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Veronique Gens - Reines [CD]

Veronique Gens - Reines [CD]

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After Passion (ALPHA747), Veronique Gens reunites with Louis-Noel Bestion de Camboulas' ensemble Les Surprises to celebrate a type of role intrinsically linked to 17th- and 18th-century French baroque opera: queens! "Operatic queens are powerful women, often torn between duty and passion, with a fundamentally complex psychology. They display a range of emotions to match the theatre's dramatic and scenic effects; they also demand above all music that is by turns intense and sophisticated." writes Benoît Dratwicki of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, a partner in this project. With Veronique Gens, one could not dream of a better embodiment of these women's destinies set to music by the most famous composers of the time (Rameau, Rebel, Dauvergne, Royer, Desmarest, Salomon, Stuck, Destouches, Francoeur...), many of whom have been unjustly forgotten.

Tracklist:

  1. Polyxène~Tremblement de Terre
  2. Hippolyte et Aricie~Quelle Plainte en ces Lieux M'Appelle?
  3. Hercule Mourant~Marche Funèbre
  4. Hercule Mourant~Dieu, Grand Dieu, Sois Sensible (Air et Chour)
  5. Scanderberg~Ouverture
  6. Médée et Jason~Prête à Porter d'Horribles Coups (Air et Chour)
  7. Renaud, ou la Suite d'Armide~Ah! Ne Puis-Je Savoir
  8. Renaud, ou la Suite d'Armide~Où s'Égarent mes Pas? (Air et Chour)
  9. Renaud, ou la Suite d'Armide~Dans Notre Empire (Chour et Danse des Démons)
  10. Renaud, ou la Suite d'Armide~Tremble, Armide (Air et Chour)
  11. Callirhoé~Premier Air Pour les Sacrificateurs
  12. Zaïde, Reine de Grenade~Tyrans des Cours
  13. Callirhoé~Deuxième Air pour les Sacrificateurs
  14. Canente~Sombre Déesse du Silence
  15. Work(s)~Chour du Sommeil
  16. Méléagre~Quel Charme me Retient
  17. Méléagre~Gouffres Qui Conduisez
  18. Dardanus~Air Tendre
  19. Zoroastre~Amour, Cruel Amour
  20. Acanthe et Céphise~Menuet
  21. Dardanus~Air Très Vif
  22. Jephté~Rigaudons
  23. Jephté~Canarie

UPC: 3701624512050
Label: Alpha
Release Date: 4.10.26
Format: CD
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