La Guitare de Louis XIV
Lea Masson, Lili Aymonino, Marco Angioloni
- Label
- Château de Versailles Spectacles
- Catalogue number
- CVS 171
- EAN / barcode
- 3760385430676
- Release date
- 19 September 2025
Louis XIV was not only known as an excellent dancer, he was also an accomplished musician. Under the pedagogical influence of his mother, Anne van Oostenrijk, the young Lodewijk learned to play the lute and later the guitar. This instrument, once reserved for the common people, became a symbol of royal refinement. This enthusiasm for music served not only for entertainment, but also had political purposes: both the court and the people had to be impressed and a harmonious relationship had to be created between French, Italian and Spanish culture. Like a new King David, prince and musician par excellence, the Sun King created the image of an Apollonian ruler who mastered both the arts and power. Together with a large number of other musicians, Léa Masson reveals this forgotten aspect of the guitar king!
Tracklist
- 01 Clarines y trompetas 00:58
- 02 Cancion a la Reyna de Francia 03:49
- 03 Pavaniglia con parti variate 01:47
- 04 Récit de Mnémosyne. Quelles beautés Ô mortels 03:47
- 05 Chaconnes in C Major 03:21
- 06 Quando borda el campo verde 01:38
- 07 Folias 04:19
- 08 Espagnol, je te supplie 04:44
- 09 Prélude et Chaconne pour Mlle de la Balme 03:22
- 10 L’auzel ques sul bouyssou. Chanson Gasconne 02:23
- 11 Guitar Suite in D Minor: I. Prélude 03:15
- 12 Guitar Suite in D Minor: II. Allemande 01:27
- 13 Guitar Suite in D Minor: III. Sarabande 01:19
- 14 Guitar Suite in D Minor: IV. Gigue 00:50
- 15 Seguir più non voglio 01:55
- 16 Prélude in G Major 03:37
- 17 Lady Ann Blount Songbook: Se voi luci amate. Sarabande 02:43
- 18 Ballet des Muses, LWV 32: Air de Mnémosyne 02:32
- 19 La Grotte de Versailles, LWV 39: Ouverture (Arr. for Theorbo by Robert de Visée) 01:56
- 20 La Grotte de Versailles, LWV 39: Récit d’Iris 09:01
- 21 Ballet des Muses, LWV 32: Les Espagnols. Airs espagnols 03:43
- 22 Ballet des Muses, LWV 32: Canaries 00:47
- 23 Livre de guittarre dédié au Roy: No. 38, Tombeau de Francisque Corbet 03:20
- 24 Chaconne des Harlequins (Arr. for Theorbo by Robert de Visée) 02:00
- 25 Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, LWV 36, Act V: Bel Tempo Che vola 01:48
Source: MusicBrainz
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