"Music for Lady Louise": rustick, soft, mourning arias and mad songs by Blow, Purcell, Locke, Lully Ensemble Leviathan, Lucile Tessier

Louise de Penancoët de Keroualle (Lady Louise), a spy in the pay of Louis XIV, was the mistress of Charles II. Charged with keeping England under the influence of the Sun King, she forged close links between musicians on either side of the Channel. These political intentions generated a repertory as rich and brilliant as it was expressive. It is a genuine rediscovery that we owe to Ensemble Leviathan and Lucile Tessier. · RUSTICK MUSIC - AIRS CHAMPÊTRES John BLOW (1649-1708)· Come shepherds all (Venus and Adonis)  (1'00)Aphra Behn ou Anne Kingsmill Jean-Baptiste LULLY (1632-1687)·  Air pour les pêcheurs (Alceste ou le Triomphe d'Alcide, LWV 50)  (1'19)· Que l'on chante (Atys, LWV 53)  (1'34)Philippe Quinault, d'après Ovide· Bourrée (Le Grand Divertissement Royal de Versailles, LWV 38)  (1'28) Matthew LOCKE (ca. 1621-1677)· Lilk (The Tempest)  (1'19) Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)· Hence with your trifling deity (Timon of Athens, Z. 632)  (1'54)William ShakespeareANONYME· De foolish English