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Dans la chambre du Roy
Various composers

La Reverencia

Dans la chambre du Roy

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Format: CD
Label: Vanitas
UPC: 8436556732966
Catnr: VA 15
Release date: 05 February 2021
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Vanitas
UPC
8436556732966
Catalogue number
VA 15
Release date
05 February 2021
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The world of “petits Cabinets”
« In the morning he studied. After having prayed to God, he danced, […] and he had lunch, his orchestra of petit violons was always there in number of ten, they played so well that several people come to see him at lunch”. Marie Dubois (gentilhomme servant of the King, chamber assistant of Louis XIII and Louis XIV).

The Music of the King is supported by a huge structure; its three titanic arms surround the musical life of a complex and capricious court: La Chapelle Royale, La Musique de la Chambre y La Grande Ecurie. Versailles does not miss a day without music. Ensembles with a remarkable expressive power are the reflection of a monarch who can do everything. The music has a determinant impact in the life of the palace, the court it mimics with its own environment. Every single piece of furniture is decorated in a very ornamented way; any inch of raw material cannot be at sight. The body is hidden in ornamented clothes, wigs, face powder, gloves… Any single inch of skin can be exhibit. Music is cover by a silky veil in which ornamentation is an inseparable part of its pronunciation. The Court is like that, a divine theater of semblances.
Lambert, Lully, Du Mont, De Lalande, Marais, Charpentier, Couperin… big names, famous composers. Some of them are responsible of the most prestigious orchestras of Europe: Les Vingt-quatre Violons, Les Petit Violons, Les Simphonistes de la Chambre… the others has been selected for taken part of the strictest closeness to his majesty. How would be a day in their life? What instrument they use? What they feel when they played in front of the King of France? What would the comment among them? Questions that are lost in the corridors of time.
Die Welt der "petits Cabinets"
« Am Morgen studierte er. Nachdem er zu Gott gebetet hatte, tanzte er, [...] und er aß zu Mittag, sein Orchester der petit violons war immer in der Anzahl von zehn da, sie spielten so gut, dass mehrere Leute kamen, um ihn beim Mittagessen zu sehen". Marie Dubois (gentilhomme Diener des Königs, Kammerdiener von Ludwig XIII. und Ludwig XIV.).

Die Musik des Königs wird von einem riesigen Bauwerk getragen, dessen drei gewaltige Arme das musikalische Leben eines komplexen und kapriziösen Hofes umschließen: La Chapelle Royale, La Musique de la Chambre y La Grande Ecurie. In Versailles vergeht kein Tag ohne Musik. Ensembles mit einer bemerkenswerten Ausdruckskraft sind das Spiegelbild eines Monarchen, der alles kann. Die Musik hat einen bestimmenden Einfluss auf das Leben des Palastes, den Hof, den sie mit ihrer eigenen Umgebung nachahmt. Jedes einzelne Möbelstück ist sehr ornamentiert, kein Zentimeter Rohmaterial ist zu sehen. Der Körper ist in verzierten Kleidern, Perücken, Gesichtspuder, Handschuhen versteckt... Jeder einzelne Zentimeter Haut kann ausgestellt werden. Die Musik ist von einem seidenen Schleier bedeckt, in dem die Ornamentik ein untrennbarer Teil ihrer Ausdrucksweise ist. Der Hof ist so, ein göttliches Theater des Scheins.
Lambert, Lully, Du Mont, De Lalande, Marais, Charpentier, Couperin... große Namen, berühmte Komponisten. Einige von ihnen sind für die renommiertesten Orchester Europas verantwortlich: Les Vingt-quatre Violons, Les Petit Violons, Les Simphonistes de la Chambre... die anderen wurden für die Teilnahme an der größten Nähe zu seiner Majestät ausgewählt. Wie würde ein Tag in ihrem Leben aussehen? Welches Instrument sie benutzen? Was fühlen sie, wenn sie vor dem König von Frankreich spielen? Was würde der Kommentar zwischen ihnen sein? Fragen, die in den Korridoren der Zeit verloren gehen.

Le Monde des petits Cabinets
« Il faisoit ses estudes le matin: après avoir prié Dieu, il dansoit, fasoit des armes, rompoit la lance dans la visière du faquin ; après il desjenuoit, où estoit toujours sa bande de petits viollons au nombre de dix, quyjouoient assez joliment, ce quyfaisoit que plusieurs gens le venoient voir desjeuneur ». Marie Dubois (gentilhomme servant du roi, valet de chambre de Louis XIII et de Louis XIV).

La Musique du Roi dépend d’une grande structure, ses trois bras titanesques régissant la vie musicale d’une cour complexe et capricieuse: La Chapelle Royale, La Musique de la Chambre et La Grande Ecurie. IL n’y a pas un jour sans musique à Versailles. Des formations musicales d’une grande puissance expressive sont le reflet d’un monarque tout-puissant. La musique a un impact déterminant sur la vie au château. La cour se mimétise avec son propre environnement. Chaque pièce du mobilier est décorée de manière opulente, aucun millimètre de matière première ne pouvant demeurer à la vue. Le corps se dissimule dans des vêtements complexes et chargés, des perruques, des poudres pour le visage, des gants…Pas un centimètre carré de peau nue n’est visible. La musique se revêt d’un voile soyeux dans lequel l’ornementation est inséparable de sa prononciation. La cour est ainsi faite, Paris est ainsi fait, un théâtre divin dédié aux apparences.

