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Before the advent of the lyric tragedy, the court air embodied all the refinement of musical practices prized by the French nobility. Its great founders were Antoine Boësset, Pierre Guédron, and Étienne Moulinié; the following generation, that of Bacilly and Lambert, brilliantly claimed their heritage, up to Charpentier and his Stances du Cid.<br><br> Entirely focused on good taste, the court air required a perfect osmosis between music and text, while still allowing room for virtuosity, its strophic form providing performers with the possibility of embellishing each verse with ornaments that had to be of absolute elegance.<br><br> These are all demands that Paul Figuier, one of the most brilliant countertenors of the young generation, and Ronan Khalil, a refined harpsichordist at the head of the virtuoso instrumentalists of Les Bacchantes, master perfectly.<br><br> - Carpenter<br> The Stanzas of the Cid, Ah, let me dream...<br> - Milled<br> A concert of different birds, a peaceful and dark night...<br> - Boësset<br> What a wonderful adventure, Our free and happy spirits Boësset, Guédron, Moulinié, Lambert, Charpentier Ah, let me dream!