JACQUES-MARTIN HOTTETERRE (1674-1763): Suites No. 1 in G Minor, No. 2 in C Minor and No. 3 in G, Préludes in D, G, G, C, C Minor, B Minor, G Minor and G Minor, Passacaille, Dans ces deserts paisibles, Pouquoy, doux rossignol, Le beau berger Tircis.

Description: This elegant, sometimes melancholic music (especially the wistful and lovely C minor suite) was designed to help recall happier, more vibrant days for the aging denizens of Louis XIV's Versailles in the late days of the court in the early 1700s. Wilbert Hazelet (flute), Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba), Konrad Junghänel (theorbo), Jacques Ogg (harpsichord). Original 1996 Glossa release.