Jupiter Ensemble with Lea Desandre

Amazone. Lutenist Thomas Dunford leads Jupiter Ensemble (France) with soprano Lea Desandre — "one of today's most exciting voices in early-music performance" (New York Times) — in a program on the theme of the Amazons exploring a sentimental and emotional journey through Baroque music.

Francesco Provenzale – Non posso far (from Lo schiavo di sua moglie) Francesco Cavalli – Sinfonia to Act 1 from Ercole amante Francesco Provenzale – Lasciatemi morir, stelle crudeli (from Lo schiavo di sua moglie) Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani – Muove il pie fuorie d'averno (from Mitilene, regina delle Amazoni) Georg Caspar Schürmann – Sinfonia pour la tempête from Die getreue Alceste Carlo Pallavicino – Vieni, corri from L'Antiope Carlo Pallavicino – Sdegni furori barbari from L'Antiope Anne Danican Philidor – Marche – Thalestris – Marche from Les Amazones Marin Marais – L'Ameriquaine André Cardinal Destouches – Ô mort! Ô triste mort from Marthésie, première reine des amazons Antonio Vivaldi – Sinfonia: I. Allegro from Ercole su'l Termodonte, RV 710 Georg Caspar Schürmann – Non ha fortuna il pianto mio from Die getreue Alceste Antonio Vivaldi – Sinfonia: II. Andante from Ercole su'l Termodonte, RV 710 Giuseppe de Bottis – Lieti fiori from Mitilene Regina delle Amazzoni Antonio Vivaldi – Sinfonia: III. Allegro from Ercole su'l Termodonte, RV 710 Antonio Vivaldi – Onde chiare che susurrate from Ercole su'l Termodonte, RV 710 Antonio Vivaldi – Armatae face from Juditha triumphans, RV 644