Charpentier: Acteon / Stubbs, Sheehan, Wakim, Boston Early Music

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Label
CPO
Release Date
November 16, 2010
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      CHARPENTIER, MARC-ANTOINE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Boston Early Music Festival Vocal & Chamber Ensembles
    • PERFORMER
      Sheehan, Wakim, O'Dette, Stubbs
    Product Details
    Works
    1. Overture

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Conductor: Stephen Stubbs, Paul O'Dette

    2. Scene 1: Choeur des Chasseurs

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Aaron Sheehan

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    3. Scene 1: Air d'Actéon

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Aaron Sheehan

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    4. Scene 1: Duo de Chasseurs et Choeur des Chasseurs

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Aaron Sheehan

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    5. Scene 2: Air de Diane et Choeur de Nymphes

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Teresa Wakim

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    6. Scene 2: Duo de Daphné et Hyalé

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Teresa Wakim, Mireille Lebel

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    7. Scene 2: Air d'Aréthuse et Choeur de Nymphes

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Amanda Forsythe

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    8. Scene 3: Recitative et Air d'Actéon

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Aaron Sheehan

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    9. Scene 3: Duo de Diane et Actéon

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Aaron Sheehan, Teresa Wakim

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    10. Scene 3: Choeur de Nymphes

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    11. Scene 4: Recitative d'Actéon

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Aaron Sheehan

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    12. Scene 4: Plainte

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    13. Scene 5: Choeur de Chasseurs

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    14. Scene 6: Air de Junon et Choeur de Chasseurs

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Mireille Lebel

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    15. Scene 6: Choeur de Chasseurs

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    16. Prélude

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    17. Aria: Effroyables enfers où je conduis mes pas … (Orphee)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Jason McStoots

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    18. Duet: Quelle douce harmonie a frapp é mon oreille (Ixion, Tantale)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Jason McStoots, Aaron Sheehan, Douglas Williams

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    19. Aria: Vos plus grands criminels … (Orphee)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Jason McStoots

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    20. Duet: Ne cherchons plus d'où vient cette tendresse … - Trio: Hélas, Rien n'est égal au bonheur des amants … (Ixion, Tantale, Orphee)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Jason McStoots, Aaron Sheehan, Douglas Williams

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    21. I. Choeur des quatre elements

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Teresa Wakim, Zachary Wilder, Lydia Brotherton, Olivier Laquerre

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    22. II. Menuet pour la petite gnomide

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Teresa Wakim, Zachary Wilder, Lydia Brotherton, Olivier Laquerre

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    23. III. Chanson du sylphe

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Teresa Wakim, Zachary Wilder, Lydia Brotherton, Olivier Laquerre

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    24. IV. Duo pour le feu et l'eau

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Teresa Wakim, Zachary Wilder, Lydia Brotherton, Olivier Laquerre

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs

    25. V. Choeur des quatre wlements - croissez

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble, Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble

      Performer: Teresa Wakim, Zachary Wilder, Lydia Brotherton, Olivier Laquerre

      Conductor: Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs


Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Actéon is a pastorale or miniature opera based on Greek mythology. Staged in 1684, the story is about the hunter Actaeon who peeks at the bathing goddess Diana, turned into a red deer, pursued and killed by his own hounds. The music is continuously imaginative with rhythmic choral parts, elegant solos and dramatic flourishes.