Clerics
With Richard Baker. Cardinal
Richelieu wielded immense power in 17th-century France as chief minister to Louis XIII. He managed to survive in turbulent times, when France was riven by religious and civil wars - and when many people conspired against him. Music includes:
Meyerbeer Les Huguenots Ambrosian Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia, conductor Richard Bonynge Bouzignac Te Deum Les Arts Florissants, conductor William Christie
Tltelouze Magnificat Joseph Payne (organ) Peri Aria di Dafne
Jill Feldman
(soprano), Nigel North (lute)