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Discography
This discography focuses on recordings of Lully's dramatic works. Complete operas are listed first, followed by individual selections from these works. Albums that include multiple Lully selections are listed under each individual work. Other significant Lully recordings are also included on this list.
| Album Title | Label number | Year | Works and Selections | Conductor | Ensemble/Performers | UNT Call number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acis et Galatée | Archiv Produktion, 453 497-2 |
1998 |
Acis et Galatée (complete opera) | Marc Minkowski | Chœur des Musiciens and Les musiciens du Louvre | LPCD 81448- 81449 |
| Alceste | Columbia, M3 34580, M 34725 | 1977 | Alceste (complete opera) | Jean-Claude Malgoire | Grande Écurie et la chambre du roy | LPZ 23883-23885 |
| Amadis (Lully, ou, le musicien du soleil, v. 8) | Accord 3CD 442 8549 | 2006 | Amadis (complete opera) | Hugo Reyne | Simphonie du Marais | none |
| Armide | Harmonia Mundi France, HMC 901456 | 1993 | Armide (complete opera) | Philippe Herreweghe | Chœur et Orchestre du Collegium vocale et de la Chapelle royale | LPCD 95738-95739 |
| Armide | Erato, STU 715302 | 1984 | Armide (complete opera) | Philippe Herreweghe | Ensemble vocal et instrumental de la Chapelle royale | LPZ 31073-31074 |
| Armide | Erato, STU 715302 | 1968 | Armide (complete opera) | Philippe Herreweghe | Ensemble vocal et instrumental de la Chapelle royale | LPZ 31073-31074 |
| Ballet de Flore (Lully, ou, le musicien du soleil, v. 2) | Accord 461804-2 | 2000 | Ballet de Flore (complete ballet) | Hugo Reyne | Simphonie du Marais | none |
| Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Lully, ou, le musicien du soleil, v. 4) | Accord 472512-2 | 2001 | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (complete opera) | Hugo Reyne | Simphonie du Marais | none |
| Les Premiers Opéras Français (Lully, ou, le musicien du soleil, v. 6) | Accord 4762437-9 | 2003 | Les fêtes de l'Amour et de Bacchus (complete opera) | Hugo Reyne | Simphonie du Marais | none |
| Isis (Lully, ou, le musicien du soleil, v. 7) | Accord 4768048-4768050 | 2005 | Isis (complete opera) | Hugo Reyne | Simphonie du Marais | none |
| Persée | Astrée Naïve, E 8874-1 | 2001 | Persée (complete opera) | Christophe Rousset | Les Talens lyriques | LPCD 95726-95728 |
| Phaëton | Musicfrance, 4509-91737-2 | 1994 | Phaëton (complete opera) | Marc Minkowski | Ensemble vocal Sagittarius and Les Musiciens du Louvre | LPCD 64320-64321 |
| Roland | Ambroisie, AMB 9949 | 2004 | Roland (complete opera) | Christophe Rousset | Les Talens Lyriques and Choeur de l'Opera de Lausanne | LPCD 95833- 95835 |
| Le triomphe de l'amour (Lully, ou, le musicien du soleil, v. 5) | Accord 2CD 4761053 | 2003 | Le triomphe de l'amour (complete opera) | Hugo Reyne | Simphonie du Marais | none |
| Concert de danse | Accent (Qualiton Imports), ACC 96122 | 1996 | Acis et Galatée ("C'est en vain") | Sigiswald Kuijken | La Petite Bande | LPCD 79680 |
| Lully, ou, le musicien du soleil, v. 3 | Accord 461 811-2 | 2000 | Les airs pour le carrousel de Monseigneur; le plaisires de l'Ile enchantee; la grotte de Versailles | Hugo Reyne | Simphonie du Marais | none |
| Alceste, selections from the opera | Serenus, SRS 12057 | [1974] | Alceste: excerpts | Willard Straight | Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper | LPZ 59928 |
| Arias from Baroque Operas | Philips, PHS 900-051 | 1964 | Alceste: "Charon's aria" | Raymond Leppard | Gérard Souzay and English Chamber Orchestra | LPZ 14943 |
| Famous Voices of the Past: Gérard Souzay | Preiser Records, 93440 | 2005 | Alceste: "Il faut passer tot ou tard" | Robert Cornman and Edouard von Lindenberg | Orchestre de la Societe du Conservatoire Paris | none |
