Sébastien de Brossard, an enthusiastic collector of music, pedagogue and author of the first dictionary of music, was also a very talented composer. This champion of Italian music and great connoisseur of the music of Carissimi probably took the Roman master as the model for his two oratorios. Leandro, a dramatic work in Italian, is a miniature masterpiece and one of the earliest cantatas by a French composer.

Artists

La Rêveuse: Chantal Santon Jeffery, Eugénie Warnier (sopranos), Isabelle Druet (alto), Jeffrey Thompson (counter tenor), Vincent Bouchot (tenor), Benoit Arnoult (bass), Stéphan Dudermel (violin), Benjamin Chénier (violin), Florence Bolton (viola da gamba), Emmanuel Mandrin (organ), Bertrand Cuiller (harpsichord) & Benjamin Perrot (theorbo & director)