard Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432: VI. Passacaille
16 As the Public Wearied of Temperamental Divas and Castrati
17 Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: For Unto a Child Is Born
18 Strange to Say, Messiah Was Not So Well Received
19 Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 6, No. 10, HWV 328: VI. Allegro Moderato
20 Handel Surely Sensed That the Musical World
21 Coda
Naxos AudioBook Grandiose and glamorous, Baroque music stands alone, written to glorify the finest courts of Europe. It's greatest composers, such as Vivaldi, Handel and Bach, head a fascinating cast of musical magicians, including Albinoni, Pachelbel and Scarlatti. Their lives are as intriguing as their music: we find virtuoso performers who earned their bread and butter in the cathedrals of Europe while keeping company with kings and queens, and setting opera houses ablaze across the continent with their fabulous new music. Discover Music of the Baroque Era is rich in musical detail.