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The Crown - Coronation Anthems
The Crown - Coronation Anthems
Experience the majesty of the English Crown through the masterful works of Purcell and Handel during the coronation of King Charles III. With drumbeats and trumpet fanfares, witness the resounding cheers of Westminster in this extraordinary musical tribute: God Save the King!
Lebègue - Vêpres de la Nativité
Lebègue - Vêpres de la Nativité
Immerse yourself in this tender evocation of a vespers service in a late 17th century convent celebrating the work of Lebègue, one of the inventors of the "Noël"!
Rameau - Fêtes persanes
Loris Barrucand and Clément Geoffroy lend their hands to Rameau's mythical and appealing Persia, which fascinated 18th century intellectuals!
Bach - La Passion selon Saint Matthieu
Bach - La Passion selon Saint Matthieu
Free accessThis monumental and spectacular sacred work could only come to life in the Chapelle Royale of the Château de Versailles! Raphaël Pichon and the Pygmalion ensemble thus honour this great score, which has been equally moving and unmissable for almost three centuries!
Solomon - Haendel - Mac Creesh
Solomon - Haendel - Mac Creesh
Duration: 2h30Free access
Handel's manifest masterpiece, the composer's genius combines in various ways, in three acts, three singular frescoes, all the glory, wisdom and strength of King Solomon - offering a rich and memorable concert to amazed ears.
Tiroirs Secrets - French Organ Rarities
Tiroirs Secrets - French Organ Rarities
Lucile Dollat and Michael Metzler offer a new interpretation of great organ pieces, accompanied by baroque percussion parts created for the occasion! Thus are revealed the hidden but omnipresent links between secular and religious music.
Versailles · Westminster
Set off on a musical journey between two centres of power in 17th-century Europe, Versailles and Westminster! Through these pieces, Constance Taillard highlights the desire of the English monarchs, cousins of Louis XIV, to recreate Versailles' artistic model.
Rameau - Les Paladins
If Rameau's career was made up of great operatic successes, there were also a few failures; Les Paladins is certainly one of them. And yet, Valentin Tournet, a valiant knight at the helm of his army, the Chapelle Harmonique, reveals here his misunderstood strength - extravagance, laughable heroes, and musical prowess!
Molière & Lully - Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Musical pieces
Molière & Lully - Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Musical pieces
When the first notes of the new comédie-ballet, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, the fruit of Lully's and Molière's genius, sounded on 14 October 1670, no one could have imagined it would reach such a posterity - four centuries later, the same lightness, vigour and ingenuity still make us laugh!
Grands Motets - Rameau
Rameau's Grands Motets, works as rare as they are exquisite, reveal a long-neglected view of the legacy of the greatest French composer of the 18th century - along these celestial notes, a talent, a genius, still in its infancy is revealed, which will come into its own in opera!
Benvenuto Cellini
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The difficulties of interpretation and the monumentality of Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini make it a monster as feared as it is admired. An interpretative challenge brilliantly met by conductor John Eliot Gardiner and his musical forces, who present this mythical work in a version set in the heart of Ciceri's historic decor dating from 1837!
Corigliano - The Ghosts of Versailles
Corigliano - The Ghosts of Versailles
What if Beaumarchais could change the past of the victims of the Revolution? Will Marie Antoinette be able to escape her fate? In this unique work, which had its triumphant premiere in 1991 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Corigliano's music navigates between Mozart and Rossini, and takes the audience back in the myst of the French Revolution and the dreadful fate of France's last Queen!
Vivaldi & Guido - Le Quattro Stagioni
Vivaldi & Guido - Le Quattro Stagioni
Here, at last reunited, are two works on the same programme, yet so different: to the well-known virtuosity of Vivaldi's work, Guido's Seasons contrast a mixture of French good taste and Italian features. So who would have inspired whom?
Dandrieu - Magnificats
Both grandiloquent and sophisticated, Dandrieu's organ pieces, such as his Magnificats and Noëls, cannot let anyone be unmoved. In this recording, Jean-Baptiste Robin's deft hands and masterful gestures reveal the former organist of the Chapelle Royale's talent and genius!
Rousseau - Le Devin du village
Rousseau - Le Devin du village
September 19, 1780: Marie-Antoinette was on stage, dressed up, in frot of a crowd of close friends. She was acting as the shepherdess Colette, the hero of this opera, which might have been the most famous of its era.
Ton Koopman - Great Organ 1710
Ton Koopman - Great Organ 1710
The virtuoso and renowned organist Ton Koopman's interpretation of a selection of Baroque masterpieces highlights the many assets of the organ of the Chapelle Royale - majestic in every way!
Cavalli - Missa 1660
Benjamin Chénier and the Galilei Consort restore the score of this 1660 mass, which sealed the marriage of the future Sun King to Maria Theresa of Austria. A royal wedding with pomp and circumstance!
Blanchard & Colin de Blamont - La Guerre des Te Deum
Blanchard & Colin de Blamont - La Guerre des Te Deum
Two Te Deums, two composers, an ancient custom flouted, and war broke out. The Te Deum of the Sous-Maître Blanchard was played in front of the Queen, instead of the Superintendent Colin de Blamont's one, what an outrage! Discover the scores !
Bach - Magnificat
Against the sullen spirits and faces of winter, Bach awakens, with his Magnificat, the warm and comforting promise of salvation made to mankind. And then, all sing in unison: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my Spirit rejoices in God my Saviour!"
Rebel & Boismortier - Les Caractères d'Ulysse
Rebel & Boismortier - Les Caractères d'Ulysse
Two talented harpsichordists perform a transcription of Rebel's and Boismortier's most beautiful works. The joyfulness and youthful energy of this recording provide a furious desire to dance along with the playful sound variations of the two harpsichords.
