Jean-Baptiste Stuck

Jean-Baptiste Stuck (also known by the single moniker "Baptistin," "Batistin" or "Battistin") (6 May 1680 – 8 December 1755) was an Italian-French composer and cellist of the Baroque era.

He was born at Livorno on the coast of Tuscany, came from a merchant family, and was the son of Giovanni-Giacomo Stuck and Barbera Hellerbeck.

In Paris, he was a member of the Chapelle royale and a cellist in the service of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans.

With D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano; John Ostendorf, bass-baritone; Brewer Ensemble, on original instruments; Rudolph Palmer, conductor.

With Jennifer Smith, soprano; Thierry Félix, baritone; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor.

With Cécile Larroche, soprano; Guillaume Figiel Delpech, counter-tenor; Les Chantres de Saint-Hilaire Sauternes; François-Xavier Lacroux, conductor.

Polydore With Hélène Guilmette, Judith van Wanroij, Tassis Christoyannis, Thomas Dolié, David Witczak, Chloé Briot; Orfeo Orchestra & Purcell Choir; György Vashegyi, conductor.

This facsimile edition is part of a larger multi-volume monument set and contains all four books of Stuck's French and Italian cantatas.

The additional commentary is extensive and contains instrumentation and movement description, librettist, plot synopses and performance history for each of the cantatas.

The final page consists of a reproduction of a long legal paragraph, "Extrait du Privilege Du Roy," which discusses giving sole printing rights to the publisher Christopher Ballard, based on laws signed by Louis XIV.