Boismortier: Sonate à Quatre (excerpts) |
This page lists all recordings of Sonate à Quatre (excerpts), by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1691-1755) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Les Grandes Eaux Musicales 2007All tracks recorded between 2000 and 2006
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet This music serves as the soundtrack to the Les Grandes Eaux spectacle which
takes place in the parks at Versailles from April to September. Over the past
twenty years concerts have been given to the accompaniment of the numerous,
and spectacular, fountains in full 'flow'.
For 2007, celebrating the ensemble's 20th anniversary, Hervé Niquet and Le
Concert Spirituel have been asked to present a musical spectacle to capture the
grandeur of the age.Their selection, produced by Glossa, embraces
composers such as Charpentier, Desmarest, Boismortier and also that
dominating figure of Jean-Baptiste Lully (with previously unheard extracts from
Lully's tragédie en musique Proserpine).
Accompanying the recording there is a fascinating article about the theatre,
dance and music-making that used to take place under the patronage of the
French kings and their court during the reign of Louis XIII and his successors.
Nor has the visual exuberance of the times been ignored in the sumptuous packaging,
which includes historical pictures of the fountains. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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