Suites de guitare (1991)

"Part of the credit that makes this disc more than listenable goes to the two contemporary instruments by Parisian builder Charles Besnainou. They have a pleasant, rather harpsichord-like sound that a potential buyer can sample and enjoy. Deeper exploration of the program of suites and freestanding dances reveals the links between this sound and the musical material. Surely de Visée's music could be played on the lute, but it's in an essentially different style, with elaborations of a sort of rolled semi-strum replacing the intense melodic ornamentation of lute music. Guitarist Rafael Andia was nicely recorded, and he has a fine feel for de Visée's style, which still qualifies as a neglected aspect of the court of the Sun King. Recommended for those with even a casual interest in the classical guitar." (James Manheim, Allmusic)