I'm a big fan of French baroque, especially of Rameau, and I am in need of new musical content for my ears. I've already listened to nearly all his operas and pièces de clavecins. I also quite enjoy Lully, Destouches, Mondonville, Rebel, Campra, etc. ,and outside of French baroque, I quite enjoy the obvious like Purcell, Handel, Bach, etc.
So is there any good french baroque music I should listen to, and, if not, any just general baroque music? I'd prefer more ''obscure'' suggestions and not just the likes of Mozart.
How familiar are you with Corelli and Vivaldi? I know they are not really obscure but I feel that some of their works are better remembered than others.
Corelli's early work was a little too plain for my taste. But when the violin sonatas Op. 5 came out in 1700, I think he really came into his own, commercially and artistically. The whole opus has a virtuosic, playful sound, and a new sheen of masterful control of the fiddle that really gives the sonatas a big boost. He has been compared to Biber, but I think Corelli has a far more lighthearted, delicate sense of harmony.
