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La Chapelle Royale & Philippe Herreweghe - J.S. Bach: Trauerode, BWV 198 (Remastered) (2007/2023) [Digital Download 24/48]

La Chapelle Royale & Philippe Herreweghe - J.S. Bach: Trauerode, BWV 198 (Remastered) (2007/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 57:28 minutes | 594 MB
Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: harmonia mundi, Official Digital Download

Two odes to death and the soul's salvation: Whatever the occasions for which they were written (a tribute to a dead queen, or a chorale cantata), the two works on this recording have one subject in common: death and the soul's salvation. Performed in 1727 in memory of the sorely mourned Christiane Eberhardine, Queen of Poland and Electress of Saxony, the Funeral Ode BWV 198 is particularly moving in its sincerity and spiritual grandeur.
Katona Twins, La Chapelle Musicale de Tournai, Philippe Gérard - Alhambra Inspirations (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Katona Twins, La Chapelle Musicale de Tournai & Philippe Gérard - Alhambra Inspirations (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 61:47 minutes | 983 MB
Classical | Label: Solo Musica, Official Digital Download

The Alhambra Palace was built in the early Middle Ages, in the city of Granada, following the Arab conquest of Spain. With its impressive mosaics and sun-drenched gardens, it inspired the creation of many wonderful compositions throughout the centuries. While several works of Francisco Tárrega, Isaac Albéniz and Joaquín Turina have a direct connection to the Alhambra Palace, the Arabian influence is evident in most pieces on this Album.
Katona Twins, La Chapelle Musicale de Tournai & Philippe Gérard - Alhambra Inspirations (2024)

Katona Twins, La Chapelle Musicale de Tournai & Philippe Gérard - Alhambra Inspirations (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 230 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 144 Mb | 01:01:47
Classical | Label: Solo Musica

The Alhambra Palace was built in the early Middle Ages, in the city of Granada, following the Arab conquest of Spain. With its impressive mosaics and sun-drenched gardens, it inspired the creation of many wonderful compositions throughout the centuries. While several works of Francisco Tárrega, Isaac Albéniz and Joaquín Turina have a direct connection to the Alhambra Palace, the Arabian influence is evident in most pieces on this Album.

«Saint-Cyr: Histoire de la Maison royale de Saint-Louis» by Paul de Noailles  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Gelsomino at June 25, 2023
«Saint-Cyr: Histoire de la Maison royale de Saint-Louis» by Paul de Noailles

«Saint-Cyr: Histoire de la Maison royale de Saint-Louis» by Paul de Noailles
French | EPUB | 0.5 MB
Mathilde Vialle - François Couperin: Secrets de Roy, Pièces de Violes (2020)

Mathilde Vialle - François Couperin: Secrets de Roy, Pièces de Violes (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 367 Mb | Total time: 66:53 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles | # CVS 035 | Recorded: 2019

If the cherished corpus of Pièces de Violes by François Couperin Le Grand, the celebrated organist of the Chapelle Royale de Versailles, constitutes a major contribution to the viol repertoire in France at the beginning of the 18th century, this unique volume published in Paris in 1728 is also shrouded in mystery for any musician who might wish to immerse himself in these sumptuous pieces. Might they have been composed for an exceptional performer, Marin Marais or Antoine Forqueray, Couperin's colleagues at the Court of Louis XIV? Arranged in two suites of splendid pieces, blending Italian and French styles, they represent all the spirit and finesse of the music of the King's Chamber at its apogee.
Stéphane Béchy - D'Agincour: Pièces de clavecin, 1733 - Vol. 1 (2022) [Official Digital Download]

Stéphane Béchy - D'Agincour: Pièces de clavecin, 1733 - Vol. 1 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 55:01 minutes | 620 MB
Classical | Label: BY Classique, Official Digital Download

An organist at the Chapelle Royale de Versailles alongside François Couperin, François d’Agincour rubbed shoulders with the likes of Scarlatti, Bach, Handel and Rameau. Lesser known than his famous counterparts, this Normandy-born musician, who later moved to Paris, never created any operas or grandiose motets that could have established him as one of the greats in the musical hall of fame. Instead, he left behind a collection of organ pieces that has yet to be published, a few arias and this beautiful Livre de Pièces de clavecin from 1733 that was dedicated to Queen Marie Leszczinska, the wife of Louis XV… which is just glorious.
Gustav Leonhardt, La Petite Bande - André-Modeste Grétry: Le Jugement de Midas (1989)

Gustav Leonhardt, La Petite Bande - André-Modeste Grétry: Le Jugement de Midas (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 158 Mb | Total time: 35:57 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ricercar | # RIC 063033 | Recorded: 1980

Le Jugement de Midas (The Judgement of Midas) is a French comédie mêlée d'ariettes (a kind of opéra comique), in three acts by André Grétry dedicated to . It was first performed, with amateur singers, on 28 March 1778 in the private little theatre set up by Madame de Montesson in the apartments of her secret husband Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans at the Palais-Royal in Paris. Libretto is by the Irish playwright Thomas Hales (also known by the French name Thomas d'Hèle) with additional contributions by Louis Anseaume. It was based on the burlesque opera Midas (1760) by Kane O'Hara. The public premiere at the Comédie-Italienne took place on 27 June 1778.

Robert J. Lloyd, "La Société royale"  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by TimMa at Aug. 12, 2023
Robert J. Lloyd, "La Société royale"

Robert J. Lloyd, "La Société royale"
2023 | ASIN: B0C9TDXS2R | Français | MP3@64 kbps | 13 hrs 51 mins | 386.3 MB

Entre le nom de la rose et le parfum, un thriller historique fascinant. Inspiré de faits réels. …

Les derniers jours de Versailles - Alexandre MARAL  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Maroutan at May 21, 2019
Les derniers jours de Versailles - Alexandre MARAL

Les derniers jours de Versailles - Alexandre MARAL
Français | 2018 | 700 Pages | ISBN: 2262064113 | EPUB | 17.2 MB

L'engrenage qui tua le roi de France.
1789 est la dernière année de Versailles comme lieu de pouvoir. Les rituels de la vie de cour, qui semblent imperturbables, sont bousculés par les événements révolutionnaires suivant un rythme et une densité sans précédent. Le 17 juin, le roi perd son pouvoir au profit de l'Assemblée nationale. Cette révolution politique et institutionnelle est suivie d'une révolution populaire le 14 juillet, d'une révolution sociétale le 4 août, d'une révolution idéologique le 26 août, d'une révolution sociale les 5 et 6 octobre. En moins de quatre mois, un système plus que millénaire est abattu…

Jean-Yves Le Naour, "La tragique histoire de la Grande Guerre"  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by TimMa at July 7, 2024
Jean-Yves Le Naour, "La tragique histoire de la Grande Guerre"

Jean-Yves Le Naour, "La tragique histoire de la Grande Guerre"
2022 | ASIN: B09QGR8NMK | Français | MP3@128 kbps | 5 hrs 06 mins | 283.8 MB

Une présentation des étapes clés du conflit avec de nombreux repères chronologiques et anecdotes reflétant le quotidien des poilus, des civils réquisitionnés dans les usines et de tous les participants à l'effort de guerre. …