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As the first of a series of publications that aim to celebrate forty years of the "Arts Flo" founded by William Christie in 1979, this new album, recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris in 2016, is made up of "serious songs and “drinking songs" from France in the 17th century. Following the filming of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, performed at the Salzburg Festival 2018, and the ambitious complete recording of Carlo Gesualdo’s Madrigaux conducted by Paul Agnew, who is little by little taking over as the ensemble’s conductor, new editions are returning towards harmonia mundi, the "historic" publisher of the Arts Florissants and their founder.
This recording is a perfect “Map of Tendre” of the loved-up 17th century, with its lovelorn shepherds, pretty shepherdesses (jolies bergères, in fact!) who aren't always too chaste, and helpful birds. Having only just moved on from Renaissance polyphony, French composers, very much influenced by their Italian colleagues, produced airs de cour (courtly airs) which would become the first constitutive elements of French opera.
This album brings together the composers who best represent this musical trend. It gives us Marc-Antoine Charpentier as well as Michel Lambert, who wrote serious melodies, and Sébastien Le Camus, who would quickly become one of the musical favourites of the Parisian salon scene. These men dominated the musical productions which then circulated in either printed or manuscript form, or in periodicals such as Le Mercure galant. What a happy time it was for France, when love, sincere love, always won out over adversity and jealousy. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Petite Pastorale, Églogue de Bergers, H. 479 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre - Cyril Auvity, taille - Lisandro Abadie, basse - Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Éditions du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles|Sébastien Daucé, MusicPublisher
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Airs à boire pour le retour de Monsieur (Étienne Moulinié)
Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Étienne Moulinié, Composer - Éditions du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles|Annie Cœurdevey, MusicPublisher
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Airs à une, II, III et IV parties avec la basse-continue (Michel Lambert)
Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Michel Lambert, Composer
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Amor vince ogni cosa, H. 492 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Emmanuelle de Negri, dessus - Anna Reinhold, bas-dessus - Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Éditions Les Arts Florissants|Pascal Duc, MusicPublisher
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Airs à une, II, III et IV parties avec la basse-continue (Michel Lambert)
Anna Reinhold, bas-dessus - Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre - Cyril Auvity, taille - Lisandro Abadie, basse - Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Michel Lambert, Composer
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Airs de cour & de différents auteurs (Étienne Moulinié)
Lisandro Abadie, basse - Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Étienne Moulinié, Composer - Éditions Les Arts Florissants|Pascal Duc, MusicPublisher
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Airs, à deux et trois parties (Sébastien Le Camus)
Emmanuelle de Negri, dessus - Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Sebastien le Camus, Composer
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Amor vince ogni cosa, H. 492 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre - Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Éditions Les Arts Florissants|Pascal Duc, MusicPublisher
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Tristes déserts, sombre retraite, H. 469 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Emmanuelle de Negri, dessus - Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Éditions Les Arts Florissants|Pascal Duc, MusicPublisher
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Airs à une, II, III et IV parties avec la basse-continue (Michel Lambert)
Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Michel Lambert, Composer
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Amor vince ogni cosa, H. 492 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Emmanuelle de Negri, dessus - Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Éditions Les Arts Florissants|Pascal Duc, MusicPublisher
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Airs à une, II, III et IV parties avec la basse-continue (Michel Lambert)
Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre - Cyril Auvity, taille - Lisandro Abadie, basse - Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Michel Lambert, Composer
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Airs, à deux et trois parties (Sébastien Le Camus)
Anna Reinhold, bas-dessus - Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Sebastien le Camus, Composer
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Airs à une, II, III et IV parties avec la basse-continue (Michel Lambert)
Emmanuelle de Negri, dessus - Anna Reinhold, bas-dessus - Lisandro Abadie, basse - Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Michel Lambert, Composer
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Emmanuelle de Negri, dessus - Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre - Cyril Auvity, taille - Lisandro Abadie, basse - Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Michel Lambert, Composer
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Guillot est mon ami (Étienne Moulinié)
Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Étienne Moulinié, Composer - Éditions du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles|Annie Cœurdevey, MusicPublisher
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Airs à une, II, III et IV parties avec la basse-continue (Michel Lambert)
Cyril Auvity, Tenor - Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Michel Lambert, Composer
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Amor vince ogni cosa, H. 492 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, Conductor - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Éditions Les Arts Florissants|Pascal Duc, MusicPublisher
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
Album review
As the first of a series of publications that aim to celebrate forty years of the "Arts Flo" founded by William Christie in 1979, this new album, recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris in 2016, is made up of "serious songs and “drinking songs" from France in the 17th century. Following the filming of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, performed at the Salzburg Festival 2018, and the ambitious complete recording of Carlo Gesualdo’s Madrigaux conducted by Paul Agnew, who is little by little taking over as the ensemble’s conductor, new editions are returning towards harmonia mundi, the "historic" publisher of the Arts Florissants and their founder.
This recording is a perfect “Map of Tendre” of the loved-up 17th century, with its lovelorn shepherds, pretty shepherdesses (jolies bergères, in fact!) who aren't always too chaste, and helpful birds. Having only just moved on from Renaissance polyphony, French composers, very much influenced by their Italian colleagues, produced airs de cour (courtly airs) which would become the first constitutive elements of French opera.
This album brings together the composers who best represent this musical trend. It gives us Marc-Antoine Charpentier as well as Michel Lambert, who wrote serious melodies, and Sébastien Le Camus, who would quickly become one of the musical favourites of the Parisian salon scene. These men dominated the musical productions which then circulated in either printed or manuscript form, or in periodicals such as Le Mercure galant. What a happy time it was for France, when love, sincere love, always won out over adversity and jealousy. © François Hudry/Qobuz
Details of original recording : Recording April 2016, Philharmonie de Paris, Salle des Concerts, Cité de la Musique (Paris)
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:33
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Les Arts Florissants William Christie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Area: France
- Genre: Classical Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder Mélodies (French)
- Period: Baroque Music
harmonia mundi musique Les Arts Florissants
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