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This extensive release gives you a chance to admire some of the most glittering jewels left to us by the Baroque era. It's fifteen individual albums outline an exciting panorama of musical Europe during that period, an inspired heritage performed by the finest soloists and ensembles: Vivaldi's Gloria by Le Concert Spirituel and Herve Niquet and his Four Seasons by Gli Incogniti and Amandine Beyer; Bach's B minor Mass by Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon, the Solo Cello Suites by Bruno Cocset, the Brandenburg Concertos by Cafe Zimmermann and the Goldberg Variations by Celine Frisch; Charpentier's Te Deum by Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre; Purcell's Dido and Aeneas by MusicAeterna and Teodor Currentzis; Rameau harpsichord pieces by Blandine Rannou; Albinoni sonatas by Ensemble 415 and Chiara Banchini; and much else. This is, no doubt, a veritable treasure trove containing the indispensable works of the Baroque by today's leading artists.