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Belgian period instrument orchestra La Petite Bande took its name and constitution from Lully’s very own orchestra on the court of Louis XIV. It had been founded in 1972 by violinist and conductor Sigiswald Kuijken to be able to record Lully’s Le bourgeois gentilhomme with Gustav Leonhardt for Deutsche Harmonia …

La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy is a period-instrument ensemble dedicated largely towards the overall performance of Baroque and early Classical functions. Thus, one discovers its applications and recordings dominated by such titles as Handel, Vivaldi, Charpentier, Lully, Monteverdi, Albinoni, and Mozart. Even though the ensemble performs very …