Les Cris de Paris, French kiss: love, lust and lute

Long before the pop ballad, the Renaissance already had its own soundtrack for love. French kiss collects 16th-century French chansons, in which seduction, devotion, longing, and obscenity are approached with stylistic finesse and excellent technical craftsmanship. First-rate polyphonists like Clément Janequin, Josquin des Prez, and Orlandus Lassus sing the full spectrum of affective life: from courtly flirtation to existential heartbreak, from subtle eroticism to daring farce. In between, surprising arrangements of modern repertoire sound. Eight voices and a lush continuo of keyboard, lute, and four viola da gambas mix centuries of music into one delightful rainbow swirl!