In it's fascination with Italy, nurtured by all that was best in Florence, Rome and Venice, 17th-century France saw the blossoming of a new national art. Though Lully in his pomp might seem to have subdued the musical world of his time, the ensemble La Palatine has helped us to restore it in a quite different constellation - one that is far more diverse, overflowing with imaginative riches. Album Tracks 1. Lully Ballet de Xerse, LWV 12 Overture 2. Cavalli Xerse, Act I / Scene 10 Aria. Fiamma Che Accesa Fu 3. Lully Ballet de Xerse, LWV 12, Act V / Final Entrance Gigue Pour Bacchus 4. Lully Ballet de Xerse, LWV 12, Act V / Final Entrance Rondeau Pour Les Mesmes 5. Gatti Scylla, Act V / Scene 1 Aria. Où Vais-Je ? Qu'ai-Je Fait ! 6. Gatti Coronis Overture 7. Lorenzani Nicandro E Fileno, Act III / Scene 3 Aria. Lassa Far Che Degg'io 8. Lorenzani Ben Ti Sta Folle Mio Cuore 9. Gatti Coronis, Prologue Air 10. Gatti Scylla, Act IV / Scene 3 Air 11. Gatti Scylla, Act IV / Scene 3 Rigaudons 12. Bembo Produzioni Armoniche Air. Ha ! Que L'absence Est Un Cruel Martyre 13. Campra Le Carnaval de Venise, Act IV / Scene 1 Sinfonia Orfeo Nell'inferi 14. Stuck Méléagre, Act IV / Scene 4 Prélude de Diane 15. Stuck Méléagre, Prologue / Scene 1 Aria. C'est Ici Le Brillant Séjour 16. Stuck Méléagre, Prologue / Scene 2 Aria. Divin Père de L'harmonie 17. Guido S'armi Pure Invitta E Fiera 18. Campra Le Carnaval de Venise, Act II / Scene 3 Canaries 19. Stuck Pur Ti Connobbi (Excerpts) 20. Campra Les Fêtes Vénitiennes, Second Entrance / Scene 7 Marche de la Fortune 21. Campra Les Fêtes Vénitiennes, Third Entrance / Scene 3 Air Des Polichinelles 22. Barre La Vénitienne, Act III / Scene 5 Gigue 23. Campra Les Fêtes Vénitiennes, Third Entrance / Scene 3 Chaconne 24. Stuck Héraclite Et Démocrite Aria. Ple