Versailles – 200 Years of Music (20 CD box set, APE)

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Number of Discs: 20 CD box set
Format: APE (image+cue)
Label: Naxos
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01. Les Salons Precieux du Premier Baroque
02. Musiques de Cour au Temps de Louis XIII
03. Lully, Createur de l’Opera Francais
04. Lully et ses Successeurs a l’Academie Royal de Musique
05. Concerts et Symphonies Pour le Roi
06. Le Triomphe de la Piete Baroque
07. La Chapelle Royale au Temps de Louis XIV
08. Messe et Motets Pour les Paroisses
09. Rameau a l’Academie Royal de Musique
10. Divertissement Pour le Bien-Aime
11. Divertissement Pour le Theatre des Petits – Appartements
12. Au Concert Spirituel
13. La Chapelle Royale au Temps de Louis XV
14. La Renaissance de l’Orchestre Francais
15. Les Italiens a la Cour de France
16. L’Opera Francais aux Portes du Romantisme
17. L’Essor de la Symphonie Francaise
18. Les Premieres Heures du Pianoforte
19. Les Salons de Versailles au Temps des Lumieres
20. Les Nouveaux Accents de la foi au Temps de Louis XVI

1. Air qui produit tant de choses si belles by Antoine Boësset
Performer: Monique Zanetti (Soprano), Claire Antonini (Lute)
Period: Baroque
Written: France

2. Ne délibérons plus by Antoine Boësset
Performer: Monique Zanetti (Soprano), Claire Antonini (Lute)
Period: Baroque
Written: France

3. Jamais n’auray-je le pouvoir by Antoine Boësset
Performer: Monique Zanetti (Soprano), Claire Antonini (Lute)
Period: Baroque
Written: France

4. Ballet du Dauphin: Excerpt(s) by Robert Ballard
Performer: Claire Antonini (Lute)
Period: Renaissance

5. Plaignez la rigueur de mon sort by Antoine Boësset
Performer: Monique Zanetti (Soprano), Claire Antonini (Lute)
Period: Baroque
Written: France

6. Suis-je pas misérable? by Antoine Boësset
Performer: Monique Zanetti (Soprano), Claire Antonini (Lute)
Period: Baroque
Written: France

7. Entrée by Robert Ballard
Performer: Claire Antonini (Lute)

8. Ennuis, désespoirs et douleurs by Antoine Boësset
Performer: Monique Zanetti (Soprano), Claire Antonini (Lute)
Period: Baroque
Written: France

9. Du plus doux de ses traits by Antoine Boësset
Performer: Monique Zanetti (Soprano), Claire Antonini (Lute)
Period: Baroque
Written: France

10. Courante for Lute by Anonymous
Performer: Claire Antonini (Lute)
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1623; Bohemia

11. Volte by Anonymous
Performer: Claire Antonini (Lute)
Period: Renaissance

12. Me veux-tu voir mourir by Antoine Boësset
Performer: Monique Zanetti (Soprano), Claire Antonini (Lute)
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; France

13. Alors que d’un discours hardy by Antoine Boësset
Performer: Monique Zanetti (Soprano), Claire Antonini (Lute)
Period: Baroque
Written: France

14. Heureux séjour de Partenisse by Antoine Boësset
Performer: Monique Zanetti (Soprano), Claire Antonini (Lute)
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1623; France

15. Pavane by Jacques Chambonnieres
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: France

16. Beauté dont les rigueurs by Antoine Boësset
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: France

17. L’Affligée by Jacques Chambonnieres
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: France

18. Me veux-tu voir mourir by Antoine Boësset
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; France

19. Hélas que je souffre de mal by François Richard
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: France

20. Prélude et Sarabande grave by Jean Lacquemant
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: France

21. Les larmes de Boisset by Ennemond Gaultier
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque

22. Je meurs je languis by Antoine Boësset
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: France

23. Cher ami tes amoureux discours by François De Chancy
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: France

24. Je goûte en liberté by François De Chancy
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: France

25. Gigue by Jacques Chambonnieres
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: France

26. L’Entretien des dieux by Jacques Chambonnieres
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: France

27. Respects qui me donnez la loi by Etienne Moulinie
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: France

28. Philis j’arrête enfin mon humeur vagabonde by Michel Lambert
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: France

29. Amour je te suis obligé by Etienne Moulinie
Conductor: Gérard Lesne
Orchestra/Ensemble: Seminario Musicale
Period: Baroque
Written: France

