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Versailles - Tharaud, Devieilhe, Taylor

Erato  WPCS-28505

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Instrumental

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)
Alexandre Tharaud, Justin Taylor (pianos)


Alexandre Tharaud pays tribute to composers associated with the courts of the French kings Louis XIV, XV and XVI. Lully, Rameau, Charpentier and François Couperin stand beside lesser-known masters: d’Anglebert, Forqueray, Royer, Duphly and Balbastre. “I’ve always been attracted by French music of this period,” says Tharaud, adding that when he plays the album’s initial Rameau prelude, “It’s like being alone at Versailles, opening the doors and entering those huge, imposing rooms.”

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Works (16)

• Claude Balbastre: La Suzanne
• Francois Couperin: Ordre 8ème de clavecin in B minor
• Francois Couperin: Ordre 25ème de clavecin in E flat major
• Jacques Duphly: La de Belombre
• Jacques Duphly: La Pothoüin
• Jean-Baptiste Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43 Marche Pour La Cérémonie Des Turcs
• Jean-Henri d'Anglebert: Ouverture de Cadmus de Mr de Lully
• Jean-Henri d'Anglebert: Sarabande grave
• Jean-Henri d'Anglebert: Sarabande ‘Dieu des enfers’ de Mr de Lully
• Jean-Henri d'Anglebert: Variations sur les Folies d’Espagne
• Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode in E minor, RCT 2
• Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin in A minor, RCT 1
• Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer: Pièces de clavecin (14) 1er et 2e Tambourins
• Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer: Pièces de clavecin (14) L'Aimable, rondeau
• Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer: Pièces de clavecin (14) La Marche des Scythes
• Robert de Visée: Pièces de théorbe et de luth

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