Robert de Visée () - Chaconne, in A minor | Miguel Yisrael, 11c Baroque lute

CD Les Rois de Versailles, 2014 This release showcases the lute music of two French composers, Germain Pinel and Robert de Visée, both of whom have long been overshadowed by the more renowned figures of Jean‐Baptiste Lully and François Couperin. Pinel and De Visée were active not long after the role of the lute underwent a profound change in France: towards the end of the 16th century, following a decline in the popularity of polyphonic song, the instrument was no longer used to support vocal music, and sh