Léa Masson, Lili Aymonino, Marco Angioloni, Louise Ayrton, Arnaud Condé, Natacha Gauthier, Julien Gourdin - La Guitare de Louis XIV (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 70:22 minutes | 2,31 GB
Classical, Vocal | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles, Official Digital Download
In addition to his reputation as a dancer, the Sun King was also a musician. Under the enlightened influence of his mother, Anne of Austria, the young Louis XIV learned to play the lute and then the guitar. Once relegated to commoners, this instrument became a symbol of royal refinement. Beyond simple entertainment, this musical craze served a political purpose: to seduce the court and the people, and to weave harmony between French, Italian and Spanish cultures. Like a new King David, monarch-musician par excellence, Louis XIV crafted the image of an Apollonian sovereign, master of the arts as much as of power. Together with exceptional musicians, Lea Masson reveals this forgotten facet of the guitarist king!