Albums by André Campra
ALBUMLes Hautbois à la Chambre du RoiSyntagma Amici & Romain Bockler
ALBUMPas de bourréeCamerata Øresund
ALBUMFleur de Lys pour le Roy (Ballets Baroques)Peter Hoffmann
ALBUMNymphesBéatrice Martin, Virginie Thomas & Emmanuel Resche-Caserta
ALBUMCampra: Le destin du nouveau siècleLa Tempesta, Mathias Vidal, Florie Valiquette, Claire Lefilliâtre, Patrick Bismuth & Marc Mauillon
ALBUMOratorio de Noël, Motet à grand chœur et symphonie AMS 82Collegium musicum de strasbourg
ALBUMCampra: L'Europe GalanteLes Nouveaux Caractères, Sébastien d'Hérin, Caroline Mutel, Isabelle Druet & Heather Newhouse
ALBUMTrompeten, Orgel, PaukenBavarian Brass
ALBUMAndré Campra: Messe de RequiemSalomé Haller, Sarah Gendrot, Rolf Ehlers, Benoit Haller, Philip Niederberger, ensemble3 vocal et instrumental & Hans Michael Beuerle
ALBUMLully: Pièces de Symphonie - Campra: L'Europe GalanteEnglish Chamber Orchestra & Raymond Leppard
Artist Biography
French composer André Campra (1660-1744) was a dominant figure in French theater and in sacred music. Named to the position of music master at Notre Dame Cathedral in 1694, he introduced the genre of the opéra-ballet with his Les Indes galantes (1697). In 1700, Campra resigned from Notre Dame to pursue his interest in theater full time and produced Tancrède (1702), his greatest tragédie lyrique. Despite a special salary paid to Campra by Louis XV to keep him composing operas, Campra's later efforts were failures, and he returned to sacred composition; Campra's sacred motets are regarded as among his finest achievements.
Hometown
Aix-en-Provence, France
Genre
Classical