Five Gardens
With Richard Baker.
5: Versailles
The magnificent gardens at Versailles were developed in the grounds of Louis XIV's great chateau and were the setting for a series of extremely elaborate and expensive entertainments, many of them with music provided by the king's favourite composer, Jean-Baptiste Lully. Music includes:
Boesset Ennuite , Désespoirs et Douleurs Nigel Rogers (tenor), Anthony Bailes (lute)
Lully Les Airs de Trompettes, Timbales et Hautbois
Ensemble de Cuivres de Paris, conductor Jean-François Paillard
Charpentier Amour, Viens Animer Ma Voix (Les Plaisirs de Versailles,
Scene 2) Sophie Daneman (soprano), Katalin Karolyi (mezzo), Les Arts
Florissants, director William Christie Delalande Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy (Fifth Suite) La Simphonie du Marais, director Hugo Reyne