With Th?s?e, Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques continue their tour of Lully's operas, in which they have become specialists. Lully's third musical tragedy, and one of the least recorded,...
Lully / Talens Lyriques Alceste CD1. Ouvert?re 2. Vivez, Vivez, Heureux ?poux 3. L'amour a Bien Des Maux 4. Lychas, J'ai Deux Mots ? Te Dire 5. Dans Ce Beau Jour, Quelle Humeur Sombre 6. Straton,...
Composed on 1686 as part of the festivities organised by the Duc de Vend?me in honour of the Grand Dauphin, during the latter's visit to his estate at the Ch?teau d'Anet in September of that year,...
Written at the request of Louis XIV in honor of his sister-in-law, Henrietta of England, Lully's Le Ballet royal de la naissance de V?nus was performed in 1665 with Henrietta herself as the goddess...
Couperin's four Concerts Royaux were published in 1722 as a supplement to his third anthology of harpsichord pieces. While the score doesn't mention any instrumentation, we know the composer...