The air de cour has been with me for almost as long as I've been playing the flute... For me, it is one of the finest creations of French art. I have assembled these airs from the second half of the seventeenth century to complete the exploration begun with Et la fleur vole (early seventeenth century, ALPHA314) and À l'ombre d'un ormeau (early eighteenth century, ALPHA342),' says François Lazarevitch in the introduction to this new release. 'I am particularly interested in combining the qualities of sound and breathiness of the voice and the flute.' Love songs, dance tunes, and brunettes on pastoral themes follow one another in a program at once moving and erudite. These miniatures are magnificently interpreted by the two outstanding singers who join the instrumentalists (lute, flute, musette, harp, viol) of Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien: the soprano Julie Roset and the mezzo Lucile Richardot.
3 Work(S)-Recuil de Plusieurs Belles Pieces de Simphonie, 1695: Bransle de Mr de Luly - Bransle Guay - Bransle À Mener
4 Pour Une Bergere Infidelle
5 Work(S)-Gavotte (De Visée) / Gavotte (Et Son Double de François Couperin) (Le Bègue)
6 D'un Feu Secret Je Me Sens Consumer
7 Acis Et Galatée (LWV 73)-Passacaille
8 Si C'est Un Crime Que L'aymer
9 Work(S)-Suite Des Dances, for Violin, Oboe & Continuo
10 J'ay Mille Fois Pensé Dans Ma Douce Langueur
11 Courante la Belle Homicide, Double de Charles Mouton
12 Bergère Annette
13 Work(S)-Bourrée (Lully) / Rigaudon Rondeau Air Des Paysans Et Des Pastres (De Marseille)
14 Grotte de Versailles (LWV 39)-Dans Ces Deserts Paisibles
15 Muses-Récit D'orphée: Trop Indiscret Amour
16 Pièces de Théorbe Et de Luth, Collection-Gigue Gaye
17 Work(S)-J'avois Juré L'autre Jour (De Bacilly) / Double Du Rigaudon Fait Par Mr Couprain (Lully)
The air de cour has been with me for almost as long as I've been playing the flute... For me, it is one of the finest creations of French art. I have assembled these airs from the second half of the seventeenth century to complete the exploration begun with Et la fleur vole (early seventeenth century, ALPHA314) and À l'ombre d'un ormeau (early eighteenth century, ALPHA342),' says François Lazarevitch in the introduction to this new release. 'I am particularly interested in combining the qualities of sound and breathiness of the voice and the flute.' Love songs, dance tunes, and brunettes on pastoral themes follow one another in a program at once moving and erudite. These miniatures are magnificently interpreted by the two outstanding singers who join the instrumentalists (lute, flute, musette, harp, viol) of Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien: the soprano Julie Roset and the mezzo Lucile Richardot.
