Product Review

With this anthology of airs serieux and airs a boire of the Grand Siecle, Les Arts Florissants launches a new series on harmonia mundi. This recording alternates between invocations to Bacchus and invitations to love. From the harpsichord, William Christie leads his musicians and five singers in a program that takes us 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.