- This recording is a selection of pieces from Francoeur’s Symphonies du Festin Royal de Mgr le Comte d’Artois, fanfares (Paris, 1773). (“Symphonies at the Count of Artois’s Royal Feast.”)
- These pieces were written for the celebrations surrounding the marriage of the Count of Artois (the future Charles X) and Marie-Thérèse of Savoy.1
Sources
- Daniel Cuiller, trans. Jeremy Drake, liner notes to Francoeur – Rameau: Suites de Simphonies, Ensemble Stradavaria, Daniel Cuiller, Cypres 1626, CD, 2000.
Cut IDs
49914