Versailles: its court, its atmosphere and its music . . . So many splendours emblematic of a monument with an incomparably rich history. The works associated with the palace have travelled down the centuries and today represent a precious part of our heritage. In this ten-CD set, Alpha retraces the musical life of the unique and luminous universe of Versailles. Le Poème Harmonique, Café Zimmermann, Capriccio Stravagante and many others invite themselves into the company of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Jean-Henry d’Anglebert and share with us for a few hours the sumptuous concerts that made Versailles a place like no other.

Artists

Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra, Guillemette Laurens (mezzo-soprano), Jasu Moisio, Jay Bernfeld, Ariane Maurette, Le Poème Harmonique (early music ensemble), Café Zimmermann (early music ensemble), Pablo Valetti, Céline Frisch (early keyboard instruments), Capella Cracoviensis (early music ensemble), Jan Tomasz Adamus, Benoît Arnould, Amel Brahim Djelloul, Aurore Bucher, Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), Jeffrey Thompson, Ensemble Pierre Robert (early music ensemble), Ensemble Correspondances (early music ensemble), Il seminario Musicale (early music ensemble), Gérard Lesne, Cyril Auvity (tenor), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (baritone), Edwin Crossley-Merce, Chantal Santon, Magid El Bushra, Kaoli Isshiki, Pierre Boragno, Il Seminarion Musicale, Arte dei Suonatori, Hasnaa Bennani, Isabelle Druet (mezzo-soprano), Claire Lefilliâtre, Skip Sempé, Vincent Dumestre, Frédéric Desenclos, Sébastien Daucé, Stephan Macleod, Alexis Kossenko