Composer: Henry Purcell, Guillaume-Nicolas Nivers, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Nicolas Lebègue
Performer: Contance Taillard
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles
Catalogue: CVS056
Release: 2022
Size: 1.5 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Purcell: The Fairy Queen
01. Entry Dance
02. Dance For The Followers Of The Night
03. Purcell: Ground
Nivers: Suite du cinquième ton
04. Prélude
05. Diminution De La Basse
06. Fugue En Basse De Voix Humaine
07. Duo
08. Récit De Cromhorne
09. Cornet
10. Grand Jeu
11. Plein Jeu
Lully: Cadmus & Hermione
12. Ouverture
Purcell: The Fairy Queen
13. Dance For The Green Man
14. Jig
15. Dance For The Fairies
16. Purcell: Voluntary In G Major
17. Couperin: Fantaisie
18. Couperin: Duo
Lully: Atys
19. Acte III – Scene 4 – Les Songes Agreables
Lully: Armide
20. Acte V – Scène 2 – Passacaille
21. Purcell: Voluntary In D Minor For Double Organ
Lebègue: Suite De Premier Ton
22. Prélude
23. Duo
24. Cromhorne En Taille
25. Basse De Trompette
26. Trio Atrois Claviers
27. Tierce En Taille
28. Dialogue
Purcell: Harpsichord Suite N°4 In A Minor
29. Prélude
30. Almand
31. Corante
32. Saraband
33. Couperin: Fugue Sur Le Chromorne
34. Blow: Cornet Voluntary In A Minor
Purcell: King Arthur
35. Acte IV – How Happy The Lover
France and England had strong musical links during the reign of Louis XIV, with two Englsih sovereigns exiled to France, Francophiles and Francophones, Catholics and allies, linked by blood to their cousin, the Greatest King in the World. After the beheading of his father in 1649, Charles II sought refuge in France before regaining his throne in 1660 and imposing a musical style marked by the French example, in particular the creation of the 24 King’s Violins, and the Royal Academy of Music directed by the Frenchman Cambert! Then from 1689 to 1701, it was James II who lived in exile in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. English composers, pushed to the breadline by the Puritans, were given a new lease of life by the compositions of Lully and the French keyboard masters: during these decades, Blow and Purcell succeeded each other as orgainists of Westminster, while Nivers and Lebègue held the organ of the Royal Chapel of Versailles. All of these Royals find themselves at the harpsichord and the organ in Constance Taillard’s witty settings, as she plays historic instruments og the Palace of Versailles with an oh-so British and Si-Français style.