La Guitare De Louis Xiv [CD]
In addition to his reputation as a dancer, the Sun King was also a musician. Under the enlightened influence of his mother, Anne of Austria, the young Louis XIV learned to play the lute and then the guitar. Once relegated to commoners, this instrument became a symbol of royal refinement. Beyond simple entertainment, this musical craze served a political purpose: to seduce the court and the people, and to weave harmony between French, Italian and Spanish cultures. Like a new King David, monarch-musician par excellence, Louis XIV crafted the image of an Apollonian sovereign, master of the arts as much as of power. Together with exceptional musicians, Lea Masson reveals this forgotten facet of the guitarist king!
Tracklist:
- Clarines y trompetas
- Cancion a la Reyna de Francia
- Pavaniglia con parti variate
- Récit de Mnémosyne "Quelles beautés O mortels"
- Chaconnes en Do Majeur
- Quando borda el campo verde
- Folias
- Espagnol, je te supplie
- Prélude et Chaconne pour Mlle de la Balme
- auzel ques sul bouyssou, Chanson Gasconne
- Suite en ré mineur~Prélude
- Suite en ré mineur~Allemande
- Suite en ré mineur~Sarabande
- Suite en ré mineur~Gigue
- Seguir più non voglio
- Prélude
- Se voi luci amate, sarabande
- Ballet des Muses, LWV 32~Air de Mnémosyne
- grotte de Versailles~Ouverture
- grotte de Versailles~Récit d'Iris
- Ballet des muses~Les Espagnols - Airs espagnols
- Ballet des muses~Canaries
- Tombeau de Francisque Corbet
- Chaconne des Harlequins
- Mascarade de Versailles, LWV 36~Bel Tempo Che vola
UPC: 3760385430676
Label: Chateau Versailles
Release Date: 11.28.25
Format: CD
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