MICHI, Orazio (cca. 1594-1641) | |
1. | Spera mi disse amore, cantata for voice and continuo | 3:37 | |
CHARPENTIER, Marc-Antoine (1650-1704) | |
2. | Ah! qu'ils sont courts les beaux jours, air for soprano & continuo, H. 442 | 1:05 | |
LULLY, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687), (arranged de Visée) | |
3. | Isis, opera, LWV 54: Assez de Pleurs | 1:50 | |
GUÉDRON, Pierre (c. 1570 -1620) | |
4. | Aux Plaisirs, Aux Delices Bergeres | 2:51 | |
LULLY, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687), (arranged d'Anglebert) | |
5. | Roland, opera, LWV 65: Ritournelle des Fées | 2:00 | |
CARISSIMI, Giacomo (1605-1674) | |
6. | Deh memoria e che piů chieidi?, cantata for soprano & continuo | 5:22 | |
ROSSI, Luigi (cca. 1597-1653), (arranged David Blunden) | |
7. | Mio core languisce e mai non si more, cantata for voice & continuo | 5:14 | |
COUPERIN, Louis (1626-1661) | |
8. | Chaconne la Bergeronette, for harpsichord in C minor (Pičces de clavecin, No. 34) | 2:06 | |
LULLY, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687) | |
9. | Psyché, opera, LWV 56: Deh, Piangete | 1:57 | |
Anonymous, French | |
10. | La Chasse donnée ŕ Mazarin par les paysans des bourgs et des villages sur le tocsin, mazarinade for vocal ensemble | 1:36 | |
De MACHY, Le Sieur de Machy (Demachy) (fl. 1685-c.1692) | |
11. | Allemande, for ensemble | 3:06 | |
CHARPENTIER, Marc-Antoine (1650-1704) | |
12. | Tristes déserts, sombre retraite, air for soprano & continuo, H. 469 | 3:18 | |
ROSSI, Michelangelo (cca. 1602-1656) | |
13. | Toccata No. 7 in D minor (Toccate e correnti d'intavolatura d'organo e cimbalo (1657)) | 3:52 | |
ROSSI, Luigi (cca. 1597-1653) | |
14. | Orfeo, opera: Non pianga e non sospiri | 1:50 | |
LULLY, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687) | |
15. | Le triomphe de l'amour, ballet, LWV 59: Tranquilles coeurs | 2:30 | |
CHARPENTIER, Marc-Antoine (1650-1704), (arranged David Blunden) | |
16. | Sans frayeur dans ce bois, chaconne for soprano & continuo, H. 467 | 3:44 | |
PASQUALINI, Marc'Antonio (1614-1691) | |
17. | Si ch'io voglio sperare, cantata for soprano & continuo | 4:39 | |
Anonymous, French | |
18. | Avertissement des enfarinez ŕ Mazarin sur ce qu'il doit craindre, mazarinade for vocal ensemble | 2:09 | |
LULLY, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687) | |
19. | Armide, opera, LWV 71: Le perfide Renaud me fuit | 4:44 | |
20. | Le bourgeois gentilhomme, comédie-ballet, LWV 43: Chaconne des Harlequins | 2:32 | |
CAMPRA, André (1660-1744) | |
21. | L'Europe galante, opera-ballet: Ad un cuore | 4:15 | |
"This is a remarkably well-thought-out programme, containing very few familiar pieces. Of real historical interest are the two examples of the prolific ‘Mazarinades’… Le Jardin Secret’s harpsichordists is David Blunden, an outstandingly gifted young Australian musician, who storms through the piece with blazing confidence and prodigious technique. Soprano Elizabeth Dobbin is another young Australian artist of great promise. Her voice is suitably light and agile… She has a lovely sense of when and how to ornament and differentiates well the French and Italian styles. Le Jardin Secret’s début recording receives top-drawer treatment from CORO, which is exactly what these fine and enterprising artists deserve."
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