The Court of Louis XIV
Part Five
Friday 1 October 2004 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Friday 8 October 2004 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Friday 5 August 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Friday 12 August 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Donald Macleod focuses on the changes facing court music during the last years of the King's reign.
Playlist
Campra:
L’Europe Galante: Passepied I et II
La Petite Bande, directed by Gustav Leonhardt
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD 77059 CD2 track 8
Campra:
Idoménée, Act II (extract)
Marie Boyer (mezzo), Jérôme Corréas (baritone), Les Arts Florissants, conducted by William Christie
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901396.98 CD2 track 5
Colasse:
Cantique IV
Agnès Mellon (soprano), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Benoît Thivel (alto), Les Talens Lyriques, directed by Christophe Rousset
Musifrance 4509-92860-2 track 4
Mouret:
Les Amours de Ragonde: Act III
Michel Verschaeve (baritone), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (tenor), Sophie Marin-Degor (soprano), Jean-Louis Bindi (baritone), Noémi Rime (soprano), Gilles Ragon (tenor), Jean-Louis Serre (baritone), Les Musiciens de Louvre, directed by Marc Minkowski
Musifrance 2292-45823-2 tracks 18-30
Lully:
Répands charmante nuit
Guillemette Laurens (mezzo), Capriccio Stravagante, Skip Sempre (harpsichord)
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi RC 77218 track 2