The circulation of artists and sovereigns between France and England in the seventeenth century resulted in the establishment of highly original genres in the latter country: the first recitatives, large-scale airs from masques and dramatic ‘scenes’ provided fertile ground for experimentation and prepared the way for the birth of semi-opera. Sébastien Daucé explores this English vocal art in a programme tailor-made for one of today’s most fascinating voices: Lucile Richardot, in the exquisite setting provided by Ensemble Correspondances, subtly blends music, love, night and melancholy.
Tracks
Disc 1
1. Care-Charming Sleep
2. Whiles I This Standing Lake
3. Go, Happy Man
4. What Tears, Dear Prince, Can Serve
5. Music, The Master Of Thy Art Is Dead
6. No More Shall Meads
7. Go, Perjured Man
8. Pavane F-Dur
9. Give Me My Lute
10. Howl Not, You Ghosts And Furies
11. Britanocles The Great And Good Appears
12. Powerful Morpheus, Let Thy Charms
13. Rise, Princely Shepherd
14. Adieu To The Pleasures
15. Amintas, That True Hearted Swain
16. Poor Celadon, He Sighs In Vain (Loving Above Himself)
