Donald Livingston - La Magnifique: Flute Music for the Court of Louis XIV [COMPACT DISCS] USA import

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Donald Livingston - La Magnifique: Flute Music for the Court of Louis XIV [COMPACT DISCS]

Artist: Donald Livingston

Title: La Magnifique: Flute Music for the Court of Louis XIV

Condition: New

Format: COMPACT DISCS

Release Date: 2021

Label: Naxos

UPC: 747313908370

Genre: Classical

Album Tracks

1. Simphonia No. 7 in E Minor, "Sonata Detta la Magnifique"
2. 1. I. [Prélude]
3. 2. II. Allegro
4. 3. III. Adagio
5. 4. Iv. Sarabande
6. 5. V. Gigue
7. 6. Vi. Allegro
8. 7. Le Triomphe de L'amour: Ritournelle Pour Diane
9. 8. Airs À 1-4 Parties: Vos Mépris Chaque Jour, Ritournelle
10. 9. Airs À 1-4 Parties: On a Beau Feindre, Ritournelle
11. 10. Suite de Dances. Qui Se Joüent Ordinairement À Tous Les Bals Chez Le Roy (1712): No. 99. Menuet (Version for Flute)
12. 11. Flute Suite No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 2: III. Sarabande, "La Descosteaux"
13. 12. Pièces de Théorbe Et de Luth Mises en Partition, Dessus Et Basse: Suite No. 9 in E Minor: IV. Sarabande (Version for Flute and Basso Continuo)
14. 13. Recueil D'airs Sérieux Et À Boire (1701): J'ecoûtois Autrefois - Double: Je N'entens Qu'à Regret (Version for Flute and Harpsichord)
15. 14. Les Goûts-Réunis: Concert No. 8 in G Major: VIII. Sarabande Grave, Et Tendre, "Vous Qui Craignez Que L'amour"
16. Trio Sonata in D Major, Op. 3, No. 2
17. 15. I. Prélude: Gravement
18. 16. II. Courante: Légèrement
19. 17. III. Grave
20. 18. Iv. Gigue: Vivement
21. Pièces Pour la Flûte Traversiere, Book 2: Suite No. 9 in G Major, "Sonate L'inconnuë"
22. 19. I. - - II. Vivement
23. 20. III. Chaconne
24. Les Goûts-Réünis: Concert No. 13 in G Major (Version for 2 Flutes)
25. 21. I. Vivement
26. 22. II. Air: Agréablement
27. 23. III. Sarabande: Tendrement
28. 24. Iv. Chaconne Légère
29. Pièces en Trio: Suite No. 2 in G Minor (Excerpts)
30. 25. I. Prélude
31. 26. II. Fantaisie
32. 27. Iv. Sarabande II
33. 28. Vi. Gigue
34. 29. Ix. Menuet II
35. 30. X. Plainte
36. 31. Xii. Petite Passacaille

This programme portrays the 'birth' of the flute in France in the late 17th century and the following 40 years of it's life as a new and fashionable instrument. A famous patron of the arts, King Louis XIV gathered elite composers and musicians to create the refinement, elegance and good taste that was demanded at his Paris Court. From the early petites pièces to more virtuoso suites and sonatas with their ornamented lyricism and grand dance rhythms, the mellow, robust and almost husky sounds of flutes from this period blend and weave around each other like the voices of two singers.