No matter what the musical selection, any disc featuring Jordi Savall is almost certainly self-recommending, if you like the repertoire. And so it is with this 2007 release, Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles (The Splendid Musical Fountains of Versailles), with Savall leading Le Concert des Nations, his handpicked Baroque chamber orchestra, in selections from music played at that fabulous château during the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. As always with Savall's recordings, the program is fascinating. Divided into ...
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No matter what the musical selection, any disc featuring Jordi Savall is almost certainly self-recommending, if you like the repertoire. And so it is with this 2007 release, Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles (The Splendid Musical Fountains of Versailles), with Savall leading Le Concert des Nations, his handpicked Baroque chamber orchestra, in selections from music played at that fabulous château during the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. As always with Savall's recordings, the program is fascinating. Divided into seven sections, the repertoire juxtaposes full orchestra works by Lully with chamber music by François Couperin, as well as more intimate works by Marin Marais and Sainte-Colombe. The varied selection mixes the ceremonial with the intimate, the entertaining with the involving, and the well-known with the nearly unknown. As is always true with Savall, the musicianship is at an almost impossibly high level. Not only do the musicians perform with the kind of easy virtuosity that marks...
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Add this copy of Grandes Eaux Musicales De Versailles to cart. $10.05, like new condition, Sold by Streetlight_Records rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Cruz, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Alia Vox.
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Good. No packaging as issued. Originally released: 2005. MUSIC DISC (G060518CDVD) ISBN#7619986098425 PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY: This sale is for (SET OF 1 DISCS). This CD s Contains minor visible Scratches) CD Case is (Good) Tab s Cover (damaged), Discs Holding tab is (Good). This case is not Missing the Cover pamphlet.
