Track Listing

1. Suite No. 1 for Orchestra: 1: Balleto detto
2. Suite No. 1 for Orchestra: Suite No. 1: 2: Gagliarda
3. Suite No. 1 for Orchestra: 3: Villanella
4. Suite No. 1 for Orchestra: 4: Passo mezzo e Mascherada
5. Suite No. 2 for Orchestra: 1: Laura soave: balletto con gagliarda, saltarello e canario
6. Suite No. 2 for Orchestra: 2: Danza rustica
7. Suite No. 2 for Orchestra: 3: Campanae parisienses: Aria
8. Suite No. 2 for Orchestra: 4: Bergamasca
9. Suite No. 3 for Strings: Suite No. 3: 1: Italiana
10. Suite No. 3 for Strings: 2a: Arie di corte: Andante cantabile
11. Suite No. 3 for Strings: 2b: Arie di corte: Allegretto
12. 2c: Arie di corte: Vivace
13. Suite No. 3 for Strings: 2d: Arie di corte: Lento con grande espressione
14. Suite No. 3 for Strings: 2e: Arie di corte: Allegro vivace
15. Suite No. 3 for Strings: 2f: Arie di corte: Vivacissimo
16. Suite No. 3 for Strings: 2g: Arie di corte: Andante cantabile
17. Suite No. 3 for Strings: 3: Siciliana
18. Suite No. 3 for Strings: 4: Passacaglia

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4046 in Music
• Released on: 1992-06-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

From Amazon.com
If you're ever looking for really nice, pre-recorded wedding music, then you should try this record. The very first couple of minutes of the first track make perfect processional music in an average-sized church. The piece is appealingly arranged for chamber orchestra from Renaissance lute music, and it appears to swell in volume like an approaching parade. The result has just the right combination of joy and solemnity. Anyway, this first recording of the complete suites of dances is still by and large the best. It was another triumph for Dorati and his enterprising colleagues at Mercury Living Presence. Even if you don't have a wedding to go to, it's worth hearing. --David Hurwitz