Although a nobleman by birth, Benedetto Marcello was also a serious amateur composer who wrote in many of the principal genres of his day. This compilation focuses on the Italian’s 12 concert...więcej »
The music of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was to have a remarkable effect upon the Baroque period, despite his tragically early death at the age of just 26. He was amongst the first composers to cha...więcej »
Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) is often referred to as the inventor of opera. His single-act tragedy L'Euridice was composed to a libretto by Otavio Rinuccini. The story was taken from Ovid's Metamorphose...więcej »