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Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles
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Details
- Composer
- CHARPENTIER LULLY RAMEAU
- Artist
- Various
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Alpha
- Released
- May 05, 2017
- Catalog #
- ALPHA969
- UPC
- 3760014199691
About
Waterfalls and cascades, gushing fountains, canals, pools, grottoes and lily ponds, miroirs d'eau calmly reflecting the light: the water displays at Versailles are as varied as the secrets of its groves. They express the genius of the landscape architect Le Nôtre, who wanted water features and sculptures to decorate and animate the gardens he designed. For thirty years, Versailles and its gardens were expressions of the king's power and of his tastes. Louis would go out walking in the park each day, building up his dream, and even before the palace was furnished, the layout of the walks and groves was a constant priority. At Versailles we find Apollo, the sun god, riding his chariot amidst the spray, Neptune, the god of water and the sea, unleashing a storm, Enceladus punished for challenging Jupiter, the king of the gods...ancient mythology is used to express the greatness of Louis XIV. And the visitor today has the extraordinary experience of following an itinerary, punctuated by 'water effects', that was chosen by the sovereign himself. Fouquet, the king's former minister of finance, who spent the last years of his life in prison, was unable to believe that water would ever reach Versailles: 'Comment étaient les grandes eaux à cette fête du roi?' (How were the grandes eaux at the king's celebration?), he asks disparagingly and with resentment in Paul Morand's novel of 1961. The king watned water to be everywhere, and it is still everywhere to this day. The Grandes Eaux - when all the fountains are working - was Louis XIV's dream. Accompanied by music that was heard at Versailles for two hundred years, the event reflects the celebrations of centuries past. Sometimes, on summer evenings, lights, laster systems and fireworks are used to make the magic of the gardens even more bewitching. Entertainments organized in the gardens by Château de Versailles Spectacles take into consideration the original intentions of the Sun King and his artists. The gardens have been extensively restored. The Latona Basin has recovered its original splendor in 2015, when the Bosquet du Théâtre d’Eau (the Water Theatre grove) is also brought back to life, in a reinterpretation by Louis Benech and Jean-Michel Othoniel. The magic is perpetuated!
Tracklist 21 tracks
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1 Prelude 01:25
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Prelude
- Duration
- 01:25
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Ensemble
- Capella Cracoviensis, Le Poème Harmonique
- Conductor
- Vincent Dumestre
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2 Te aeternum Patrem 04:07
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Te aeternum Patrem
- Duration
- 04:07
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Performer
- Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Aurore Bucher, Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Ensemble
- Capella Cracoviensis, Le Poème Harmonique
- Conductor
- Vincent Dumestre
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3 In te, Domine speravi 02:13
- Track
- 3
- Title
- In te, Domine speravi
- Duration
- 02:13
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Performer
- Reinoud Van Mechelen, Benoît Arnould
- Ensemble
- Capella Cracoviensis, Le Poème Harmonique
- Conductor
- Vincent Dumestre
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4 Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Marche pour la Ceremonie des Turcs 01:15
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Marche pour la Ceremonie des Turcs
- Duration
- 01:15
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Capriccio Stravagante
- Conductor
- Skip Sempé
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5 Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Reprise de la Marche pour la Ceremonie des Turcs 01:23
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Reprise de la Marche pour la Ceremonie des Turcs
- Duration
- 01:23
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Capriccio Stravagante
- Conductor
- Skip Sempé
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6 Pyrrhus, Act IV: Portons partout l'horreur 04:25
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Pyrrhus, Act IV: Portons partout l'horreur
- Duration
- 04:25
- Composer
- Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer
- Performer
- Virgile Ancely, Edwige Parat, Christophe Gautier, Emmanuelle De Negri, Nicole Dubrovitch, Laurent Collobert, Brian Cummings, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Sophie Decaudaveine, Paul Willenbrock, Olivier Fichet, Bruno Renhold
- Ensemble
- Les Enfants D'Apollon
- Conductor
- Michael Greenberg
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7 Overture 05:30
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Overture
- Duration
- 05:30
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Performer
- Sébastien d'Hérin
- Ensemble
- Les Nouveaux Caractères
- Conductor
- Sébastien d'Hérin
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8 Act V Scenes 2-3: — 08:14
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Act V Scenes 2-3: —
- Duration
- 08:14
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Performer
- Sébastien d'Hérin
- Ensemble
- Les Nouveaux Caractères
- Conductor
- Sébastien d'Hérin
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9 Act IV: Air: Sombres Forets, Asile redoutable 03:04
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Act IV: Air: Sombres Forets, Asile redoutable
- Duration
- 03:04
- Composer
- André Campra
- Performer
- Benoît Arnould, Chantal Santon Jeffery
- Ensemble
- Les Temps Présents
- Conductor
- Olivier Schneebeli
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10 Act V: Recitative and Air: Quel bruit! quels cris! o mortelles allarmes! 04:01
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Act V: Recitative and Air: Quel bruit! quels cris! o mortelles allarmes!
