Le Clavecin de Louis XIV - La Gloire du Soleil

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Label
Château de Versailles Spectacles
Release Date
November 21, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Pierre Chabanceau de la Barre, Joseph Chabanceau de la Barre, Antoine Boesset, Jean de Cambefort, Ja
    • PERFORMER
      Brice Sailly
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 21, 2025
    • UPC
      3760385430607
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CVS166
    • LABEL
      Château de Versailles Spectacles
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Récit de Mnémosyne: Quelles beautés, ô mortels (arr. for harpsichord)

      Composer: Antoine Boësset

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    2. Fantaisie sur Regina Cœli

      Composer: Charles Racquet

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    3. Courante

      Composer: Pierre de La Barre

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    4. Les Frondeurs

      Composer: Germain Pinel

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    5. Prélude

      Composer: Joseph Chabanceau de la Barre

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    6. Allemande

      Composer: Etienne Richard

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    7. Courante in D Minor (after E. Gaultier's L'immortelle)

      Composer: Jean Henri D'Anglebert

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    8. Sarabande

      Composer: Germain Pinel

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    9. Pièces pour clavecin de Monsieur de La Barre: No. 3. Gigue

      Composer: Joseph Chabanceau de la Barre

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    10. Pavane [Bauyn Manuscript, 17th century]

      Composer: Henri Dumont

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    11. I. Allemande faite pour remercier Monsieur le Marquis de Termes des faveurs et bien faits de luy receües â Paris

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    12. II. Courante

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    13. III. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    14. IV. Gigue, nommée la rusée Mazarinique

      Composer: Johann Jacob Froberger

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    15. Ballet Royal de la Nuit: Le Roy représentant le Soleil Levant (arr. M. Matharel for harpsichord)

      Composer: Jean de Cambefort

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    16. I. Prélude

      Composer: Jacques Champion Chambonnières

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    17. II. Allemande dite L'affligée

      Composer: Jacques Champion Chambonnières

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    18. III. Courante avec double de Jean Henry d'Anglebert

      Composer: Jacques Champion Chambonnières

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    19. IV. Sarabande avec double de Jean Henry d'Anglebert

      Composer: Jacques Champion Chambonnières

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    20. V. L'estourdie

      Composer: Jacques Champion Chambonnières

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    21. VI. Chaconne

      Composer: Jacques Champion Chambonnières

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    22. I. Allemande

      Composer: Jacques Hardel

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    23. II. Courante I

      Composer: Jacques Hardel

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    24. III. Courante II

      Composer: Jacques Hardel

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    25. IV. Courante III

      Composer: Jacques Hardel

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    26. V. Sarabande

      Composer: Jacques Hardel

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    27. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Jacques Hardel

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    28. I. Prélude, BG 13

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    29. II. Allemande grave, BG 67

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    30. III. Courante, BG 68

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    31. IV. Courante, BG 71

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    32. V. Sarabande, BG 72

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    33. VI. Gaillarde, BG 77

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    34. VII. Chaconne, BG 78

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    35. VIII. Tombeau de Monsieur Blancrocher, BG 81

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    36. Récit de Mnémosyne: Quelles beautés, ô mortels (arr. for harpsichord)

      Composer: Antoine Boësset

      Performer: Brice Sailly


Amid the pomp of the court, the ear of the young Louis XIV was awakened to the charms of the harpsichord. Surrounded by the most illustrious harpsichordists, he explored a world where music was still a treasure passed from hand to hand. While French harpsichord making flourished, Jacques Champion de Chambonnieres published the first printed scores in 1670. From unmeasured preludes, to poignant tombeaux imbued with subtle melancholy, to delicate arrangements of popular airs, the harpsichord of Louis XIV echoes an era of unprecedented musical richness. Brice Sailly's sublime interpretation highlights the splendour and diversity of this golden age of the French harpsichord.