Un Concert pour Mazarin

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Un Concert pour Mazarin is the title of a music recording released on compact disc in early 2004 by Virgin Classics. It is a performance of 17th century Italian music determined by the conductor, Jean Tubéry (as cited in the Virgin Classics web page listed in the "References" section), to have been influential in French culture at the time of Cardinal Mazarin, a 17th century chief minister of France. The music is performed by the countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, along with the instrumentalists of Ensemble La Fenice.

[edit] Track listing

The following list shows the tracks of this recording. Composers of each of the pieces, if known, are indicated in parentheses. Composers of the remaining pieces are unknown. The recording is sixty minutes and forty-eight seconds in length.

1. "Acclamate de terra" (Maurizio Cazzatti)
2. "Capriccio" (Girolamo Frescobaldi)
3. "Bienheureuse est une âme"
4. "O quam clemens" (Francesco Foggia)
5. "Madre, non mi far monaca"
6. "Sonata a tre sopra la Monica" (Francesco Turini)
7. "Fugue à quatre parties sur un sujet italien" (François Roberday)
8. "Sancta Maria" (Claudio Monteverdi)
9. "Canzon per cornetto e violino in risposta" (Lodovico Viadana)
10. "Surge, propera, amica mea" (Giovanni Paolo Cima)
11. "Laudate pueri" (Nicolo Fontei)
12. "Capriccio e ciaccona" (Maurizio Cazzatti)
13. "Passacaille pour le clavecin" (Luigi Rossi)
14. "In caligine umbrosa" (Giovanni Battista Bassani)

The Virgin Classics catalog number for "Un Concert pour Mazarin" is 5456562. It is available to the public from European retailers. It is unknown whether it is available elsewhere (although it is possible to import it directly to one's own country).

[edit] External links

• Information on "Un Concert pour Mazarin" on the web site of Virgin Classics