- Duration
- 04:01
- Composer
- André Campra
- Performer
- Benoît Arnould, Chantal Santon Jeffery
- Ensemble
- Les Temps Présents
- Conductor
- Olivier Schneebeli
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11 Overture 04:15
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Overture
- Duration
- 04:15
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Pygmalion
- Conductor
- Raphaël Pichon
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12 Act V: Chaconne 05:51
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Act V: Chaconne
- Duration
- 05:51
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Pygmalion
- Conductor
- Raphaël Pichon
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13 Act III: Tambourin I-II - Chantons tous! 02:30
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Act III: Tambourin I-II - Chantons tous!
- Duration
- 02:30
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Pygmalion
- Conductor
- Raphaël Pichon
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14 Persée, Act I: Airs pour la dispute des prix de la Lutte et de l'Arc (arr. A. Dauvergne as 1770 Versailles version) 02:56
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Persée, Act I: Airs pour la dispute des prix de la Lutte et de l'Arc (arr. A. Dauvergne as 1770 Versailles version)
- Duration
- 02:56
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Concert Spirituel Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hervé Niquet
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15 Persée, Act II: Deuxième Air pour les Cyclopes (arr. F. Rebel as 1770 Versailles version) 01:39
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Persée, Act II: Deuxième Air pour les Cyclopes (arr. F. Rebel as 1770 Versailles version)
- Duration
- 01:39
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Concert Spirituel Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hervé Niquet
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16 Persée, Act II: Air pour l'entrée des Nymphes guerrières (arr. F. Rebel as 1770 Versailles version) 01:09
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Persée, Act II: Air pour l'entrée des Nymphes guerrières (arr. F. Rebel as 1770 Versailles version)
- Duration
- 01:09
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Concert Spirituel Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hervé Niquet
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17 Persée, Act II: Air pour l'entrée des Divinités infernales (arr. F. Rebel as 1770 Versailles version) 00:54
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Persée, Act II: Air pour l'entrée des Divinités infernales (arr. F. Rebel as 1770 Versailles version)
- Duration
- 00:54
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Concert Spirituel Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hervé Niquet
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18 Concerti ecclesistici: Omnes gentes plaudite manibus 02:54
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Concerti ecclesistici: Omnes gentes plaudite manibus
- Duration
- 02:54
- Composer
- Giovanni Bassano
- Ensemble
- Galilei Consort
- Conductor
- Benjamin Chénier
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19 Te Ergo Quaesumus 02:45
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Te Ergo Quaesumus
- Duration
- 02:45
- Composer
- Henry Madin
- Ensemble
- Les Cris de Paris, Stradivaria
- Conductor
- Daniel Cuiller
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20 Tibi Cherubim et Seraphim 03:26
- Track
- 20
- Title
- Tibi Cherubim et Seraphim
- Duration
- 03:26
- Composer
- Henry Madin
- Ensemble
- Les Cris de Paris, Stradivaria
- Conductor
- Daniel Cuiller
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21 Requiem No. 1 in C Minor: Sequentia 08:19
- Track
- 21
- Title
- Requiem No. 1 in C Minor: Sequentia
- Duration
- 08:19
- Composer
- Luigi Cherubini
- Ensemble
- Concert Spirituel Chorus, Concert Spirituel Orchestra
- Conductor
- Hervé Niquet