Ensemble Molière: The King's Playlist

Ensemble Molière presents a luxuriant and varied selection of French Baroque music to accompany Louis XIV, the Sun King, in his daily life. What better way to wake up than to be serenaded by the Overture from Charpentier’s Les Arts Florissants? The King’s day continues with extracts from Lully’s Phaëton as the sun rises, a little Couperin as the royal household’s day unfolds, a Symphonie pour les soupers du Roy by Delalande to accompany supper, dance music from the Ballet Royal de la Nuit and a suite to accompany the setting sun from Marais’ Trios pour le coucher du Roy. Louis XIV chose to portray himself as the Sun, the manifestation of the god Apollo on earth and the ultimate power which gives life to all things. This album reimagines a day in the life of one of the most magnificent royals of the Baroque era.

1: Ouverture
2: Premier Air Et Deuxième Air
3: I. Prélude
4: II. Allemande Fuguée
5: III. Air Tendre
6: IV. Air Contrefugué
7: V. Échos
8: I. Prélude
9: II. Air Grave
10: III. Trio
11: IV. Gigue
12: V. Petit Air
13: VI. Passacaille
14: Ouverture
15: Languissante Clarté, Cachez-vous Dessous L'onde
16: Le Roy Représentant Le Soleil Levant
17: I. Prélude
18: II. Sarabande
19: III. Rondeau
20: IV. Plainte
21: V. Menuet

Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Jean-Baptiste Lully, François Couperin, Marin Marais, Jean de Cambefort, Michel Richard De Lalande

Number of Discs: 1

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