Les Funérailles de Louis XIV

The funeral of Louis XIV mirrored his reign: grandiose and filled with pathos. Raphaël Pichon has chosen the setting of the Chapelle Royale in Versailles, built ‘for the use’ of the Sun King, to present a musical reconstruction of the event, with chiaroscuro lighting designs by Bertrand Couderc. Solemn grands motets like the De profundis and Dies irae of Michel-Richard de Lalande and the poignant Marche funèbre pour le Convoy du Roy by André Danican Philidor are juxtaposed with rarely heard music by Jean Colin, Louis Chein and Charles d’Helfer. An outstanding performance by Pygmalion, filmed on the occasion of the tercentenary of the event, in November 2015.

Live Recording, Royal Chapel of Versailles

Production: Stéphane Vérité

23 February 2018 – harmonia mundi

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Soloists
Cécile Scheen, soprano
Lucile Richardot, alto
Samuel Boden, alto
Marc Mauillon, tenor
Christian immler, bass

Choir
Delia Agundez, Ulrike Barth, Anne-Marie Beaudette, Mathilde Bobot, Adèle Carlier, Anne-Emmanuelle Davy, Perrine Devillers, Annie Dufresne, Alice Foccroulle, Nadia Lavoyer, Marie Planinsek, sopranos
Philippe barth, jean-Christophe Clair, Stephen Collardelle**, Constantin Goubert, Guillaume Gutierrez, Gabriel Jublin, Marie Pouchelon, altos
Didier Chassaing, Olivier Coiffet**, Davy Cornillot*, Randol Rodriguez, Baltazar Zuniga, tenors
Pau Bordas, Sorin Dumitrascu, Jean-Michel Durang, Geoffroy Heurard, Louis-Pierre Patron, Pierre Virly, basses
Virgile Ancely, Nicolas Boulanger, Renaud Bres****, Nicolas Brooymans***, Geoffroy Buffière*, basses
*solo 1.
**solo 2.
***solo 6.
****solo 8.

Orchestra
Jérôme van Waerbeke, Louis Creac'h, Béatrice Linon, Marie Rouquié, violins
Gabriel Grosbard, Cyrielle Eberhardt, Katya Polin, David Wish, violins
Josèphe Cottet, Alix Boivert, Nicholas Milne, violas
Marta Paramo, Kate Goddbehere, Julien Léonard, violas and viol
Sandrine Dupé, Salomé Gasselin, Benjamin Lescoat, violins and viols
Antoine Touche, Julien Barre, Thomas de Pierrefeu, Julien Hainsworth, Cyril Poulet, bass viols
Jasu Moisio, Lidewei de Sterck, oboes
Augustin Humeau, Evolène Kiener, bassoons
Volny Hostiou, serpent
Thibaut Roussel, Diego Salamanca, theorbos
Arnaud de Pasquale, harpsichord
Jean-Luc Ho, organ
Sylvain Fabre, percussions

Raphaël Pichon, musical direction
Raphaël Pichon & Thomas Leconte, musical conception
Nicolaï Malsenko, musical advisor for the production
Bertrand Couderc, lighting design