Credits:

Lars Ulrik Mortensen

Description:

[The Legacy of Key Patrons Who Supported Composers of the Mid- to Late Baroque Period]This program offers an overview of the musical journey of Christina, the former Queen of Sweden and a Roman noblewoman in exile, who is renowned as a patron of Corelli and A. Scarlatti. Concerto Copenhagen, one of Scandinavias leading early music ensembleshighly acclaimed for its performances of 18th-century music from Bach through the Classical period as well as Romantic worksonce again impresses listeners with its mastery of the authentic expressive language of the Baroque through this album. Christina Vasa (16261689), daughter of King Gustavus Adolphus of Swedenwho distinguished himself during the Thirty Years Warinherited the Swedish throne at the age of five following her fathers death and was crowned in 1650; however, disliking her restrictive position, in 1654, she abdicated the throne in favor