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Simphonies des Noels - A Treasury of Baroque Christmas Concerti
(DOR-90180)
In the Baroque, the arousal of the affections - the discrete states of emotions such as fear, love, hate, anger and joy - was considered the principal objective of poetry and music. *(click image for more info)
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J.S. Bach - Secular Cantatas, Vol. 1
(DOR-90199)
Music history has not always been kind to Bach's secular cantatas, and only in recent decades, with some major revisions to conventional views of Bach's style....*(click image for more info)
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J.S. Bach - Secular Cantatas, Vol. 2
(DOR-90207)
Bach wrote cantatas for many secular occasions, including civic ceremonies, official celebrations of the Thomasschule and the University of Leipzig, the birthdays, namedays, family festivals, and funerals...*(click image for more info)
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A Trip to Killburn
(DOR-90238)
Lively 17th-century dances from Playford's English Dancing Master, some with folk ballad settings. These are the tunes that set a-tapping the toes of King Charles II and Samuel Pepys!
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The Scotch Humour
(DOR-90256)
**-**Nicola Matteis was a virtuoso violinist, composer of considerable skill and charm, guitarist, and author of an important treatise on continuo playing on the guitar. *(click image for more info)
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