Les soupers du roy

Description

The Symphonies for the King's Suppers are emblematic of Versailles and of the Greatest King in the World. What other Prince would line up for his meal the 24 Violins of the King and the winds of his royal Stable? With the luxury of an Opera orchestra, here is Louis XIV at table with music every day.From the chapel to the apartments, the entire castle then resounds with the music of Lalande. His Majesty prays, eats, laughs, and weeps with them. Vincent Dumestre ardently revives these gastronomic and royal, therefore sumptuous, musics...