Jean-Claude Malgoire, La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius - François-André-Danican dit Philidor: Carmen Sæculare (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 318 Mb | Total time: 74:58 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 2292-45609-2 | Recorded: 1990
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 318 Mb | Total time: 74:58 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 2292-45609-2 | Recorded: 1990
François-André Danican Philidor started his musical career as a boy chorister in the Chapelle Royal at Versailles. Taught by Campra, his first motet was performed there in 1738. At the same time as he was building his career in music, Philidor acquired considerable ability as a chess player, and in the 1740s he could regularly be found playing opponents such as Voltaire and Rousseau in the Café de la Régence.