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This 20cd box set dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the music of versailles. The box set is beautifully packaged with complete english translations featuring distinguished baroque artists such as les arts florissant's with william christie, les musiciens du louvre with marc minkowski, les talens lyriques with christophe rousset, paul agnew, bernarda fink, veronique gens, patricia petibon and many more.

In October 2007, the Centre Musical de Baroque de Versailles celebrated its 20th anniversary, together with the best French musicians around. To complete this anniversary, they now present the release of a 20-CD box with numerous musical highlights, both of the anniversary concerts as well as releases from the previous 20 years. Thanks to this jubilee box, you can now witness this landmark of French Baroque music.

Comment disait-on le droit sur les mers à l’époque moderne ? Par quels dispositifs les pouvoirs politiques dotés d’une façade maritime tentaient-ils de faire respecter un pouvoir de « juridiction », entendu comme un « droit de dire le droit », sur un espace liquide particulier ? Ces questions sur la liberté, la communauté et l’empire des mers ont donné lieu à une grande controverse juridique livrée à l’échelle du globe. Une mer jalousée propose d’en faire l’histoire à partir de l’observatoire méditerranéen. …

In 1745, the king granted Jean-Philippe Rameau the position of Composer du cabinet du roy, which came with a pension. This new period would see productions in a lighter vein, in collaboration with the librettist Louis de Cahusac, and some of the Burgundian musician's most important masterpieces. 'Zaïs', performed in 1748 on the stage of the Académie Royale de Musique, is one of them. This ballet-héroïque gave French music one of its finest works.