Lambert, Lully, Du Mont, De Lalande, Marais, Charpentier, Couperin…de grands noms, compositeurs célèbres. Certains d’entre eux sont responsables des orchestres les plus prestigieux d’Europe: Les Vingt-Quatre Violons, Les Petits Violons, Les Symphonistes de la Chambre…D’autres sont choisis pour jouer dans la plus stricte intimité de Sa Majesté. A quoi ressemblerait un jour de leurs vies? De quels instruments disposaient-ils? Que ressentaient-ils en jouant devant le Roi de France? Que commentaient-ils entre eux? Autant de questions qui se perdent dans les couloirs du temps.

Artist(s)

La Reverencia

Since its creation, La Reverencia has specialized in musical performance according to historical criteria. Trained at some of the most prestigious early music centres the ensemble is made up of musicians with a long international music career.   An emphasis on taking a new look at the early music, together with a search for natural spontaneity in performance, are top priorities for this ensemble, who pretend to show a music in many cases forgotten but that it is an undeniable part of our history. From that point of view La Reverencia born with the motivation of spread the music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Its projects always have highlight for offering new readings of those repertories,.   Their discography and critics endorse them...
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Since its creation, La Reverencia has specialized in musical performance according to historical criteria. Trained at some of the most prestigious early music centres the ensemble is made up of musicians with a long international music career.
An emphasis on taking a new look at the early music, together with a search for natural spontaneity in performance, are top priorities for this ensemble, who pretend to show a music in many cases forgotten but that it is an undeniable part of our history. From that point of view La Reverencia born with the motivation of spread the music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Its projects always have highlight for offering new readings of those repertories,.
Their discography and critics endorse them as one of the new and more promising Spanish ensembles. They have performed in many parts of Europe, participating in the major Early music festivals, always obtaining the unanimous support of critic and public.
In the last years they have work on the french and German repertoire with concerts dedicated to Rameau, Bach or Marais. In 2013 they shoted the film DE OCCULTA PHILOSOPHIA, a movie focused on baroque music that it was selected in several International Cinema Festivals as Buenos Aires (BAFICI 2013), Marseille (FIDMARSEILLE 2013), Sevilla (SEFF 2013). They created their own label: VANITAS (www.vanitasmusica.com) whereby in the las years the present their projects.

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Andrés Alberto Gómez (conductor)

He finished his harpsichord studies at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (Holland) as a student of Jacques Ogg and at the Escuela Superior de Música de Cataluña, E.S.M.U.C. as a student of Béatrice Martin, obtaining the highest distinction and congratulations from the jury. He has made recordings for the Dutch Radio, the Slovenian Radio-television, WDR 3, Radio Catalonia, the Polish Radio-television and the labels ARSIS, PASSACAILLE, DYNAMIC, TAÑIDOS and VANITAS. He is founder and director of the ensemble La Reverencia. His performances as soloist and continuist cover all of Europe. He has performed with several renowned ensembles such as Les Arts Florissants, Tasto Solo or La Fura dels Baus, being directed by musicians such as William Christie, Paul Dombrecht, Paul...
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He finished his harpsichord studies at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (Holland) as a student of Jacques Ogg and at the Escuela Superior de Música de Cataluña, E.S.M.U.C. as a student of Béatrice Martin, obtaining the highest distinction and congratulations from the jury. He has made recordings for the Dutch Radio, the Slovenian Radio-television, WDR 3, Radio Catalonia, the Polish Radio-television and the labels ARSIS, PASSACAILLE, DYNAMIC, TAÑIDOS and VANITAS.

He is founder and director of the ensemble La Reverencia. His performances as soloist and continuist cover all of Europe. He has performed with several renowned ensembles such as Les Arts Florissants, Tasto Solo or La Fura dels Baus, being directed by musicians such as William Christie, Paul Dombrecht, Paul McCreesh, Roy Goodman, Richard Egarr or Ton Koopman.

In 2013 he recorded together with La Reverencia De Oculta Philosophia, a documentary film around Baroque music that was selected at numerous international festivals. His discography has always received the best criticism from the specialized press.

“Andrés Alberto Gómez has an unusual touch control. Adapt his articulation to phrasing with the mastery of the greatest”.

Philippe Ramin, Diapason (5 diapason)


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Dagmar Šašková (mezzo soprano)

Composer(s)

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Jean-Baptiste Lully, originally named Giovanni Battista Lulli, was an Italian-born composer from the Baroque period who is seen as the founder/designer of French opera. For the majority of his life, he worked for the court of the French king Louis XIV, from where he dominated the French music practice for decades. His work had a great influence on the development of West-European music. 
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Jean-Baptiste Lully, originally named Giovanni Battista Lulli, was an Italian-born composer from the Baroque period who is seen as the founder/designer of French opera. For the majority of his life, he worked for the court of the French king Louis XIV, from where he dominated the French music practice for decades. His work had a great influence on the development of West-European music.
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