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Composers of the Week: The Court of Louis XIV

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

5/5. Donald Macleod focuses on the changing face of music at the French court during the last years of Louis XIV's reign.
Campra Two Passepieds (L'Europe Galante) La Petite Bande, director Gustav Leonhardt Idoménée, Act (excerpt) Soloists, Les Arts Florissants, conductor William Christie
Collasse Cantique Spirituel No 4: Sur les Vaines Occupations des Gens du Siecle Soloists, Les Talens Lyriques, director Christophe Rousset
Mouret Les Amours de Ragonde, Act 3 Soloists, Les Musiciens de Louvre, director Marc Minkowski
Lully Répands, Charmante Nuit
Guillemette Laurens (mezzo),
Capriccio Stravagante , Skip Sempre (harpsichord) Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
William Christie
Director:
Christophe Rousset
Unknown:
Charmante Nuit
Unknown:
Guillemette Laurens
Unknown:
Capriccio Stravagante
Source: Radio Times

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