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Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles

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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

  1. 1 Prelude 01:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prelude
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Ensemble
    Capella Cracoviensis, Le Poème Harmonique
    Conductor
    Vincent Dumestre
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 11 Overture 04:15
    Track
    11
    Title
    Overture
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Jean-Philippe Rameau
    Ensemble
    Pygmalion
    Conductor
    Raphaël Pichon
  12. 12 Act V: Chaconne 05:51
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act V: Chaconne
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Jean-Philippe Rameau
    Ensemble
    Pygmalion
    Conductor
    Raphaël Pichon
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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