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Passion [compact disc]

2021

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This programme marks the eagerly awaited return of Véronique Gens to Baroque music and Lully, in which she made a name for herself at the start of her career. It presents airs from Atys, Persée, Alceste, Proserpine, Le Triomphe de l'Amour and other works by Louis XIV's famous composer, but also several by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Médée), Henry Desmarets and Pascal Collasse. Whether well known, rare or in some cases even unpublished, all of them present roles for powerful women whose love is unrequited: dark passions, bitter laments, jealousy, vengeance, the type of dramatic characters that Véronique Gens embodies with all the charisma that has made her reputation. This recording is also the result of an encounter with the youthful ensemble Les Surprises, founded and directed by Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas. Together they conceived this programme, which mingles airs, dances and choruses, in collaboration with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles.

Record details

Main title:

Passion [compact disc] / Lully, Charpentier, Desmarets.

Author:

Gens, Véronique, singerBestion de Camboulas, Louis-Noël, conductor, writer of supplementary textual contentSchneebeli, Olivier, choral conductorDratwicki, Benoît, writer of supplementary textual contentLully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687Collasse, Pascal, 1649-1709Desmarets, Henri, 1661-1741Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704Ensemble Les Surprises, instrumentalistCentre de musique baroque de Versailles. Chantres, singer

Work:

Passion

Imprint:

[France] : Alpha Classics : Outhere Music, [2021]

Collation:

1 audio disc (57 min., 12 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.

Variant title:

Opéra imaginaire [compact disc] = An imaginary opera = Eine imaginäre Opera

Notes:

Opera selections by Lully, his pupils, and his contemporaries.Title from disc label.Program notes by Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas and Benoît Dratwicki and biographical notes on the performers in French with English and German translations and texts in French with English translation (51 pages : color illustrations) inserted in container.Recorded 2020 November L'Arsenal cité musicale, Metz, France.

Performers:

Véronique Gens, soprano ; Les Chantres du Center de musique baroque de Versailles, Olivier Schneebeli, conductor ; Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, conductor.

Contents:

Amadis : LWV 63. Toi qui dans ce tombeau... (2:50) ; Prélude (:55) / Jean-Baptiste LullyAchille et polyxène. Calme tes déplaisirs (1:58) ; Thétis et Pélée. Tempête (1:46) / Pascal CollasseCircé. Désirs, transports / Henry Desmarets (3:15)Prosperine : LWV 58. Deuxième air (:47) ; Ballet du Temple de la paix : LWV 69. Entrée des bretons passepied (1:10) ; Proserpine : LWV 58. Ô malheureuse mère... (5:05) ; Que tout se ressente de la fureur que je sens (3:05) ; Atys : LWV 53. Espoir si cher et si doux (3:00) ; Ballet de la naissance de vénus : LWV 27. Sarabande dieux des enfers (2:23) ; Le bourgeois gentilhomme : LWV 43. Canaries (1:03) ; Armide : LWV 71. Enfin, il est en ma puissance (4:05) ; Persée : LWV 60. Ouverture (2:11) ; Le triomphe de l'amour : LWV 59. Voici le favorable temps... (5:45) / Jean-Baptiste LullyLa diane de fontainebleau. Choeur de sommeil / Henry Desmarets (3:10)Alceste : LWV 50. Pompe funèbre (:36) ; La mort, la mort barbare (6:03) / Jean-Baptiste LullyMédée, H. 491. Quel prix de mon amour (3:33) ; Noires filles du styx (3:12) / Marc-Antoine CharpentierLe triomphe de l'amour : LWV 59. L'entrée de borée et des quatre vents (1:08).

Dewey class:

782.1

Language:

English

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