Louis XIV

Suites à la mémoire d'un poète

The timeless music of 17th-century theorbo master Robert de Visée still captivates audiences today, while enthusiasts like Thibaut Roussel delve into the mysteries of his life. Their performances transport listeners straight into the lively, elegant soirées of Louis XIV's court.

LULLY - TE DEUM

Lully's sumptuous Te Deum and the dazzling Exaudiat Te Dominus are featured in this 4th and final volume of the complete Grands Motets de Lully by Stéphane Fuget and Les Épopées, to the glory of God and the King!

CEPHALE ET PROCRIS

In 1694, Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre became the first woman to compose a French opera, creating a work that tells the tragic fate of the Greek lovers Cephalus and Procris, thus marking an exceptional act of freedom for a woman at that time.

Lully - Benedictus

Rediscover the magnificence of Versailles in music with Stéphane Fuget and an assembly of virtuosos, performing Lully's Grands Motets. These exceptional masterpieces are a vibrant ode to the great glory of Louis XIV.

By the fire we make love - Gallant airs

Charpentier, the poet musician with exquisite refinement, created a labyrinth of amorous and festive songs that charmed the intimate circles of the Bourgeoisie and the Court of Louis XIV. Under the direction of Stéphane Fuget, the cream of French singing restores these gems to their original glory.

Ténèbres et Abysses

In this "office des ténèbres" revisited by the Ensemble Leviathan, the timbre of the low instruments, of a dark intensity, perfectly accompanies and enhances the luminous voice of Eugénie Lefebvre.

Trionfo Romano

Let yourself be surprised by this programme imagined by Emmanuel Resche-Caserta and his musicians, a real Roman triumph inspired by the Roman festivities organised in 1686 and 1687 to exalt the greatness of Louis XIV!

Les Noces Royales de Louis XIV - A Royal Wedding

The wedding of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Austria was the event of the century! Vincent Dumestre and Le Poème Harmonique imagine the rich musical programme that accompanied the festivities, closely linked to the treaty of the Pyrenees, a promise of peace in Europe.

Lully - Miserere

Miserere, Quare fremuerunt gentes, Jubilate Deo... here are three grand motets by Lully that are clearly influenced by the key events of their time! Performed sublimely by Les Epopées, under the direction of Stéphane Fuget, they take us to the heart of events and moments of the court's life.

Grands Motets de Lully - Les Epopées - Stéphane Fuget

The great composer Jean-Baptiste Lully deployed all his musical science in his grand motets to express intense emotion. Les Epopées give a sparkling version of this music, with rich and abundant ornamentation, echoing the sun's play on Versailles's windows, mirrors and gilt.

Musique Sacrée du Grand Siècle

Listen to these fine and perfect notes composed by the masters Charpentier, Pierre Robert, Henry Du Mont, guides to eternity, mirrors of bliss, divinely deployed by the Pages & Chantres of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles in the heart of the Chapelle Royale!

Lully - Grands motets - Leonardo Garcia Alarcon

With his Te Deum the King’s Music Superintendent signed a remarkable score and set the style of this “official genre” for a century. Leonardo García Alarcón gives a deeply shimmering vision of this major composition, which will be combined with the Dies Irae and the De Profundis, with the grandeur and accuracy which are his signature.