| Gérard Souzay Sings Baroque, Classical, and Traditional Songs | Testament, SBT 1315 | 2003 | Alceste: "Il faut passer tot ou tard" | Robert Cornman | Orchestre de la Societe du Conservatoire Paris | none |
| Un siècle d'opera classique | Philips, L 02.337 | 1960 | Alceste: "Il faut passer tot ou tard" | Raymond Leppard | Gérard Souzay, with the English Chamber Orchestra | none |
| The King's Consort Collection | Hyperion KING7 | 2005 | Alceste: La Marche des Combattants | Robert King | King's Consort | LPCD 96724 |
| Musiques à Versailles | Naive (France), E 8833 | 2002 | Alceste: Overture | Jean-Claude Malgoire | La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy | none |
| Ballet d'Alcidiane et Polexandre | Musical Heritage Society, MHS 4194 | [1980] | Alcidiane: excerpts | Miguel de la Fuente | La Follia Instrumental Ensemble | LPZ 24875 |
| XVIIth Century French Dances | CBS Masterworks, M 37822 | 1980 | Alcidiane: "L'assemblée au tambour" | Jean-Claude Malgoire | La Grande Écurie et la chambre du roy | none |
| Amour, te veux-tu? | Pearl, GEMM CDS 9482 | 1991/1919 | Amadis: "Amour, que veux-tu de moi?" | none listed | Emma Calve, soprano | LPCD 46567-46568 |
| The Best of Caruso | RCA Victor, LM 6056 | 1958/1904-20 | Amadis: "Bois épais" | various | Enrico Caruso, tenor | LPZ 68096-68097 |
| Caruso: An Anthology of His Art on Records | RCA Victor, LM 6127 | 1956/1913 | Amadis: "Bois épais" | none listed | Enrico Caruso, tenor | none |
| The Complete Pathé Recordings (1916-1925) | Romophone 82016-2 | 2000/1904 | Amadis: "Bois épais" | none listed | Edmond Clément; Léon David | none |
| Ezio Pinza Sings Operatic Arias | A.N.N.A. Record Co., ANNA 1034-35 | 1970/1928-48 | Amadis: "Bois épais" | none listed | Ezio Pinza, bass | none |
| Great Singers -- Caruso: Complete Recordings, Volume 12 | Naxos Historical, 8110753 | 2004 | Amadis: "Bois épais" | none listed | Enrico Caruso, tenor | none |
| Rosa Ponselle Sings Today | RCA Victor, LM 1889 | 1955 | Amadis: "Bois épais" | none listed | Rosa Ponselle, soprano | LPZ 28804 |
| Sherrill Milnes in Recital, Vol. 2, Kingdom by the Sea | VAI Audio, VAIA 1141 | 1996/1980 | Amadis: "Bois épais" | none listed | Sherrill Milnes, baritone | none |
| Janice Baker: Gluck, Lully, Finzi, Britten, and Worlock | BBC Legends, BBC 4117 | 2003 | Amadis: "Bois épais" | none listed | Janice Baker, mezzo soprano | none |
| Le roi danse: Bande originale du film | Deutsche Grammophon, 477 063-2 | 2004 | Amadis: "Esprits empressés à nous plaire, Que le ciel annonce à la terre", and Prologue | Reinhard Goebel | Ex Tempore and Musica Antiqua Koln | LPCD 96981-96982 |
| Fanfares & simphonies | Erato, STU 70069 | 1972 | Amadis: excerpts | Jean-François Paillard | The Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra | LPZ 18780 c.2 |
| Suite aus der Oper "Amadis" | Harmonia Mundi, HMS 30694 | 1965 | Amadis: Instrumental suite | Reinhard Peters | Collegium Aureum | none |
| Orchestral Suites from Baroque Operas | RCA Victrola, VICS-1432 | no date | Amadis: Orchestral Suite | Reinhard Peters | Collegium Aureum | LPZ 14792 |
| Ceremonial Music from the Court of Louis XIV | Musical Heritage Society, MHS 1624 | no date | Amadis: Suite de simphonies | Jean-François Paillard | The Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra | LPZ 18780 c.2 |
| The Story of Great Music (mono) | Time-Life Records, TL 150 | 1967 | Les amants magnifiques: Orchestral suite | Fritz Lehan | Consortium Musicum | LPZ 48669-48672 |
| The Story of Great Music (stereo) | Time-Life Records, STL 150 | 1967 | Les amants magnifiques: Orchestral suite | Fritz Lehan | Consortium Musicum | LPZ 27126-27129 |
| Air baroques français | Virgin Classics 724354548123 | 2001 | Armide: Air de Renaud ("Plus l'observe ces lieux"); "Enfin il est ma puissance" | Patrick Cohën-Akenine | Patricia Petibon | none |
| Armide | The Gramaphone Shop, AS-49, AS-50 | 1940 | Armide: Air de Renaud ("Plus l'observe ces lieux") | Alex Cellier | Yves Tinayre, tenor | none |
