With this anthology of airs sérieux and airs à boire of the Grand Siècle, Les Arts Florissants launches a new series on harmonia mundi. We may listen to the tracks on this disc as contemporaries turned the pages of successful collections of songs alternating between invocations to Bacchus and invitations to love. Around William Christie at the harpsichord and his musicians, five singers offer multiple combinations of close-knit voices. From the intimacy of the salons to the liveliness of court banquets, these airs, models of refined skill, make light of the paradoxes of our hearts – for as an air by Lambert tells us: ‘Though Love creates all my grief, / I wish to love and to die loving.’
Tracklist:
01. D’un feu secret je me sens consumer
02. Le repos, l’ombre, le silence
03. Ah, qui voudra désormais s’engager
04. Il faut mourir plutôt que de changer
05. Epitaphe d’un paresseux :Jean s’en alla comme il était venu
06. Les Pèlerines
07. Iris n’est plus, mon Iris m’est ravie
08. Bien que l’Amour fasse toute ma peine
09. Quand une âme est bien atteinte
10. Intermèdes nouveaux du Mariage forcé, H. 494
11. Chantez petits oiseaux dans la saison nouvelle
12. Pour vos beaux yeux, Iris, mon amour est extrême
13. Que d’Amants séparés languissent nuit et jour
14. Le doux silence de nos bois
15. Ayant bu du vin clairet, H. 446
16. Auprès du feu, H. 447
17. Beaux petits yeux d’écarlate, H. 448
18. Jugez de ma douleur en ces tristes adieux
19. Il est vrai, l’amour est charmant
20. Tout l’univers obéit à l’amour
Personnel:
Les Arts Florissants
Florence Malgoire, violin
Tami Troman, violin
Myriam Rignol, viola de gamba
Thomas Dunford, theorbo
William Christie, direction, harpsichord
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