Louis-Nicolas Clérambault - La Magnifique: Flute Music for the Court of Louis XIV

This programme portrays the 'birth' of the flute in France in the late 17th century and the following 40 years of its 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.

1) I. Prelude - Various Performers ()
2) II. Allegro - Various Performers ()
3) III. Adagio - Various Performers ()
4) IV. Sarabande - Various Performers ()
5) V. Gigue - Various Performers ()
6) VI. Allegro - Various Performers ()
7) Ritournelle Pour Diane - Various Performers ()
8) Vos Mépris Chaque Jour - Various Performers ()
9) On a Beau Feindre - Various Performers ()
10) No. 99. Menuet - Barthold Kuijken ()
11) III. Sarabande 'La Descosteaux' - Barthold Kuijken/Arnie Tanimoto/Donald Livingston ()
12) IV. Sarabande - Barthold Kuijken/Arnie Tanimoto/Donald Livingston ()
13) J'ecoûtois Autrefois - Je N'entens Qu'à Regret - Barthold Kuijken/Donald Livingston ()
14) VII. Sarabande. Grave Et Tendre - Barthold Kuijken/Arnie Tanimoto/Donald Livingston ()
15) I. Prélude. Gravement - Various Performers ()
16) II. Courante. Légèrement - Various Performers ()
17) III. Grave - Various Performers ()
18) IV. Gigue. Vivement - Various Performers ()
19) I. ---/II. Vivement - Barthold Kuijken/Arnie Tanimoto/Donald Livingston ()
20) III. Chaconne - Barthold Kuijken/Arnie Tanimoto/Donald Livingston ()
21) I. Prélude. Vivement - Barthold Kuijken/Immanuel Davis ()
22) II. Air. Agréablement - Barthold Kuijken/Immanuel Davis ()
23) III. Sarabande. Tendrement - Barthold Kuijken/Immanuel Davis ()
24) IV. Chaconne. Légère - Barthold Kuijken/Immanuel Davis ()
25) I. Prélude - Various Performers ()
26) II. Fantaisie - Various Performers ()
27) IV. Sarabande II - Various Performers ()
28) VI. Gigue - Various Performers ()
29) IX. Menuet II - Various Performers ()
30) X. Plainte - Various Performers ()
31) XII. Petite Passacaille - Various Performers ()