Suite for 2 treble instruments & continuo in E minor (Pièces en trio): Rondeau
Chaconne, for harpsichord (from 1st book)
Messe Pour le Port Royal, for 3 sopranos, chorus & continuo, H. 5: Avec Maris Stella
Alceste, ou Le triomphe d'Alcide, opera, LWV 50: Ouverture
Les Baricades mistérieuses, for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, II, 6e ordre)
Rondeau, le Provençal
Canticum Eucharisticum pro Pace, grand motet: Sonata ad Libitum
La Badinage, for viola de gamba & continuo in F sharp minor (Pièces de viole, Book IV, No. 87)
Musette
Beata Es Maria, motet
Suite for 2 treble instruments & continuo in E minor (Pièces en trio): Passacaille
Fugue for organ No. 11
Double de la belle homicide (La belle homicide/Courante de M. Gaultier)
Psalm 18 "Coeli Enarrant," grand motet
Rigaudon; Double par Mr. Couperin, for harpsichord in C major (Pièces de clavecin, No. 127)
Missa Quinti Toni, pour la fête de Noël, SdB 5: Elévation
Les Sylvains de M'Couperin for theorbo
Récit de Nazard, for organ
Caprice sur les grands Jeux, for organ
Roland, opera, LWV 65: Ouverture
Roland, opera, LWV 65: Air de Roland "Je suis trahi! Ciel!
Mascarade, for lute (Pièces de théorbe et de luth)
Concert dans le gout théâtral, for soprano, harpsichord & ensemble (reconstruction by Skip Sempé): Divertissement IV Au Temple de l'Amour, Air tendre
Concert dans le gout théâtral, for soprano, harpsichord & ensemble (reconstruction by Skip Sempé): Divertissement V Les Plaisirs de l'lle Enchantée, A l'ombre d'un ormeau
La Couronne de fleurs, pastorale for 8 voices, chorus, 2 treble viols & continuo, H. 486: Prélude pour animer les bergers au combat: Air d'Amaranthe - Air de Forestan (et choeur)
La Couronne de fleurs, pastorale for 8 voices, chorus, 2 treble viols & continuo, H. 486: Air instrumental et choeur final
Persée, opera, LWV 60: Marche pourles suivants de la fortune
Persée, opera, LWV 60: Troisième air des Jeux Junoniens
Persée, opera, LWV 60: Gigue
Persée, opera, LWV 60: Entrée des Nymphes Guerrières
Persée, opera, LWV 60: Air final
Oiseau de ces bocage, air for soprano & continuo, H. 456
Tout renaît, tout fleurit, air for 2 voices & continuo, H. 468
Roland, opera, LWV 65: Air des deux insulaires: Dans nos climats sans chagrin on soupire
Roland, opera, LWV 65: Air de Logistille: Par le secours d'une douce harmonie
Roland, opera, LWV 65: Chaconne
Concert dans le gout théâtral, for soprano, harpsichord & ensemble (reconstruction by Skip Sempé): Divertissement V Les Plaisirs de I'lle Enchantée, Faisons du temps un doux usage
Léandre et Héro, cantata
Venus and Adonis, opera in 5 acts: Premier Air pour la suite de Bellone
Venus and Adonis, opera in 5 acts: Deuxième Air pour la suite de Bellone
Venus and Adonis, opera in 5 acts: Passacaille
Epitaphe d'un paresseux ("Jean s'en alla comme il était venu"), air à boire for 2 voices
Veux-tu, compère Grégoire, air for 3 voices, H. 470
Fenchon, la gentille Fenchon, air for 2 sopranos & continuo, H. 454
Beaux petits yeux d'écarlate, air for 3 voices & continuo, H. 448
The long reign of Louis XIV, which lasted from 1643 to 1715, coincided with the middle decades of the Baroque era, and the works composed for performances at his palace at Versailles were a mix of ballets, operas, keyboard pieces, choral works, and vocal music that influenced French music over the next century. The roster of composers represented in Naïve's 2014 box set Musiques à Versailles includes such prominent figures as Jean-Baptiste Lully, François Couperin, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and Marin Marais, among an even ...
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The long reign of Louis XIV, which lasted from 1643 to 1715, coincided with the middle decades of the Baroque era, and the works composed for performances at his palace at Versailles were a mix of ballets, operas, keyboard pieces, choral works, and vocal music that influenced French music over the next century. The roster of composers represented in Naïve's 2014 box set Musiques à Versailles includes such prominent figures as Jean-Baptiste Lully, François Couperin, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and Marin Marais, among an even larger group of less familiar names that includes Sébastien de Brossard, Louis Marchand, Michel de la Barre, Jean-Marie Leclair, Robert de Visée, and Louis Nicolas Clérambault, and others. Drawing on recordings of historically informed performances by Michel Chapuis, Blandine Verlet, Hopkinson Smith, Jordi Savall, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Christophe Coin, and Christophe Rousset, to name only a few artists, Naïve has re-created the musical atmosphere and colors of Louis' court in this...
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