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COMPOSERAnonymous, Jean de Cambefort, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Francois Couperin, Michel-Richard de Lalande
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ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLEEnsemble Moliere
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PERFORMEREnsemble Moliere
The King's Playlist / Ensemble Molière
- Linn Records
- March 22, 2024
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RELEASE DATEMarch 22, 2024
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UPC691062073820
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CATALOG NUMBERCKD738
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LABELLinn Records
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NUMBER OF DISCS1
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GENRE
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Product Details ⌄
Ensemble Molière presents a luxuriant and varied selection of French Baroque music to accompany Louis XIV, the Sun King, in his daily life. What better way to wake up than to be serenaded by the Overture from Charpentier’s Les Arts Florissants? The King’s day continues with extracts from Lully’s Phaëton as the sun rises, a little Couperin as the royal household’s day unfolds, a Symphonie pour les soupers du Roy by Delalande to accompany supper, dance music from the Ballet Royal de la Nuit and a suite to accompany the setting sun from Marais’ Trios pour le coucher du Roy. Louis XIV chose to portray himself as the Sun, the manifestation of the god Apollo on earth and the ultimate power which gives life to all things. This album reimagines a day in the life of one of the most magnificent royals of the Baroque era.
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