Louis XIV Les musiques du roi soleil

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On the occasion of the tercentenary of the death of the Sun King, Alpha Classics, drawing on a rich catalog of benchmark Baroque recordings and a collection in partnership with the Château de Versailles, celebrates a reign steeped in music. More than any other sovereign of his time, Louis XIV (1638-1715) loved the arts and brought them to exceptional development. All disciplines received royal attention, both through the considerable resources the monarch devoted to them and through the organization of each of the “Fine Arts” into an academy. The result was a fantastic harvest of masterpieces, a unique period of collaborative work among most disciplines on flagship projects, and unprecedented international resonance. The artistic France of Louis XIV set the tone for all of Europe.