Stylus Phantasticus - L'Harmonie des Nations - European music at the Bavarian Court (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:07:58 | 393 Mb
Genre: Classical
Here's a superbly performed collection of little-known Baroque music, all tied together through its connection to a specific place: the court of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, around 1700 (such electors were princes who picked the Holy Roman Emperor). International musical tastes ruled at Maximilian Emanuel's court – indeed, it could hardly be otherwise, since a series of poor military decisions forced the prince to relocate as far away as Brussels. He employed Italians and admired the French court as the pinnacle of pomp and ceremony.