The book-format special edition includes the CD accompanied by a distinguished booklet, offering historical and biographical insights authored by artistic director Maren Ries.

1 CD | 74:00 min | All texts in German

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On the CD

Luigi Rossi
Passacaille
Lamento della Regina di Svezia
[Extract]

Vincenzo Albrici
Sinfonia à 2 Violini e Basso

Giovanni Pietro Del Buono
Sonata VII Stravagante sull’Ave Maris Stella

Pierre Verdier
Lamento

Pietro Antonio Cesti
Sinfonia und Prolog zu L’Argia [Extract]

Carlo Ambrogio Lonati
Sonata für Violine und Basso continuo

Bernardo Pasquini
Passagagli per Petronilla

Alessandro Stradella
Sinfonia a Violino, Violoncello e Basso
Prolog zu Francesco Cavallis Oper Scipione Affricano [Extract]

Arcangelo Corelli
Sonata a tre, doi Violini e Violone o Arcileuto, col Basso per l’Organo, Op. I, Nr. 11 [Extract]

Eyewitness reports & correspondence from Christina von Schweden, Karl Alexander Mannerscheid, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Rene Descartes, Isaac Vossius, Johann Arckenholtz

Participating musicians

Alexandra Lowygina Narrator

Carly Power Soprano
Carine Tinney Soprano
Stefan Sbonnik Tenor

Maren Ries Baroque violin
Nazar Kozhukhar Baroque violin
Anne von Hoff Baroque viola
Ariane Spiegel Baroque violoncello
Lino Mendoza Baroque double bass
Andreas Nachtsheim Theorbo, Arciliuto, Baroque guitar
Hannelore Devaere Baroque harp
Stanislav Gres Harpsichord, Organ
Ilya Kulikov Organ