| Music at the Time of Poussin | Harmonia Mundi, HMC 90613 | 1995 | Armide: "Enfin il est ma puissance" | William Christie | Les Arts Florissants | none |
| Les plus grand scènes de l'Opera Baroque | Harmonia Mundi, HMX 290869 | 1998 | Armide: "Enfin il est ma puissance" | various | various | LPCD 79917 c.2 |
| Armide | Music Heritage Society, MHS 867S | 1968 | Armide: excerpts | Jean François Paillard | Philippe Caillard Chorus and the Jean-Francois Paillard Orchestra | LPZ 14793 |
| Tragédiennes | Virgin Classics 94634676229 | 2005 | Armide: excerpts | Christophe Rousset | Véronique Gens | none |
| The World of Lully | Cedille, CDR 90000 043 | 1999 | Armide: excerpts | none listed | Chicago Baroque Ensemble | none |
| Masterpieces of Music Before 1750: The 16th and 17th Centuries | Haydn Society, HSCD-9039 | no date | Armide: Overture | Mogens Wöldike | various | none |
| Concert de danse | Accent (Qualiton Imports), ACR25001 | 2006 | Armide: Overture, and Passacaille | Sigiswald Kuijken | La Petite Bande | LPCD 79680 |
| Introducing David Schrader | Cedille CDR5003 | 2000 | Armide: Passacaille (arr. d'Anglebert) | none | David Schrader | none |
| Musique ancienne | Pearl, GEMM CD 9019 | 1993/1928 | Atys: "Les songes agreables" | none | Wanda Landowska, harpsichord | none |
| Atys | Harmonia Mundi France, HMC 901257.59 | 2003/1987 | Atys: excerpts | William Christie | Les Arts Florissants | LPCD 95832 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully | Harmonia Mundi France, HMX 290805 | 1991 | Atys: excerpts | none listed | various | none |
| Music at the Time of Poussin | Harmonia Mundi, HMC 90613 | 1995 | Atys: excerpts | William Christie | Les Arts Florissants | none |
| For Your Life -- For Your Dreams | London/Decca, 2LH 472477 | 2002 | Atys: Gavotte | none | Mischa Maisky and Pavel Gililov | none |
| Music at the Time of Poussin | Harmonia Mundi, HMC 90613 | 1995 | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: Chaconne des Scaramouches, and Marche pour la ceremonie des Turcs | William Christie | Les Arts Florissants | none |
| Le Bourgeois gentilhomme | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77059-2-RG | 1988/1973 | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: excerpts | Gustav Leonhardt | La Petite Bande | none |
| Le Bourgeois gentilhomme | Harmonia Mundi France, HMU 907122 | 1994 | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: excerpts | Paul Goodwin | London Oboe Band | LPCD 79725 |
| Harmonie universelle | Alia Vox, AV 9810 | 2001 | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs | Jordi Savall | Jordi Savall and Concert des Nations | LPCD 96642 |
| Meslanges royaux: au temps de Louis XIII et Louis XIV | Auvidis Fontalis, ES 9914 | 1997 | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs | Jordi Savall | Jordi Savall and Concert des Nations | LPCD 96375 |
| Tous les matins du monde: Bande originale du film | Alia Vox, AV9821 | 2001 | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs, "Air des Espagnols" no. 1 and no. 2 | Jordi Savall | Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations | LPCD 96984 |
| Famous Voices of the Past: Gérard Souzay | Preiser Records, 93440 | 2005 | Cadmus et Hermione: "Bell Hermione" | Robert Cornman and Edouard von Lindenberg | Orchestre de la Societe du Conservatoire Paris | none |
| Gérard Souzay Sings Baroque, Classical, and Traditional Songs | Testament, SBT 1315 | 2003 | Cadmus et Hermione: "Bell Hermione" | none listed | Orchestre de la Societe du Conservatoire Paris | none |
| Un siècle d'opera classique | Philips, L 02.337 | 1960 | Cadmus et Hermione: "Bell Hermione" | Raymond Leppard | Gérard Souzay, with the English Chamber Orchestra | none |
| Arias from Baroque Operas | Philips, PHS 900-051 | 1964 | Cadmus et Hermione: "Cadmus's aria" | Raymond Leppard | Gérard Souzay, with the English Chamber Orchestra | LPZ 14943 |