30. Isis, LWV 54: Excerpt(s) by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Performer: Barbara Kusa (Soprano), Marc Mauillon (Tenor), Jean-François Lombard (Countertenor),
Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Bass)
Conductor: Olivier Schneebeli
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Florea, Les Pages et Les Chantres de Versailles
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1677; France

31. Amadis, LWV 63: Excerpt(s) by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano), Benoît Porcherot (Countertenor), David Witczak (Baritone)
Conductor: Olivier Schneebeli
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Florea, Les Pages et Les Chantres de Versailles
Period: Baroque
Written: 1683-1684; France

32. Callirhoé: Excerpt(s) by Andre Destouches
Performer: Stéphanie D’Oustrac (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Alice Piérot
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel
Period: Baroque
Written: 1712; France

33. Achille et Polyxène: Overture by Pascal Colasse
Conductor: Alice Piérot
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1687; France

34. Achille et Polyxène: Gavotte by Pascal Colasse
Conductor: Alice Piérot
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1687; France

35. Persée, LWV 60: Excerpt(s) by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Performer: Stéphanie D’Oustrac (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Alice Piérot
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel
Period: Baroque
Written: France

36. Sémélé: Chaconne by Marin Marais
Conductor: Alice Piérot
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel
Period: Baroque
Written: France

37. Médée, H 491: Excerpt(s) by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Performer: Stéphanie D’Oustrac (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Alice Piérot
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel
Period: Baroque
Written: 1693; France

38. Concerts royaux: Concert no 1 in G major by François Couperin
Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Folies Françoises
Period: Baroque
Written: 1722; Paris, France

39. Concerts royaux: Concert no 2 in D major by François Couperin
Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Folies Françoises
Period: Baroque
Written: 1722; Paris, France

40. Sinfonies pour les soupers du roi by Michel Richard Delalande
Conductor: Marek Stryncl
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Florea
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1690-1700; France

41. Concert donné au soupir du Roy by Jean-Baptiste Lully II
Conductor: Marek Stryncl
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Florea
Period: Baroque
Written: France

42. Leçons de ténèbres (3): no 1, 3ème leçon du mercredi, H 141 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Performer: Patricia Petitbon (Soprano), Sophie Daneman (Soprano)
Conductor: William Christie
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1689; France

43. Litanies de la vierge, H 83 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Performer: Sabine Garrone (Mezzo Soprano), Edwige Parat (Soprano), Anne Magouët (Soprano),
François-Nicolas Geslot (Countertenor), Hervé Lamy (Tenor), Jean-Claude Sarragosse (Bass)
Conductor: Joel Suhubiette
Orchestra/Ensemble: Jacques Moderne Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 1683-1685

44. Miserere des Jésuits, H 193 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Performer: Sabine Garrone (Mezzo Soprano), Edwige Parat (Soprano), Anne Magouët (Soprano),
François-Nicolas Geslot (Countertenor), Hervé Lamy (Tenor), Jean-Claude Sarragosse (Bass)
Conductor: Joel Suhubiette
Orchestra/Ensemble: Jacques Moderne Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 1683-1685; France

45. Exultat animus by Henry Dumont
Performer: Céline Scheen (Soprano), Mathias Vidal (Countertenor), Hanna Bayodi (Soprano),
Lluis Vilamajó (Tenor), Stephan Macleod (Bass)
Conductor: Philippe Pierlot
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ricercar Consort, Collegium Vocale Gent
Period: Baroque
Written: France

46. Magnificat by Henry Dumont
Performer: Stephan Macleod (Bass), Lluis Vilamajó (Tenor), Hanna Bayodi (Soprano),
Mathias Vidal (Countertenor), Céline Scheen (Soprano)
Conductor: Philippe Pierlot
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ricercar Consort, Collegium Vocale Gent
Period: Baroque
Written: France

47. Miserere, LWV 25 by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Performer: Hervé Lamy (Tenor), Amel Brahim-Djelloul (Soprano), Damien Guillon (Baritone),
Howard Crook (Countertenor), Arnaud Marzoratti (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: Olivier Schneebeli
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Florea, Les Pages et Les Chantres de Versailles
Period: Baroque
Written: 1663; France

48. De profundis by Henry Desmarets
Performer: Sébastien Droy (Tenor), Stéphanie Révidat (Soprano), Hanna Bayodi (Soprano),
François-Nicolas Geslot (Countertenor)
Conductor: Hervé Niquet
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1704; Lorraine, France