The Crown - Coronation Anthems
The Crown - Coronation Anthems
Experience the majesty of the English Crown through the masterful works of Purcell and Handel during the coronation of King Charles III. With drumbeats and trumpet fanfares, witness the resounding cheers of Westminster in this extraordinary musical tribute: God Save the King!
Lebègue - Vêpres de la Nativité
Lebègue - Vêpres de la Nativité
Immerse yourself in this tender evocation of a vespers service in a late 17th century convent celebrating the work of Lebègue, one of the inventors of the "Noël"!
Rameau - Fêtes persanes
Loris Barrucand and Clément Geoffroy lend their hands to Rameau's mythical and appealing Persia, which fascinated 18th century intellectuals!
Bach - La Passion selon Saint Matthieu
Bach - La Passion selon Saint Matthieu
Free accessThis monumental and spectacular sacred work could only come to life in the Chapelle Royale of the Château de Versailles! Raphaël Pichon and the Pygmalion ensemble thus honour this great score, which has been equally moving and unmissable for almost three centuries!
Solomon - Haendel - Mac Creesh
Solomon - Haendel - Mac Creesh
Duration: 2h30Free access
Handel's manifest masterpiece, the composer's genius combines in various ways, in three acts, three singular frescoes, all the glory, wisdom and strength of King Solomon - offering a rich and memorable concert to amazed ears.
Tiroirs Secrets - French Organ Rarities
Tiroirs Secrets - French Organ Rarities
Lucile Dollat and Michael Metzler offer a new interpretation of great organ pieces, accompanied by baroque percussion parts created for the occasion! Thus are revealed the hidden but omnipresent links between secular and religious music.
Versailles · Westminster
Set off on a musical journey between two centres of power in 17th-century Europe, Versailles and Westminster! Through these pieces, Constance Taillard highlights the desire of the English monarchs, cousins of Louis XIV, to recreate Versailles' artistic model.
Rameau - Les Paladins
If Rameau's career was made up of great operatic successes, there were also a few failures; Les Paladins is certainly one of them. And yet, Valentin Tournet, a valiant knight at the helm of his army, the Chapelle Harmonique, reveals here his misunderstood strength - extravagance, laughable heroes, and musical prowess!
Molière & Lully - Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Musical pieces
Molière & Lully - Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Musical pieces
When the first notes of the new comédie-ballet, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, the fruit of Lully's and Molière's genius, sounded on 14 October 1670, no one could have imagined it would reach such a posterity - four centuries later, the same lightness, vigour and ingenuity still make us laugh!
Grands Motets - Rameau
Rameau's Grands Motets, works as rare as they are exquisite, reveal a long-neglected view of the legacy of the greatest French composer of the 18th century - along these celestial notes, a talent, a genius, still in its infancy is revealed, which will come into its own in opera!
Benvenuto Cellini
Free access
The difficulties of interpretation and the monumentality of Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini make it a monster as feared as it is admired. An interpretative challenge brilliantly met by conductor John Eliot Gardiner and his musical forces, who present this mythical work in a version set in the heart of Ciceri's historic decor dating from 1837!
Corigliano - The Ghosts of Versailles
Corigliano - The Ghosts of Versailles
What if Beaumarchais could change the past of the victims of the Revolution? Will Marie Antoinette be able to escape her fate? In this unique work, which had its triumphant premiere in 1991 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Corigliano's music navigates between Mozart and Rossini, and takes the audience back in the myst of the French Revolution and the dreadful fate of France's last Queen!
Vivaldi & Guido - Le Quattro Stagioni
Vivaldi & Guido - Le Quattro Stagioni
Here, at last reunited, are two works on the same programme, yet so different: to the well-known virtuosity of Vivaldi's work, Guido's Seasons contrast a mixture of French good taste and Italian features. So who would have inspired whom?
Dandrieu - Magnificats
Both grandiloquent and sophisticated, Dandrieu's organ pieces, such as his Magnificats and Noëls, cannot let anyone be unmoved. In this recording, Jean-Baptiste Robin's deft hands and masterful gestures reveal the former organist of the Chapelle Royale's talent and genius!
Rousseau - Le Devin du village
Rousseau - Le Devin du village
September 19, 1780: Marie-Antoinette was on stage, dressed up, in frot of a crowd of close friends. She was acting as the shepherdess Colette, the hero of this opera, which might have been the most famous of its era.
Ton Koopman - Great Organ 1710
Ton Koopman - Great Organ 1710
The virtuoso and renowned organist Ton Koopman's interpretation of a selection of Baroque masterpieces highlights the many assets of the organ of the Chapelle Royale - majestic in every way!
Cavalli - Missa 1660
Benjamin Chénier and the Galilei Consort restore the score of this 1660 mass, which sealed the marriage of the future Sun King to Maria Theresa of Austria. A royal wedding with pomp and circumstance!
Blanchard & Colin de Blamont - La Guerre des Te Deum
Blanchard & Colin de Blamont - La Guerre des Te Deum
Two Te Deums, two composers, an ancient custom flouted, and war broke out. The Te Deum of the Sous-Maître Blanchard was played in front of the Queen, instead of the Superintendent Colin de Blamont's one, what an outrage! Discover the scores !
Bach - Magnificat
Against the sullen spirits and faces of winter, Bach awakens, with his Magnificat, the warm and comforting promise of salvation made to mankind. And then, all sing in unison: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my Spirit rejoices in God my Saviour!"
Rebel & Boismortier - Les Caractères d'Ulysse
Rebel & Boismortier - Les Caractères d'Ulysse
Two talented harpsichordists perform a transcription of Rebel's and Boismortier's most beautiful works. The joyfulness and youthful energy of this recording provide a furious desire to dance along with the playful sound variations of the two harpsichords.
