Various Artists - Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles / VAR - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Moulinié Combat de Piques (L'humaine Comédie) 2. Moulinié Combat de Rondaches (L'humaine Comédie) 3. Moulinié Combat À Cheval (L'humaine Comédie) 4. Moulinié Entrée de Pierre de Provence (L'humaine Comédie) 5. Moulinié Pavane la Ridicule (L'humaine Comédie) 6. Moulinié Les Vieux Gaulois (L'humaine Comédie) 7. Moulinié Air Du Juif Errant (L'humaine Comédie) 8. La Magnotte, la Petite Jeanneton, Les 6 Visages (A L'ombre D'un Ormeau) 9. La Caroline - Le Sabotier (A L'ombre D'un Ormeau) 10. La Provencalle - Tambourin Des Fêtes de Polymnie - la Ramoneuse (A L'ombre D'un Ormeau) 11. Lully Ouverture de Psychée 12. Lully Marche Pour la Cérémonie Des Turcs 13. Lully Reprise de la Marche Por la Cérémonie Des Turcs 14. Lully Quels Spectacles Charmants 15. Lully Chaconne D'amadis 16. Lully Ouverture (Le Carnaval, Mascarade) 17. Lully Petit Air Pour Les Mesmes 18. Lully Chaconne de Phaëton 19. Lully Air D'apollon Du Triomphe de L'amour 20. Lully Passacaille D'armide 21. Corrette Concerto Comique V 'La Femme Est Un Grand Embarras' - Allegro (Dom Quichotte) 22. Rameau Ouverture de Zaïs 23. Rameau Cruels Tyrans Qui Régnez Dans Mon Coeur (Zoroastre) 24. Rameau Osons Achever Les Grands Crimes (Zoroastre) 25. Rameau Ah, Nos Fureurs Ne Sont Point Vaines (Zoroastre) 26. Rameau Ministres Redoutés (Zoroastre) 27. Rameau Aquilons Rompez Votre Chaîne (Zaïs) 28. Rameau Tempête, Ciel! Quels Éclats! (Zaïs) 29. Rameau Air Un Peu Gai (Zoroastre) 30. Rameau Ouvertüre (Dardanus) 31. Rameau Tambourins - Chantons Tous (Dardanus) 32. Rameau Chaconne (Dardanus)

Various Artists - Various Artist Musique de la Grande Ecurie & [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/01/2010

France and England had strong musical links during the reign of Louis XIV, with two English 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 with 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 organists of Westminster, while Nivers and Lebegue 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 the historic instruments of the Palace of Versailles with an oh-so British and Si Français style.