Musique à la Chapelle Royale de Versailles [Box Set] [Box set, Import]

Peter Harvey (Performer), Henry du Mont (Composer), Andre Campra (Composer), Francois Couperin (Composer), Louis-Nicolas Clerambault (Composer), Jean-Philippe Rameau (Composer), Olivier Schneebeli (Conductor), Jean-Claude Malgoire (Conductor), Christophe Rousset (Conductor, Performer), Emmanuel Mandrin (Conductor, Performer), Hervé Niquet (Conductor), Musica Aeterna Bratislava (Performer), La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy (Performer), Les Talens Lyriques (Performer), Caroline Pelon (Performer), Sandrine Piau (Performer), Delphine Collot (Performer), Donatienne Michel-Dansac (Performer), Catherine Greuillet (Performer), Hervé Lamy (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Peter Harvey, Christophe Rousset, Emmanuel Mandrin, Musica Aeterna Bratislava, La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy, et al.
• Conductor: Olivier Schneebeli, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Christophe Rousset, Emmanuel Mandrin, Hervé Niquet
• Composer: Henry du Mont, Andre Campra, Francois Couperin, Louis-Nicolas Clerambault, Jean-Philippe Rameau
• Audio CD (January 13, 2008)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Virgin France
• ASIN: B000AY2K2W
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,327 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126), grand motet for soloists, chorus & ensemble

2. Symphony in G

3. Benedic anima mea (Psalm 102), grand motet

4. Pulsate Tympana, grand motet (Motets pour la Chapelle)

See all 8 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Requiem Mass: Introït

2. Requiem Mass: Kyrie

3. Requiem Mass: Graduel

4. Requiem Mass: Offertoire

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Versets (4) d'un motet composé de l'ordre du Roy...On y joint le verset 'Qui dat nivem', for voice(s) & continuo: Verset 11. Tabascer

2. Versets (4) d'un motet composé de l'ordre du Roy...On y joint le verset 'Qui dat nivem', for voice(s) & continuo: Verset 12. Ignitum

3. Versets (4) d'un motet composé de l'ordre du Roy...On y joint le verset 'Qui dat nivem', for voice(s) & continuo: Verset 13. Adolesce

4. Versets (4) d'un motet composé de l'ordre du Roy...On y joint le verset 'Qui dat nivem', for voice(s) & continuo: Verset 14. Justitia

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Miserere, 3-part motet: Justificeris Domine (Antienne)

2. Miserere, 3-part motet: Miserere mei Deus (Psaume 50, à 3 voix et le choeur)

3. Hodie Christus natus est, motet for 2 voices and choir

4. Gloria in excelsis Deo, motet for solo voice

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. Deus noster refugium, grand motet for soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, violin, viola & continuo: Deus noster refugium

2. Deus noster refugium, grand motet for soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, violin, viola & continuo: Propterea non timebimus

3. Deus noster refugium, grand motet for soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, violin, viola & continuo: Sonuerunt et turbatae sunt

4. Deus noster refugium, grand motet for soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, violin, viola & continuo: Fluminis impetus

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars can't believe this is available, February 4, 2011

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Wyote (Seoul) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Musique à la Chapelle Royale de Versailles [Box Set] (Audio CD)

I picked this up as a rather touristy tourist at Versailles, not expecting much and not paying much (a favorable risk/reward balance in my portfolio). It turned out to be a bit of a gem with several very good recordings. For reference, here are the individual recordings:

1. Henry Du Mont: Motets pour la Chapelle de Louis XIV / Olivier Schneebeli
2. Campra - Requiem ~ Miserere / Visse, Ragon, Harvey; Malgoire
3. Couperin - Motets / Piau, Pelon, Fouchécourt, Corréas, Les talens lyriques, Rousset
4. Clerambault: Chants et Motets /Mandrin, Les Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr
5. Rameau - Les Grands Motets / Gens · Desrochers · Fouchécourt · Lamy · Harvey · Loureiro de Sa · Imbodem · Le Concert Spirituel · Niquet

If you look around, you can find reviews of each of those CDs individually to convince you of their quality. As a box set, at the prices listed, this is a heck of a deal, and I'd happily urge it on anyone interested in French baroque music.

While I've got your attention, I might also mention the Deutsche Harmonia Mundi box set, which revived my interest in this period ("baroque beyond Bach" - copyright Wyote, 2009) and got me to listen to these recordings again as well: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 50th Anniversary Box.

5.0 out of 5 stars BARGAIN!!!, October 7, 2011

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Rollo Tomassi (Williamsburg, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Musique à la Chapelle Royale de Versailles [Box Set] (Audio CD)

Hurry up snap up one of the last few copies of this original edition version. At this price it's an incredible bargain, whereas the reissue, available new from Amazon, is only a good bargain. Here you have an outstanding selection of royal French Catholic church music of the 17th and 18th century. There's music by some less-than-well-known composers: Du Mont and Clerambault. Not all of the performances are perfect but all are absolutely world class. A required set for anyone interested in the French Baroque.