MONTECLAIR

La mort de Didon; Il dispetto in amore; Le triomphe de l’amour; Morte di Lucretia; Pyrame et Thisbe

Soloists; Les Arts Florissants/christie

Harmonia Mundi HAF 8901280 (1988) 75:36 mins

Though the instrumental playing here lacks the pliancy and freedom of Christie’s later recordings, this features a dreamteam of soloists (including Agnes Mellon, Gérard Lesne, Jean-paul Fouchécourt) and some ravishing and varied music.