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War and Peace like Tolstoy never imagined, with battle settings by Kerll and Isaac, music to celebrate the Peace of Westphalia, and more!
- Jacques Arcadelt: Estote fortes in bello. Performed by Josquin Capella. Heinrich Isaac: Alla Bataglia. Performed by Concerto Palatino.
- Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals of Love and War: Gira il nemico, Se vittoria si belle, Armato il cor. Performed by The Consort of Musicke.
- Johann Caspar Kerll: Battaglia. Performed by Armonico Tributo.
- From 'Friedens-Seufftzer und Jubel-Gerschrey', performed by Weser Renaissance Bremen: Nun danket alle Gott, SWV 418 (Schütz), Verleih uns Frieden (Hammerschmidt), Ach Herr, sih doch, wie bang ist mir (anon.), Nun lieben Christen, freuet euch (Kindermann),
- Impetum inimicorum (M. Franck).
- J.S. Bach: Dona nobis pacem from Mass in B minor. Performed by Capella Amsterdam & the Orchestra of the 18th Century, conducted by Frans Brüggen.