Le salon de musique de Marie-Antoinette - In this third recording in the Cité de la Musique series, Sandrine Chatron plays the very rare and beautiful 18th-century harp by Sébastien Érard. The music selected illustrates the diversity of repertory linked with the figure of Queen Marie-Antoinette, a music-lover, performer, inspiration, or patron of the arts. She helped several composers in their careers, including Gluck, her teacher, and Grétry, both of whom are found on this recording with other composers from the time of Marie-Antoinette. For more informations visit The Naïve facebook page, click here! A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping went on sale from Christie's on 12th December, and are sold for 1.400.000 Euros. Now part of a diamond, ruby and pearl necklace, France's last queen gave them to Lady Sutherland, the British ambassador's wife, during French Revolution. The diamonds were made into a necklace, while the pearls were mounted later for the occasion of the marriage of Sutherland's grandson in 1849. A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping went on sale from Christie's on 12th December, and are sold for 1.400.000 Euros. Now part of a diamond, ruby and pearl necklace, France's last queen gave them to Lady Sutherland, the British ambassador's wife, during French Revolution. The diamonds were made into a necklace, while the pearls were mounted later for the occasion of the marriage of Sutherland's grandson in 1849.