Sacred Music Of Versailles. Pages & Chantres/schne

Les Pages & Les Chantres de Versailles, Olivier Schneebeli

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K617 presents a special collection celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Olivier Schneebeli and Les Pages et les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles. This choir's unique combination of children's and adult voices, in the great tradition of the Versailles Chapelle royale, has helped Schneebeli develop the ideal 'instrument' to showcase French repertoire of the 17th and the 18th centuries. This exceptional boxed set invites the listener on a itinerary through sacred masterpieces by the composers of the "Grand Siècle," from the reign of Henri IV to the end of the reign of Louis XIV. In particular it explores, with the aid of numerous unpublished recordings, the birth of the musical genre most associated with Chapelle royale - the grand motet.