Maurice-Quentin de La Tour: Portraits en musique

The genius portraitist Maurice-Quentin de La Tour had no superior in painting the atmosphere of court and salons under the reign of Louis XV. Notably, he is to be thanked for the beautiful portrait of Jean-Joseph de Mondonville illustrating our album of the latter’s opera Titon et l’Aurore.

We can hear harpsichord transcriptions of airs from Titon et l’Aurore in this beautifully clever program conceived by Olivier Baumont, designed around the legacy of de la Tour. It features a selection of "musical portraits", a genre much in fashion in the 1750s, by such composers as Balbastre, Rameau and Duphly.