Discovering the Baroque

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Florestan

Vivaldi's sacred music, of which Gloria is only the uppermost part of the iceberg's tip, is his best kept secret. Not until Haydn, Mozart and Giovanni Simone Mayr would the world hear again such joyous, uplifting, life-affirming music being sang in church.

There are two complete sets:



You can't go wrong with any of them.

"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham