La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy

La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy was France's first period-instrument ensemble and performed large numbers of operatic, choral, and instrumental works that had never been performed before in France according to historical principles. The group was formed in 1966 by Jean-Claude Malgoire. In the mid-'70s, the group made recordings of Handel's Water Music and the Jean-Baptiste Lully opera Alceste. A 1993 recording of Vivaldi's Vêpres pour la Nativité de la Vierge brought the group a Grand Prix du Disque. One of the last recordings by the group was of the Missa Solemnis for King John VI of Portugal by the little-known Sigismund Neukomm. After Malgoire's death in 2018, the group merged with the ensemble Les Ambassadeurs under the direction of Alexis Kossenko. The new joint ensemble, billing itself as Les Ambassadeurs - La Grande Écurie, released the album Per l'Orchestra di Dresda, Vol. 1: Ouverture in 2021.