Charpentier: Orphee aux enfers / Meunier, Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CHARPENTIER, MARC-ANTOINE
    • PERFORMER
      A Nocte Temporis, Meunier, Mechelen, Vox Luminis
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 10, 2020
    • UPC
      3760014195662
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA566
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prélude

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

    2. Recitative: Violon lentement

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

    3. Air: Effroyables enfers où je conduis mes pas… (Orphée)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

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

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Lionel Meunier, Philippe Froeliger

    5. Air: Vos plus grands criminels … (Orphée)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

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

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen, Philippe Froeliger, Lionel Meunier

    7. Overture

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

    8. Act I Scene 1: Inventons mille jeux divers (Daphnee, Chorus) - Entree des nymphes: Ruisseau qui dans ce beau sejour (Énone, Aréthuze)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Zsuzsi Tóth, Clara Coutouly, Victoria Cassano

    9. Act I: Compagnes fidèles (Euridice, Énone, Chorus)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Deborah Cachet, Clara Coutouly

    10. Act I Scene 1: Soutiens-moi, chère Énone (Euridice)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Deborah Cachet

    11. Act I Scene 1: Qu'ai-je entendu, que vois-je? (Orphée, Euridice, Chorus)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen, Deborah Cachet

    12. Act I Scene 1: Ah! Bergers c'en est fait (Orphée, Chorus)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    13. Act I Scene 2: Entrée de Nymphes et de Bergers désespérés: Lâche amant

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

    14. Act I Scene 2: Lâche amant (Orphée)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    15. Act I Scene 3: Ne tourne point, mon fils (Apollon, Orphée)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Lionel Meunier, Reinoud Van Mechelen

    16. Act I Scene 3: Que d'un frivole espoir (Orphée) - Juste sujet de pleurs (Chorus)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    17. Act II Scene 1: Affreux tourments (Ixion, Tantale, Titye)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Raphael Höhn, Philippe Froeliger, Lionel Meunier

    18. Act II Scene 2: Cessez, cessez, fameux coupables (Orphée)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    19. Act II Scene 2: Quelle touchante voix, quelle douce harmonie (Ixion, Tantale, Titye)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Raphael Höhn, Philippe Froeliger, Lionel Meunier

    20. Act II Scene 2: Je ne refuse point le secours (Orphée)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    21. Act II: Il n'est rien aux Enfers (Chorus)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis

    22. Act II Scene 2: Les Fantomes

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

    23. Act II Scene 3: Que cherche en mon palais (Pluton)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Geoffroy Buffière

    24. Act II Scene 3: Je ne vis point ici, Monarque des Enfers (Orphée)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    25. Act II: Pauvre amant (Proserpine, Chorus)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Stefanie True

    26. Act II Scene 3: Eurydice n'est plus, et mon feu dure encore (Orphée)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    27. Act II Scene 3: Le destin est contraire à ce que tu souhaites (Pluton, Proserpine, Chorus)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Geoffroy Buffière, Stefanie True

    28. Act II Scene 3: Tu ne la perdras point, helas (Orphée)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    29. Act II Scene 3: Quel charme impérieux (Pluton, Proserpine, Chorus)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Geoffroy Buffière, Stefanie True

    30. Act II Scene 3: Souviens toi du larcin que tu fis à Cérès (Orphée)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    31. Act II Scene 3: Je cède, je me rends (Pluton, Orphée)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Geoffroy Buffière, Reinoud Van Mechelen

    32. Act II Scene 3: Vous partez donc, Orphée (Ixion, Tantale, Titye, Chorus)

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Raphael Höhn, Philippe Froeliger, Lionel Meunier


The Orpheus myth was as important for the birth of opera in France as it had been in Italy. In 1684, Charpentier composed a work for three voices, Orphée descendant aux Enfers. With this piece, remarkable for its style and concision, he showed how well he had assimilated Carissimi’s art. It is a dramatic scene, similar to the ‘sacred histories’ of the Roman master. The text, by an unknown author, narrates Orpheus’ quest for his beloved in the Underworld. The hero’s haute-contre gives him an elegiac timbre – this was the vocal register in which Charpentier, himself a singer, excelled. In 1687 he created his second illustration of the myth, La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers. In its two acts can be discerned the outline of a possible complete opera – the manuscript has reached us shorn of the third act in which Orpheus would presumably have lost Eurydice before being devoured by the Maenads. While La Descente d’Orphée has already been recorded several times, the Orphée of 1684 is a rarity and a magnificent discovery. In these two roles that might have been written for him, Reinoud van Mechelen is at the peak of his artistry, while his ensemble A Nocte Temporis and Lionel Meunier’s group Vox Luminis blend in perfect symbiosis.