Protégée of the Sun King: Music of Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre

DISC I

Suite I in d minor from 1687 Book of Pièces de Clavecin

Madrigal : "Ces Luths mystérieux"

Suite III in a minor from 1687 Book of Pièces de Clavecin

Epistre de Monsieur de Lully : "Muse, je vous écris"

Ballet Music from Cephale et Procris (1694)

Trio sonata in D Major (c. 1695)

Ballet Music from Cephale et Procris

Violin sonata in D major (1707)

DISC II

Air from Cephale et Procris

Sacred Cantata: Esther (1708)

Suite in d minor from 1707 Book of Pièces de Clavecin:

Secular cantata: Le Sommeil d'Ulisse

Dedicace from 1707 Book: "Sire, je n'ai plus le mérite"

Air à boire: La Provençale "Entre nous mes chers amis"


Personnel:

Frances Conover Fitch and Peter Sykes, harpsichords
Laurie Monahan, Anne Azéma, and Lydia Knutson, sopranos
Na'ama Lion, Baroque flute
Dana Maiben and Robert Mealy, Baroque violins
Jane Hershey, viola da gamba
Harpsichords: William Dowd, Allan Winkler and Douglas Maple
Recording Producers: Robert Mealy and Na'ama Lion
Editing: Brad Meyer, Point One Audio
Recording Engineer: Christopher Greenleaf