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The Fountains of Versailles 2007 | Glossa GCD921613

The Fountains of Versailles 2007

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Label: Glossa

Cat No: GCD921613

Barcode: 8424562216136

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 8th August 2007

Contents

Works

Charpentier
Marches (excerpts)

Charpentier
Te Deum (excerpts)

Desmarest
De Profundis (excerpts)

Destouches
Callirhoe (excerpts)

Boismortier
Sonate a Quatre (excerpts)

Boismortier
Daphnis et Chloe (excerpts)

Lully
Proserpine (excerpts)

Handel
Water Music Suite I (excerpts)

Artists

Le Concert Spirituel

Conductor

Herve Niquet

Works

Charpentier
Marches (excerpts)

Charpentier
Te Deum (excerpts)

Desmarest
De Profundis (excerpts)

Destouches
Callirhoe (excerpts)

Boismortier
Sonate a Quatre (excerpts)

Boismortier
Daphnis et Chloe (excerpts)

Lully
Proserpine (excerpts)

Handel
Water Music Suite I (excerpts)

Artists

Le Concert Spirituel

Conductor

Herve Niquet

About

This music serves as the soundtrack to the Les Grandes Eaux spectacle which takes place in the parks at Versailles from April to September. Over the past twenty years concerts have been given to the accompaniment of the numerous, and spectacular, fountains in full 'flow'.
 
For 2007, celebrating the ensemble's 20th anniversary, Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel were asked to present a musical spectacle to capture the grandeur of the age. Their selection, produced by Glossa, embraces composers such as Charpentier, Desmarest, Boismortier and also that dominating figure of Jean-Baptiste Lully (with previously unheard extracts from Lully's tragédie en musique Proserpine).
 
Accompanying the recording there is a fascinating article about the theatre, dance and music-making that used to take place under the patronage of the French kings and their court during the reign of Louis XIII and his successors. Nor has the visual exuberance of the times been ignored in the sumptuous packaging, which includes historical pictures of the fountains.
 
All tracks were recorded between 2000 and 2006.

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