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! Album Tracks 1. Clarines y trompetas 2. Cancion a la Reyna de Francia 3. Pavaniglia con parti variate 4. Récit de Mnémosyne InchQuelles beautés Ô mortelsInch 5. Chaconnes en Do Majeur 6. Quando borda el campo verde 7. Folias 8. Espagnol, je te supplie 9. Prélude et Chaconne pour Mlle de la Balme 10. auzel ques sul bouyssou, Chanson Gasconne 11. Suite en ré mineur~Prélude 12. Suite en ré mineur~Allemande 13. Suite en ré mineur~Sarabande 14. Suite en ré mineur~Gigue 15. Seguir più non voglio 16. Prélude 17. Se voi luci amate, sarabande 18. Ballet des Muses, LWV 32~Air de Mnémosyne 19. grotte de Versailles~Ouverture 20. grotte de Versailles~Récit d'Iris 21. Ballet des muses~Les Espagnols - Airs espagnols 22. Ballet des muses~Canaries 23. Tombeau de Francisque Corbet 24. Chaconne des Harlequins 25. Mascarade de Versailles, LWV 36~Bel Tempo Che vola