MUSIC OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
The Unprecedented Expansion of Music in the Age of Enlightenment
The 18th century is probably the most extraordinary period of transformation Europe has known since antiquity. Political upheavals kept pace with the innumerable inventions and discoveries of the age;
every sector of the arts and of intellectual and material life was turned upside down. Between the end of the reign of Louis XIV and the revolution of 1789, music in its turn underwent a radical mutation that
struck at the very heart of a well-established musical language. In this domain too, we are all children of the Age of Enlightenment: our conception of music and the way we ‘consume’ it still follows in many
respects the agenda set by the 18th century. And it is not entirely by chance that harmonia mundi has chosen to offer you in 2011 a survey of this musical revolution which, without claiming to be exhaustive,
will enable you to grasp the principal outlines of musical creation between the twilight of the Baroque and the dawn of Romanticism.
COMPLETE & UNCUT 3 operas:
Le Nozze di Figaro MOZART / René Jacobs
Orfeo ed Euridice GLUCK / René Jacobs
Castor & Pollux RAMEAU / William Christie
and 1 oratorio:
Solomon HANDEL / Daniel Reuss
30 CDs to discover the music of the 18th Century!
French harpsichord music
The Twilight of the Baroque Oratorio
The History of the Concerto
From Sinfonia to Symphony
Opera : tragédie lyrique, Gluck’s Reform & the Mozartian Opera
‘A Tre’: From the trio sonata to the Piano trio
The Classical Sonata
The birth of the String quartet…
Harmonia Mundi 30cds HMX2908601-30
The great luxury of a box set is that you can dive in and become totally lost. At this price you'd be crazy not to. The contents is excellent - a huge selection of material all to the usual high standards of this label. A highly readable booklet is also included.
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