Baroque gold - 100 great tracks

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After the success of Opera Gold, Decca presents Baroque Gold, the 100 most beautiful pages of baroque music, enhanced by the greatest performers of the repertoire. Here are 100 of the most loved pieces from essential masterpieces, including Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Handel's Messiah, Pachelbel's Canon, J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, Tartini's Sonata "The Devil's Trill," Rameau's Overture to Les Indes Galantes, and Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. The box set offers a complete panorama of the main Italian baroque composers (Scarlatti, Pergolesi, Vivaldi...), French (Lully, Marais, Rameau...), English (Blow, Purcell...) and German (J.S. Bach, Handel...). A fascinating journey into the baroque era led by repertoire specialists such as Emma Kirkby, Ottavio Dantone, Christophe Rousset, Christopher Hogwood, and John Eliot Gardiner, as well as stars of the lyrical art like Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming, and Andreas Scholl.