Lovers of Molière are often deprived of an essential dimension of his output: the music! Several of his masterpieces, written in collaboration with Lully or Charpentier, regain their full meaning and profundity when heard with the original scores. In this respect, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants have been true pioneers for over forty years now: to accompany such legendary

achievements as Le Malade imaginaire, they have recorded other, equally emblematic pieces from Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, George Dandin and Monsieur de Pourceaugnac specially for this new album.

Artists

Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Cyril Costanzo, David Tricou, Bastien Rimondi, Emmanuelle de Negri (soprano), Claire Debono, Virginie Thomas, Cyril Auvity (tenor), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Lisandro Abadie, Stéphane Facco, Monique Zanetti, Claire Brua, Noémi Rime, Howard Crook, Jean-François Gardeil, Alain Trétout, Bruno Boterf, François Fauché, Antoine Sicot, Denis Léger-Milhau, Jean Dautremay, Isabelle Desrochers, Daniel Bonnardot, Edouard Denoyelle, Jean-François Gay, Philippe Choquet, Justin Taylor, William Christie, Dominique Visse