Composer of the Week - Music at Versailles - Episode 2

Donald Macleod explores the music that was performed at the Palace of Versailles before the French Revolution. He visits the Royal Chapel, Grand Apartments and the King's bedroom at the Palace of Versailles with Baroque specialists Olivier Baumont and Herve Niquet, and discovers what kinds of sacred and secular music were written for performance there during the reigns of Louis XIV and XV. Delalande: Magna opera Domini (Confitebor Tibi Domine) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (director) Harmonia Mundi HMC 901351, Tr 24 Desmarest: De Profundis, fiant aures (Psalm 129) Francois-Nicolas Geslot (tenor) Le Concert Spirituel Herve Niquet (director) Glossa GCD921610, Trs 1-2 Campra: Benedictus Dominos Le Concert Spirituel Herve Niquet (director) Accord 472 236-2, Trs 1 to 7 Couperin: La Menetou (Septieme Ordre) Olivier Baumont (harpsichord) BBC recording Charpentier: Les plaisirs de Versailles (excerpt) Sophie Daneman (soprano) Katalin Karolyi (mezzo-soprano) Steven Dugardin (countertenor) Jean-Francois Gardeil (baritone) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (director) Erato 0630 14774-2, Trs 9-14 Couperin: Premier concert (Concerts royaux - excerpt) Le concert des Nations Jordi Savall (bass viol/director) Alia Vox AVSA 9840, Trs 1-2 Marais: Caprice (Pieces for viols) Sophie Watillon, Friederike Heumann (bass viol) Xavier Diaz (theorbo) Evangelina Mascardi (baroque guitar) Luca Guglielmi (harpsichord) Alpha 036, Tr 5 de Visee: Gavotte en rondeau et sa contrepartie Rafae Andia (baroque guitar) HMX 2908147.79, CD2, Tr 9.