2/5. Donald Macleod recounts how the influence of fashionable Italian opera gave way to a uniquely French musical style underthe guiding hand of Jean-Baptiste Lully. Pinel Sarabande in C
Jane Chapman (harpsichord)
Luigi Rossi Lasciate Avemo , 0 Pene, e Me Seguite (Orfeo) Ellen Hargis (soprano),
The King's Noyse, director David Douglass Lully Ballet de Xerxes Aradia Baroque Ensemble, director Kevin Mallon
Charpentier Sola Vivebat in Antris Magdalena Lugens Judith Nelson (soprano), Concerto Vocale, director Rene Jacobs (countertenor) Lully Alceste , Act 5 (excerpts) Soloists,
Sagittarius, La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight