Listening Guide: Essential Baroque and Classical Works

Baroque Masterpieces: - Lully: "Armide" (complete opera) - Couperin: Selected harpsichord ordres - Rameau: "Les Indes galantes" (highlights) - Marais: Pièces de viole, Book II - Lalande: "De Profundis"

Classical Innovations: - Gluck: "Iphigénie en Tauride" (complete) - Gossec: Symphony in D major, Op. 5, No. 2 - Méhul: "Symphonie No. 1" - Revolutionary songs and hymns

Recommended Recordings: - Les Arts Florissants (William Christie): French Baroque operas - Skip Sempé: Couperin and Rameau harpsichord works - Jordi Savall: Marais and Forqueray viol music - Les Talens Lyriques (Christophe Rousset): Rameau operas