49. Messe des morts, H 10 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Performer: Stephan Macleod (Bass), Lluis Vilamajó (Tenor), Hanna Bayodi (Soprano),
Mathias Vidal (Countertenor), Céline Scheen (Soprano)
Conductor: Philippe Pierlot
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ricercar Consort, Collegium Vocale Gent
Period: Baroque
Written: France

50. In Convertendo Dominus by Sébastien de Brossard
Performer: Olivier Lallouette (Bass), Jean-Paul Fauchécourt (Countertenor), Delphine Collot (Soprano),
Catherine Padaut (Soprano), Gilles Ragon (Tenor), Jérôme Corréas (Bass)
Conductor: Christophe Coin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Limoges Baroque Ensemble, Accentus Chamber Choir
Written: c1710

51. Usquequo Domine by Henry Desmarets
Performer: Arnaud Marzoratti (Bass Baritone), Paul Agnew (Tenor), Sophie Daneman (Soprano),
Rebecca Ockenden (Soprano), Laurent Slaars (Baritone)
Conductor: William Christie
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
Period: Baroque
Written: 1708; Lorraine, France

52. Hippolyte et Aricie: Act 2 by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Jean-Louis Meunier (Tenor), Luc Coadou (Bass), Russel Smythe (Baritone),
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Tenor), Véronique Gens (Soprano), Bernarda Fink (Mezzo Soprano),
Laurent Naouri (Baritone), Jean-Louis Georgel (Baritone), Jacques Des Longchamps (Countertenor)
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre
Period: Baroque
Written: 1733; Paris, France

53. Hippolyte et Aricie: Act 4 – Excerpt(s) by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Jacques Des Longchamps (Countertenor), Jean-Louis Georgel (Baritone), Laurent Naouri (Baritone),
Bernarda Fink (Mezzo Soprano), Véronique Gens (Soprano), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Tenor),
Russel Smythe (Baritone), Luc Coadou (Bass), Jean-Louis Meunier (Tenor)
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre
Period: Baroque
Written: 1733; Paris, France

54. Les fêtes d’Hébé: Overture by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques
Period: Baroque
Written: 1739; Paris, France

55. Les fêtes d’Hébé: Pour rendre à mon Hymen tour l’Olympe propice by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques
Period: Baroque
Written: France

56. Les fêtes d’Hébé: Musette en Rondeau by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques
Period: Baroque
Written: 1739; Paris, France

57. Les fêtes d’Hébé: Tambourin en Rondeau by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques
Period: Baroque
Written: 1739; Paris, France

58. Hippolyte et Aricie: Overture by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques
Period: Baroque
Written: 1733; Paris, France

59. Hippolyte et Aricie: Temple sacré by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques
Period: Baroque
Written: 1733; Paris, France

60. Hippolyte et Aricie: Quels doux concerts by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques
Period: Baroque
Written: 1733; Paris, France

61. Zoroastre: Reviens c’est l’amour qui t’appelle by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques
Period: Baroque
Written: France

62. Zoroastre: Première entrée de peuples différents by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques
Period: Baroque
Written: France

63. Zélindor, roi des Sylphes by François Francoeur
Performer: Arnaud Richard (Voice), Bénédicte Tauran (Soprano), Aurore Bucher (Soprano),
Mathias Vidal (Tenor)
Conductor: Frederick Haas, Mira Glodeanu
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ausonia
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1745; France

Notes: This work was composed in collaboration with François Rebel.
64. Egine by Franç. Collin de Blamont
Performer: Arnaud Marzoratti (Bass Baritone), Caroline Mutel (Soprano), Virginie Pochon (Soprano),
Jean-Sébastien Bou (Baritone)
Conductor: Sébastien D’Hérin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Nouveaux Caractères
Period: Baroque
Written: France

65. Dominus regnavit by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville
Performer: Maarten Koningsberger (Baritone), François Piolino (Tenor), Sophie Daneman (Soprano),
Paul Agnew (Countertenor), Maryseult Wieczorek (Mezzo Soprano), François Bazola (Bass)
Conductor: William Christie
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
Period: Baroque
Written: 1734; France

66. In convertendo by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Sophie Daneman (Soprano), Paul Agnew (Countertenor), Nicolas Rivenq (Baritone)
Conductor: William Christie
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1718; France

