The event known as ‘Les grandes eaux Musicales de Versailles 2012’, when all the fountains are working, accompanied by music, is presented by the Palace of Versailles in collaboration with Alpha. The music consists of a selection of absolute masterpieces of French Baroque music, from seventeenth and eighteenth century songs to great classics of the operatic repertoire, performed by some of the label’s leading artists, including the ensemble Pygmalion, Le Poème harmonique, Café Zimmermann and others.

Artists

Le Poème Harmonique (early music ensemble), Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien (early music ensemble), Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra, Café Zimmermann (early music ensemble), Pablo Valetti, Eugénie Warnier, Arnaud Richard, Ausonia, Frédérick Haas (harpsichord), Ensemble Pygmalion (early music ensemble), Vincent Dumestre, François Lazarevitch, Skip Sempé, Dominique Visse, Raphaël Pichon