| Le Bourgeois gentilhomme | Harmonia Mundi France, HMU 907122 | 1994 | Cadmus et Hermione: excerpts | Paul Goodwin | London Oboe Band | LPCD 79725 |
| Grands Motets, vols. 1-3 | Naxos, 8554397-8554398 | 1999, 1994/2003 | Grands motets | Hervé Niquet | Le concert spirituel | LPCD 85575 |
| Un portrait musical | Virgin Classics, 7243 5 45229 2 5 | 1996 | Isis: "Air des trembleurs" | Hugo Reyne | La Simphonie du Marais | LPCD 92838 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully | Harmonia Mundi France, HMX 290805 | 1991 | Isis: Overture | none listed | various | none |
| Armide | Music Heritage Society, MHS 867S | 1968 | Isis: excerpts | Jean François Paillard | Philippe Caillard Chorus and the Jean-Francois Paillard Orchestra | LPZ 14793 |
| Fanfares pour les rois de France | Arion PV 730080 | 1997 | Marche des mousquetaires du Roy et marche francaises; Le carousel de Monseigneur le Roy; Fanfare de la Grande Escurie | Thierry Caens | Cuivre francaises | none |
| Musique pour les Mousquetaires | Calliope CAL 9527 | 2005 | Marche des mousquetaires; various march/musketeer selections | Hugo Reyne | Simphonie du Marais | none |
| Air(s) de cour | Pure Classics 779013-2 | 2000 | Le mariage forcé: "Récit de la beauté" | none | Jean-Paul Fouchécourt | none |
| Le Bourgeois gentilhomme | Harmonia Mundi France, HMU 907122 | 1994 | Les noces de village: excerpts | Paul Goodwin | London Oboe Band | LPCD 79725 |
| Famous Voices of the Past: Gérard Souzay | Preiser Records, 93440 | 2005 | Persée: "Je ne puis en votre malheur" | Robert Cornman and Edouard von Lindenberg | Orchestre de la Societe du Conservatoire Paris | none |
| Airs d'operas français | EMI Classics, CDC 5 55058 2 8 | 1994 | Persée: Air de Mercure ("O tranquille sommeil") | Patrick Fournillier | Rockwell Blake, tenor and Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo | none |
| Un siècle d'opera classique | Philips, L 02.337 | 1960 | Persée: "Je ne puis en votre malheur" | Raymond Leppard | Gérard Souzay, with the English Chamber Orchestra | none |
| Gerard Souzay Recital No. 2 | London, LLP 194 | no date | Persée: "O tranquille sommeil" | Edouard Lindenberg | Gérard Souzay, with the Orchestre de la société des concerts du conservatoire de Paris | none |
| Armide | The Gramaphone Shop, AS-49, AS-50 | 1940 | Persée: Recitative et Air de Meduse ("J'ay perdu la beaute" & "Je porte l'epouvante") | Alex Cellier | Lina Falk, contralto | none |
| Petits Motets | Harmonia Mundi, HMC 901274 | 1987 | Petits motets | William Christie | Les Arts Florissants | LPCD 85592 |
| Chaconne | Archiv Produktion, 453 418-2 | 1997 | Phaëton: Chaconne | Reinhard Goebel | Musica Antiqua Köln | none |
| J. S. Bach and the Möller Manuscript | Metronome, METCD 1055 | 2003 | Phaëton: Chaconne in G Major | none | Carole Cerasi, harpsichord | none |
| Introducing Patrice Michaels, Soprano | Cedille Artist CDR5004 | 2000 | Second Divertissement (including excerpts from Alceste and Amadis) | none | Patrice Michaels | none |
| Lully, ou, le musicien du soleil, v. 1 | Accord 465 345-2 | 2001/1998 | Temple de la paix. Idylle sur la paix | Hugo Reyne | Simphonie du Marais | none |
| Musique aux Etats du Languedoc | Astree E 8650 | 1999 | Thesée: excerpts | Hugo Reyne | Simphonie du Marais | none |
| Thesée | RCA Victrola, VICS 1686 | 1973 | Thesée: excerpts | Willard Straight | Willard Straight | LPZ 54066 |
| Early Italian Music | RCA Victor, LM 1721 | no date | Thesée: Marche | Leopold Stokowski | NBC Symphony Orchestra | LPZ 54322 |
| Music for Brass and Organ | Word, 7018908108 | 1983 | Thesée: Marche | none | Pentatonic Brass Sextet | LPZ 37351 |
| Un portrait musical | Virgin Classics, 7243 5 45229 2 5 | 1996 | Thesée: Marche du sacrifice | Hugo Reyne | La Simphonie du Marais | LPCD 92838 |
| Musiques royales à Notre-Dame | Turnabout, TV 34232 | [1968?] | Thesée: Marche royale | Armand Birbaum | Pierre Cochereau, organ and Maurice Andre, trumpet | LPZ 37543 |