67. Confitebor tibi domine by André Campra
Performer: Isabelle Poulenard (Soprano), Romain Champion (Tenor), Robert Getchell (Countertenor),
Marc Mauillon (Baritone)
Conductor: Louis Castelain
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Parnasse Français
Period: Baroque
Written: France

68. Nisi Dominus by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville
Performer: Marc Mauillon (Baritone), Robert Getchell (Countertenor), Romain Champion (Tenor),
Isabelle Poulenard (Soprano), Christophe Grapperon (Baritone)
Conductor: Louis Castelain
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Parnasse Français
Period: Baroque
Written: France

69. Livre d’orgue de Dijon: Air by Claude-Béninge Balbastre
Performer: Olivier Latry (Organ)
Period: Classical
Written: France

70. Livre d’orgue de Dijon: Duo by Claude-Béninge Balbastre
Performer: Olivier Latry (Organ)
Period: Classical
Written: France

71. Nouveau livre de noëls: Vous qui désirez sans fin by Michel Corrette
Performer: Olivier Latry (Organ)
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1753; France

72. Nouveau livre de noëls (12), Op. 2: no 1, Noël sur les jeux d’anches by Louis-Claude Daquin
Performer: Olivier Latry (Organ)
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1740; France

73. Les folies de Cardénio: Excerpt(s) by Michel Richard Delalande
Conductor: Christophe Coin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Limoges Baroque Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: France

74. Pieces de clavecin en sonates, Op. 3: no 4 in C major by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1734; France

75. Pieces de clavecin en sonates, Op. 3: no 6 by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1734; France

76. Oedipe a Colone: Excerpt(s) by Antonio Sacchini
Performer: Roberta Invernizzi (Soprano)
Conductor: Antonio Florio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cappella della Pietà de’ Turchini
Period: Classical

77. Didon: Excerpt(s) by Niccolò Piccinni
Performer: Roberta Invernizzi (Soprano)
Conductor: Antonio Florio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cappella della Pietà de’ Turchini
Period: Classical

78. Didone abbandonata: Son regina e son amante by Niccolò Piccinni
Performer: Roberta Invernizzi (Soprano)
Conductor: Antonio Florio
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cappella della Pietà de’ Turchini
Period: Classical
Written: by 1770

79. Dardanus: Overture by Antonio Sacchini
Conductor: Guy Van Waas
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Agrémens
Period: Classical

80. La mort d’Abel: L’aurore a dissipé les ombres by Rodolphe Kreutzer
Performer: Pierre-Yves Pruvot (Baritone)
Conductor: Guy Van Waas
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Agrémens
Period: Classical

81. Le Déserteur: Il m’eut été si doux de t’embrasser by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny
Performer: Pierre-Yves Pruvot (Baritone)
Conductor: Guy Van Waas
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Agrémens
Period: Classical

82. La caverne: Dans ce péril certain by Jean-François Lesueur
Performer: Pierre-Yves Pruvot (Baritone)
Conductor: Guy Van Waas
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Agrémens
Period: Classical
Written: by 1793; France

83. Sabinus: Ballet Suite by François Joseph Gossec
Conductor: Guy Van Waas
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Agrémens
Period: Classical
Written: by 1773; France

84. Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège: Transports, tourments jaloux by François-André Danican Philidor
Performer: Pierre-Yves Pruvot (Baritone)
Conductor: Guy Van Waas
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Agrémens
Period: Classical
Written: by 1767

85. Le huron: Overture by André Modeste Grétry
Conductor: Jérôme Corréas
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Paladins
Period: Classical
Written: by 1768; France

86. La fausse magie: Comme un éclair by André Modeste Grétry
Performer: Isabelle Poulenard (Soprano)
Conductor: Jérôme Corréas
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Paladins
Period: Classical
Written: France

87. L’amant jaloux: O douce nuit, sous ton ombre paisible by André Modeste Grétry
Performer: Isabelle Poulenard (Soprano)
Conductor: Jérôme Corréas
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Paladins
Period: Classical
Written: France

88. Symphonie concertante du ballet de Mirza: Allegro by François Joseph Gossec
Conductor: Jérémie Rhorer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Cercle de l’Harmonie
Period: Classical
Written: by 1784; France

89. Symphony in E flat major by Simon Leduc
Conductor: Jérémie Rhorer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Cercle de l’Harmonie
Period: Classical
Written: France

90. Symphonies (6), Op. 21: no 2 in D minor by Henri-Joseph Rigel
Conductor: Jérémie Rhorer
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Cercle de l’Harmonie
Period: Classical
Written: by 1786; France

