Veronique Gens – Reines [CD]

Description

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 Benot 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. Polyxne~Tremblement de Terre
2. Hippolyte et Aricie~Quelle Plainte en ces Lieux M’Appelle?
3. Hercule Mourant~Marche Funbre
4. Hercule Mourant~Dieu, Grand Dieu, Sois Sensible (Air et Chour)
5. Scanderberg~Ouverture
6. Mde et Jason~Prte 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~O s’garent mes Pas? (Air et Chour)
9. Renaud, ou la Suite d’Armide~Dans Notre Empire (Chour et Danse des Dmons)
10. Renaud, ou la Suite d’Armide~Tremble, Armide (Air et Chour)
11. Callirho~Premier Air Pour les Sacrificateurs
12. Zade, Reine de Grenade~Tyrans des Cours
13. Callirho~Deuxime Air pour les Sacrificateurs
14. Canente~Sombre Desse du Silence
15. Work(s)~Chour du Sommeil
16. Mlagre~Quel Charme me Retient
17. Mlagre~Gouffres Qui Conduisez
18. Dardanus~Air Tendre
19. Zoroastre~Amour, Cruel Amour
20. Acanthe et Cphise~Menuet
21. Dardanus~Air Trs Vif
22. Jepht~Rigaudons
23. Jepht~Canarie

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