| French Vocal Music from Lulli to Rameau | Musical Heritage Society, MHS 519 | 1963 | Thesée: "Revenez amours" | Jean-Francois Paillard | The Philippe Caillard Choir | LPZ 26271 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully | Harmonia Mundi France, HMX 290805 | 1991 | Le triomphe de l'amour: "Air d'Apollon" | none listed | various | none |
| French Baroque Music | Opus, 91 11 0580 | 1978 | Le triomphe de l'amour: Ballet suite | Bohdan Warchal | Slovenský komorný orchester | none |
| Les amants magnifiques | Baroque Records, BU-1839 | 1964 | Le triomphe de l'amour: Ballet suite | Marcel Bernard | Baroque Chamber Ensemble of Hamburg | none |
| The Married Beau Suite | Philips, PHC 9045 | 1968 | Le triomphe de l'amour: Ballet suite | Albert Beaucamp | Rouen Chamber Orchestra | none |
| Early Italian Music | RCA Victor, LM 1721 | no date | Le triomphe de l'amour: Nocturne | Leopold Stokowski | Leopold Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra | LPZ 54322 |
| Restful (good) Music | RCA Victor, LM-1875 | 1955 | Le triomphe de l'amour: Nocturno | Leopold Stokowski | NBC Symphony Orchestra | none |
| Pieces en trio | Virgin Classics 724356242227 | 2004/1997 | Trios pour le coucher du Roi: excerpts | none | Musica Pacifica | none |
| Trios pour le coucher du Roy | Calliope CAL9887 | 2000 | Trios pour le coucher du Roi (complete) | none | Trio Tanis | none |
| The Trio-Sonata, 17th-Century France | BIS BIS-CD-1465 | 2004 | Trios pour le coucher du Roi (complete) | none | London Baroque | none |
| Airs de trompettes, timbales et hautbois; Ballets de Xerxes | Turnabout, TV 34376 | 1970 | Xerxes: ballet suite | none listed | La Grande Écurie et la chambre du roy | none |
| Ballet Music for the Sun King | Naxos 8.554003 | 2000/1998 | various ballet excerpts | Kevin Mallon | Aradia Baroque Ensemble | Naxos |
| Choréographie:Music for Louis XIV's Dancing Masters | Harmonia Mundi HMU 907335 | 2007/2004 | various dance arrangements | various | various | none |
| Imperial Fanfares | Naxos 8.555879 | 2003/2001 | various fanfares | Leonhard Leeb | Art of Trumpet, Vienna | Naxos |
| Musique a danser a la cour et a l'opera | Erato 0630-1070-2 | 1995 | various opera and ballet excerpts | Christophe Rousset/Hugo Reyne | Talens lyrique/Simphonie du Marais | |
| The World of Lully | Cedille CDR 90000 043 | 1999 | various opera and ballet excerpts | Patrice Michaels | Chicago Baroque Ensemble | LPCD 79681 |
| Divertissements | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77218-2-RC | 1990 | various opera excerpts | Skip Sempe | Capriccio Stravagante | none |
| Les divertissements de Versailles | Erato 0927-44655-2 | 2002 | various opera excerpts | William Christie | Les Arts florissants | LPCD 95520 |
| Louis XIV: Musique a Versailles au temps du Roi Soleil | Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908147.49 | 2004/1995 | various opera excerpts | William Christie | Les Arts florissants | none |
| Versailles, l'ile enchantee | ALPHA 016 | 2001 | various opera excerpts | Skip Sempe | Capriccio Stravagante | none |
| Les grandes eaux musicales de Versailles | Alia Vox AV9842 | 2005/1998 | various opera excerpts and instrumental dances | Jordi Savall | Concert des nations | LPCD 97442 |
| Pieces de clavecin et airs d'apres M. de Lully | Alpha 074 | 2004 | various opera selections in keyboard arrangements by J Henry d'Anglebert | Pablo Valetti | Céline Frisch | none |
| Danse Royale - Music of the French Baroque Court and Theatre | Dorian DOR-90272 | 1999 | various selections | none | Chatham Baroque | LPCD 79722 |
| Marques d'Sade (audiobiography) | Tres Editores 687840100024 | 2003 | various selections | various | various | none |
| Si tu veux apprendre les pas a dancer: Airs et ballets en France avant Lully | Poeme Harmonique 905 | 2005 | Vincent Dumestre | none | none |