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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.

Duration:

1 hour

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




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