01. ensemble Theodora – Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend Var I
02. ensemble Theodora – Livre d’orgue II, Suite dans le premier ton No. 5, Récit tendre
03. Mariamielle Lamagat – Ecce quam bonum, Motet à voix seule et deux dessus de violons I. Ecce quam bonum
04. Mariamielle Lamagat – Ecce quam bonum, Motet à voix seule et deux dessus de violons II. Quoniam illic mandavit Dominum
05. Lucie Chabard – Entrée de la Gloire et de la Sagesse d’Armide (From Armide, LWV 71) [Transcr. for Harpsichord by Anonymous]
06. ensemble Theodora – Sonata a 2 I. —
07. ensemble Theodora – Sonata a 2 II. —
08. ensemble Theodora – Sonata a 2 III. —
09. ensemble Theodora – Sonata a 2 IV. Allemanda
10. ensemble Theodora – Sonata a 2 V. Courant
11. ensemble Theodora – Sonata a 2 VI. Ballet
12. ensemble Theodora – Sonata a 2 VII. Sarabanda
13. ensemble Theodora – Sonata a 2 VIII. Gigue
14. Mariamielle Lamagat – Surgite cum gaudio a 3 I. Sonate, Surgite Cherubim
15. Mariamielle Lamagat – Surgite cum gaudio a 3 II. Jesus Christus Rex triumphat
16. Mariamielle Lamagat – Surgite cum gaudio a 3 III. Hunc Dei filium
17. ensemble Theodora – Surgite cum gaudio a 3 IV. Quia de morte di Satana, Alleluja
18. Alice Trocellier – Entrée d’Apollon (From Lully’s Le triomphe de l’amour, LWV 59) [Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Anonymous]
19. Mariamielle Lamagat – Ballet des Arts, LWV 18 Duo de la Paix et de la Félicité
20. ensemble Theodora – Suite en trio I. Allemande
21. ensemble Theodora – Suite en trio II. Angloisse
22. ensemble Theodora – Suite en trio III. Gique
23. ensemble Theodora – Suite en trio IV. Menuets
24. ensemble Theodora – Suite en trio V. Ballets
25. Lucie Chabard – Sourdine d’Armide (From Armide, LWV 71) [Transcr. for Harpsichord by Anonymous]
26. Mariamielle Lamagat – Plainte de Cloris (From Le Grand Divertissement royal de Versailles)
27. Alice Trocellier – Tranquilles C?urs. Ritornelle (From Le triomphe de l’amour, LWV 59) [Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Anonymous]
28. Mariamielle Lamagat – Tranquilles C?urs (From Le triomphe de l’amour, LWV 59)
29. ensemble Theodora – Aria in F Major, BWV 587

Tranquilles Cœurs – Le Goût Français dans les Cours Allemandes explores the profound influence of the French Baroque style on German courts between the mid-seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Performed by Ensemble Théodora, the programme traces how the musical language associated with Louis XIV — its dance forms, dotted rhythms, expressive declamation and refined ensemble discipline — was admired, imitated and ultimately assimilated across the Holy Roman Empire.

The album juxtaposes French masters such as Jean-Baptiste Lully, André Campra and Jacques Boyvin with German composers including Johann Philipp Krieger, Johann Fischer, Georg Böhm and Johann Sebastian Bach. Anonymous sonatas and suites preserved in German and Scandinavian libraries further illustrate this stylistic exchange. Lully’s theatrical brilliance, Campra’s motet style and the elegance of French dance music resonate in works written far beyond France’s borders.

Rather than presenting grand orchestral transcriptions, Ensemble Théodora embraces an intimate chamber aesthetic. The instrumentation — soprano, mezzo-soprano, violin, viola da gamba, harpsichord, organ and theorbo — reflects both French courtly refinement and German adaptation. Particular attention is paid to performance practice, echoing the ensemble discipline admired by contemporaries such as Georg Muffat and Johann Mattheson.

The title track, Tranquilles Cœurs, drawn from Lully’s Le Triomphe de l’Amour, symbolises the album’s theme: the blending of stylistic identities into a shared European sound world. With clarity, warmth and rhetorical sensitivity, Ensemble Théodora illuminates a fascinating chapter of cross-cultural Baroque history.
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