91. Prelude in C major by Claude-Béninge Balbastre
Performer: Andreas Staier (Fortepiano)
Period: Classical
Written: France

92. Sonata for Piano no 8 in A minor, K 310 (300d) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Andreas Staier (Fortepiano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1778; Paris, France

93. Sonata for Piano, Op. 5 no 2 by Hyacinthe Jadin
Performer: Andreas Staier (Fortepiano)
Period: Classical
Written: by 1804; France

94. Variations (9) for Piano in C major on “Lison dormait”, K 264 (315d) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Andreas Staier (Fortepiano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1778; Paris, France

95. Quartets (6) for Flute and Strings, Op. 66: no 1 in A major by François Devienne
Performer: Atsushi Sakai (Cello), Karine Crocquenoy (Violin), Julien Chauvin (Violin),
Cécile Brossard (Viola), Alexis Kossenko (Flute)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambini Quartet
Period: Classical
Written: France

96. Quartets (6) for Strings, Op. 5: no 3 in F minor by Pierre Vachon
Performer: Cécile Brossard (Viola), Julien Chauvin (Violin), Karine Crocquenoy (Violin),
Atsushi Sakai (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambini Quartet
Period: Classical
Written: France

97. Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 18 no 2 by Giuseppe Maria Cambini
Performer: Cécile Brossard (Viola), Julien Chauvin (Violin), Karine Crocquenoy (Violin),
Atsushi Sakai (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambini Quartet
Period: Classical

98. Quintet for Flute and Strings in B flat major, Op. 21 no 6/G 424 by Luigi Boccherini
Performer: Atsushi Sakai (Cello), Karine Crocquenoy (Violin), Julien Chauvin (Violin),
Cécile Brossard (Viola), Alexis Kossenko (Flute)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambini Quartet
Period: Classical
Written: by 1775

99. Terribilis est by François Joseph Gossec
Performer: Alain Buet (Bass), Cyril Auvity (Countertenor), James Oxley (Tenor),
Kareen Durand (Soprano)
Conductor: Jean-Claude Malgoire
Orchestra/Ensemble: Namur Chamber Choir, Les Agrémens
Period: Classical
Written: France

100. Benedic anima mea by François Giroust
Performer: Alain Buet (Bass), Cyril Auvity (Countertenor), James Oxley (Tenor),
Kareen Durand (Soprano)
Conductor: Jean-Claude Malgoire
Orchestra/Ensemble: Namur Chamber Choir, Les Agrémens
Period: Classical
Written: France

101. La sortie d’Egypte by Henri-Joseph Rigel
Performer: Philippe Do (Countertenor), Isabelle Poulenard (Soprano), Alain Buet (Bass)
Conductor: Olivier Schneebeli
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Folies Françoises, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
Period: Classical
Written: 1774; France

102. Noël suisse by Nicolas Séjean
Performer: Olivier Latry (Organ)
Period: Classical
Written: France

103. Morceau pour les flûtes by Guillaume Lasceux
Performer: Olivier Latry (Organ)
Period: Classical
Written: France

104. Marche des Marseillois et l’air Ça-Ira by Claude-Béninge Balbastre
Performer: Olivier Latry (Organ)
Period: Classical
Written: France

Sublime collection of Royal French Music

This is wonderful introduction to, and Grand Tour of, William Christie and other masters of interpretation, recorded at Versailles. Some have taken issue with reverberation in the concert halls, which no doubt were not designed with modern recording acoustics in mind, but to my ears this is no big deal. If applause bothers you, then steer away, but this is a highly civilized audience. No throwing beer bottles at the soprano. At Amazon retail you’re getting an astonishingly fine selection of music from the truly Good Old Days of French music for about $4.50/disc, spanning the courts of Louis XIII and XIV, XV, XVI, all those guys. Some of this is very plain, just voice and lute, but OMG, what voice and what lute. Everything here is heavenly, and the quality of conducting and performance is hardly to be surpassed. I just bought a fine FM tuner from the mid-1970s, and what I mostly hear people complain about is the compromised quality of the signal, which is a problem. But the real problem is that FM classical radio never includes this stuff. There’s often challenging music, but it’s more modern, as if somehow introducing audiences to that is ethically required. But when you’re not hearing Vivaldi (a genius, note), or Britten (same) you’re right back to Fidelio. The byways of the Baroque and other time zones of music go unheard. Feast upon a fabulous banquet of that here.