Episode 5
Across the park at the Palace of Versailles is the mansion which Louis XVI gave his wife Marie-Antoinette. A keen musician, she had a tiny theatre built there and took great pleasure in performing in stage productions with her inner circle of friends. With Herv茅 Niquet and Olivier Baumont.
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Francesco Petrini
Rondo (Troisieme Duo pour deux Harpes, Op 31)
Performer: Mara Galassi, Performer: Gabriella Bosio (harps)
- Glossa.
- C81302,.
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Andr茅鈥怑rnest鈥怣odeste Gr茅try
L'amitie a epreuve
Performer: Orchestre de Bretagne Conductor: Stefan Sanderling (conductor)
- ASV.
- CD DCA 1095,.
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Andr茅鈥怑rnest鈥怣odeste Gr茅try
Richard Coeur de Lion (excerpt from Act 1)
Performer: Michel Trempont (baritone) Performer: Orchestre de Chambre de la Radio Television Belge Conductor: Edgard Doneux (Conductor)
- EMI Classics.
- 5 75266 2.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Iphigenie en Aulide (excerpt from Act 3)
Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Orchestra de l'Opera de Lyon Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- Apex.
- 2564615072,.
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Claude Balbastre
Romance
Artist: Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
- 蜜芽传媒 recording.
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Jacques Duphly
Prelude; La de Drummond
Performer: Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
- 蜜芽传媒 recording.
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Andr茅鈥怑rnest鈥怣odeste Gr茅try
Zemire et Azor (excerpt from Act 3, Scs 1, 2)
Performer: Mady Mesple (soprano) Performer: Roland Bufkens (tenor) Performer: Ali Jean-Claude Orliac (tenor) Performer: Orchestra de Chambre de la RTB Conductor: Edgard Doneux (conductor)
- EMI.
- CMS 7697012 2 ,.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
String Quartet No 6, Op 14
Performer: Les Adieux
- Naive.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Armide (excerpt from Act 2)
Performer: Charles Workman (tenor) Performer: Valerie Gabail (soprano) Performer: Sandrine Rondot (soprano) Performer: Myriam Sosson (soprano) Performer: Chorus of Musiciens du Louvre Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre Conductor: Marc Minkowski (conductor)
- DG Archiv.
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