This album sheds light on the musical world of Queen Hortense, a prolific composer and central figure of early French Romanticism. On period instruments (pianos Érard 1806, Rosenberger 1825, harp Naderman 1815, guitar Fabricatore 1827), Aline Zylberajch, Coline Dutilleul, Arnaud Marzorati, Alexis Kossenko and Edoardo Torbianelli revive the intimate spirit of the salons of the Empire. Between soulful romances, rare works and inspired variations, this program reveals a forgotten side of musical history embodied by the female voice of an era. A poetic immersion into the heart of the Napoleonic era.

Peu connue, point troublee; La Complainte d'Heloise au Paraclet; Quelle est cette femme eploree; La Melancolie; Partant pour la Syrie, Le beau Dunois
+Guillaume Gatayes: Romanze "L'amant delaisse"
+Giovanni Paisiello: Nel cor piu non mi sento aus "La Molinara"
+Louis Adam: Romance andantino grazioso aus der Sonate op. 7
+Ferdinando Paer: Polonaise Favorite (La Placida Campagna)
+George Onslow: Piece II - Andantino quasi Allegretto; Piece III - Allegretto con moto; Piece IV - Allegretto molto espressivo
+Helene de Montgeroult: Etüde für die linke Hand Nr. 4
+Vincenzo Bellini: Nr. 6 aus "Sei Ariette"
+Johann Ludwig Dussek: Duo concertant op. 73 für Harfe & Klavier
+Johann Franz Xavier Sterkel: Romanzen "Les oiseaux" & "Plainte nocturne"
+Franz Schubert: 8 Variationen über eine französische Melodie D. 624