The musical patronage of the Ducs de Lorraine yielded some beautiful pieces for voice. Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, a composer born in Versailles in 1697, entered the service of the king of Poland, Stanislaus I Leszczyński, then in exile at Chambord, in 1729. He followed the king to Lunéville when the latter inherited the court of Lorraine and became its superintendent of music in 1737.

These short cantatas for female voice with violin accompaniment offer the performer delightful virtuoso pieces devoted to courtly love, as the 18th century favoured it. Aesthetically situated between the generations of Rameau and Mondonville, La Pierre embodies the innovative writing of nascent classicism, favouring highly distinctive themes with structured forms where violins and voice rival each other in virtuosity or mutually soothe one another, one always responsive to the other. Light, charming and concise, these pieces are very effective in concert.