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1. Armide, Lwv 7: Ouverture

2. Armide, Lwv 7: Passacaille

3. Overture In E Minor, Twv 55:E3: I. Ouverture

4. Overture In E Minor, Twv 55:E3: II. Les Cyclopes

5. Overture In E Minor, Twv 55:E3: III. Menuet – Trio

6. Overture In E Minor, Twv 55:E3: IV. Galimatias En Rondeau

7. Overture In E Minor, Twv 55:E3: V. Hornpipe

8. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Prologue: Overture

9. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Prologue: Air Pour Les Plaisirs I. Gay Et Gracieux

10. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Prologue: Air Pour Les Plaisirs II. Très Vif

11. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Prologue: Air Gracieux. Sans Lenteur

12. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Prologue: Tambourins I & II

13. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Act I: Air Vif

14. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Act I: Rigaudons I & II

15. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Act III: Air Gay En Rondeau

16. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Act III: Menuets I & II

17. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Act III: Tambourins I & II

18. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Act IV: Sommeil. Rondeau Tendre

19. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Act IV: Air Très Vif

20. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Act IV: Calme Des Sens. Air Tendre

21. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Act IV: Gavotte Vive

22. Dardanus Suite, Rtc 35a, Act V: Chaconne

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This recording realizes Barthold Kuijken’s long-held desire to restore to Jean-Baptiste Lully, and to French Baroque orchestral works in general, the power and intensity that once held the musical world in thrall. To the grandeur, finesse and diversity of the genre he has brought original source material to inform specific bowing techniques and the use of ornamentation. The result, as with Telemann’s Suite in E minor, which stands firmly in the Lully tradition, and Rameau’s magnificent Suite from Dardanus, evokes the spectacle and splendor of Versailles. Barthold Kuijken is an eminent leader in the field of early music. A virtuoso traverse soloist, teacher and conductor, he has shaped the fields of historical flutes and historically informed performance over the last forty years. Kuijken has widely performed and recorded the repertoire for the Baroque flute and has collaborated with other early music specialists including his brothers Sigiswald and Wieland Kuijken, Frans Bruggen, Gustav Leonhardt, and Paul Dombrecht.