Menus Plaisir De Versailles

1. In Convertendo Dominus Preludio
Composed by Sebastien de Brossard
with Ensemble Baroque de Limoges

2. Work(s) Rondeau
Composed by Marin Marais
with Fitzwilliam Ensemble

3. Work(s) Chaconne
Composed by Louis Marchand
with Blandine Verlet

4. Ave maris stella, motet for 6 vocal soloists & continuo, H. 67
Composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
with Michel Chapuis , Les Demoiselles de Saint Cyr

5. Alceste, opera, LWV 50 Overture
Composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully
with la Chambre du Roy , La Grande Ecurie

6. Rondeau, le Provençal
Composed by Michel de LaBarre
with Stephen Preston , Jordi Savall

7. Canticum Eucharisticum pro Pace, grand motet sonata ad libitum
Composed by Sebastien de Brossard
with Ensemble Baroque de Limoges

8. Pièces à une ou deux violes avec basse continue, Book 2, "Tombeau Pour M Lully" Le Badinage
Composed by Marin Marais

9. Musette
Composed by Jean-Marie (ii) Leclair
with Elisabeth Joye , Jean-Christophe Maillard , Philippe Pierlot , Claude Wassmer

10. Beata Es Maria, motet
Composed by Guillaume Gabriel Nivers
with Les Demoiselles de Saint Cyr

11. Suite in E minor Passacaille
Composed by Marin Marais
with Fitzwilliam Ensemble

12. Fugues et caprices à quatre parties Fugue No 11
Composed by Francois Roberday
with Michel Chaupis

13. Double de la belle homicide (La belle homicide/Courante de M. Gaultier) La belle Homicide
Composed by Charles Mouton

14. Psalm 18 "Coeli Enarrant," grand motet
Composed by Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville
with Ensemble Baroque de Limoges , Les Chantres de La Chapelle

15. Rigaudon & Double, for keyboard
Composed by Louis Couperin
with Blandine Verlet

16. Élévation "O Miraculum," for chorus, SdB 6
Composed by Sebastien de Brossard
with Les pages de La Chapelle , Les Chantres de La Chapelle

17. Les Sylvains de M'Couperin for theorbo
Composed by Robert de Visee

18. Récit de Nazard, for organ
Composed by Louis-Nicolas Clerambault
with Michel Chaupis

19. Caprice sur les grands Jeux, for organ
Composed by Louis-Nicolas Clerambault
with Michel Chaupis

Tracks:

Pno Con No.1 in E flat, S.124: Allegro Maestoso
Pno Con No.1 in E flat, S.124: Quasi Adagio
Pno Con No.1 in E flat, S.124: Allegretto Vivace
Pno Con No.1 in E flat, S.124: Allegro Marziale Animato
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in d, BWV.903: Fantasia
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in d, BWV.903: Fugue
Pno Son No.31 in A flat, Op.110: Moderato Cantabile Molto Espressivo
Pno Son No.31 in A flat, Op.110: Allegro Molto
Pno Son No.31 in A flat, Op.110: Adagio, Ma Non Troppo
Pno Son No.31 in A flat, Op.110: Fuga. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
Fant in f, Op.49 (Opening)
Etude in C, Op.31/1
Etude De Concert, S.145/2
Valse De L'opera Faust
Pno Son No.1 in C, J.138: Presto (Perpetuum Mobile)
Ballade No.4 in f, Op.52 (Minus Opening 14 Bars)

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Simon Barere (1896-1951) is the great pianist to whom critics most condescend. Harold Schonberg's evaluation in his The Great Pianists is typical: "Barere was not one of the remarkable musical minds, but a playing mechanism startling for speed, accuracy, and disregard of difficulties." The release of the first volume in a series devoted to Barere's live recordings at Carnegie Hall in the 1940s makes it clear, however, that Barere was more than merely a great virtuoso. This CD makes available for the first time the pianist's performances of Beethoven's Sonata No. 31 and Chopin's Ballade in F Minor--repertory that can scarcely be called superficial. His approach to the late Beethoven sonata is essentially Romantic. But his extremely flexible tempos pay strict attention to line and to the shaping of phrases, thus investing the performance with a naturalness of pulse and expression that keeps it from sounding old-fashioned. Barere's F Minor Ballade belongs among the greatest. (Unfortunately, the first 14 bars are missing.) His remarkable technique allows him to reach tremendous climaxes achieved elsewhere only by the likes of Hofmann and Horowitz. But Barere's emotional commitment to the music is such that his effects never seem mere outbursts of temperament (as Hofmann's do) or merely calculated (as with Horowitz). The other works on this disc, whether Bach's "Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue" or Liszt's "Gnomenreigen," also receive persuasively dazzling readings. --Stephen Wigler

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