The Oboes In The King’s Chamber features Syntagma Amici directed by Jérémie Papasergio & Elsa Frank on Racercar.  Exclusively Available in Stereo DSD 512, DSD 256, DSD 128, DSD 64 and DXD at NativeDSD.

Whilst flutes, oboes and bassoons were often employed in music performed in the open air, as we have already documented in Les Fastes de la Grande Écurie, they also made contributed greatly to the introduction of wind instruments into the other musical institutions of Louis XIV’s court.

This, however, was only possible thanks to the many changes and alterations made to these instruments so that they might better blend with the violins and viols. Here they appear in the Chambre du Roi.

Syntagma Amici
Elsa Frank: hautbois, taille de hautbois, flûtes à bec
Sophie Rebreyend: hautbois, flûtes à bec
Anaïs Ramage: basson, flûtes à bec
Jérémie Papasergio: basson, basse de cromorne, flûtes à bec, flageolet d’oiseau
Hélène Houzel: violon, taille de violon
Manon Papasergio: basse de viole, dessus de viole, petite basse de violon
Gabriel Rignol: théorbe, guitare, chapeau chinois
Brice Sailly: clavecin, orgue
Romain Bockler: basse-taille
Direction: Jérémie Papasergio & Elsa Frank