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Rhétorique des Dieux - Music For Lute


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Music by Denis Gaultier, from the 1652 collection of his music, "La Rhétorique des Dieux". In La Rhetorique..., Denis' works are renamed for, and accompanied by short prose descriptions of figures of Greek myth, lending a programmatic element to the music that, while not essential to the enjoyment of Gaultier's truly exemplary compositions, enhances and adds a singular context to the compiled pieces.

The Program:

Phaëton foudroyé
Le Panegirique
Minerve
Ulisse
Sarabande

Appolon orateur
Courante & Double
Diane au bois
La Caressante

Prelude
Echo
Narcisse

Tombeau de Monsr. de Lenclos
La Consolation aux amis du Sr. Lenclos
La Resolution des amis du Sr. Lenclos sur sa mort


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