Fêtes à Versailles: A Collection of French Baroque Music

Product Details

• UPC code: 745099240523
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Playing time: 58 minutes
• Label: Erato
• Release date: 1999

Overview

Fêtes à Versailles is a collection of French Baroque music that evokes the grandeur and spectacle of the court of Louis XIV. The album features works by some of the most famous composers of the era, including Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Michel-Richard Delalande, and Jean-Philippe Rameau.

The music on Fêtes à Versailles is both festive and elegant, and it provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of the French aristocracy. The album includes excerpts from operas, ballets, and other courtly entertainments, as well as instrumental pieces that were used for processions, ceremonies, and fireworks displays.

Interesting facts

• The album was recorded at the Palace of Versailles, using period instruments.
• The performers include some of the world's leading Baroque specialists, such as the English Baroque Soloists, the Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, and the Ensemble Instrumental Jean-Claude Malgoire.
• Fêtes à Versailles has been praised by critics for its authenticity, its performances, and its evocation of the atmosphere of the court of Louis XIV.

Track listing

1. Charpentier: Te Deum H. 146 (1)
2. Lully: Les Airs de Trompettes, Timbales et Hautbois (5)
3. Charpentier: Prelude (7)
4. Delalande: 2-6 Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy (2)
5. Philidor: Concert de Trompettes pour les Fêtes sur le Canal de Versailles (22-27)
6. Philidor: La Gavotte des Festins (28)
7. Philidor: Les Echos de Jupiter-Menuet de l'Orangerie (29)
8. Philidor: Gigue des Arts Menuet Royal (30)
9. Rameau: Dardanus (extraits) (3) (31-35)
10. Lully/Mוליère: Les Comédies-Ballets (extraits) (4) (36-40)

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