Venezia: a sampler

Various composers, various performers
HMI 987076

For those who don't quite understand why such an obsession with the music of Venice (and for those who do), you might like to test this very enjoyable sampler album (out of print as far as I can tell).

Instrumental and vocal music, sacred and profane, from the likes of Gabrieli, Merulo, Monteverdi, Kapsberger, Cavalli, Marini, Rosenmüller, Galuppi, Vivaldi, Tartini, Bonporti, Caldara, Scarlatti, Uccellini, Porpora and Händel (all of whom somehow had a Venice connection), performed by the likes of O'Dette, Manze, Dieltiens, Verbruggen, Banchini, Christensen, Nasilio, JW Jansen, Kiehr, Scholl, Genaux, Fink, Schaffer, McGegan, Aymes, Jacobs and Junghänel.

The pictures are nice, too.