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

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Composer
CHARPENTIER, MARC-ANTOINE
Artist
A Nocte Temporis, Meunier, Mechelen, Vox Luminis
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Jan 10, 2020
Catalog #
ALPHA566
UPC
3760014195662

About

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.

Tracklist 32 tracks

  1. 1 Prélude 03:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prélude
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  2. 2 Recitative: Violon lentement 01:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    Recitative: Violon lentement
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  3. 3 Air: Effroyables enfers où je conduis mes pas… (Orphée) 07:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    Air: Effroyables enfers où je conduis mes pas… (Orphée)
    Duration
    07:34
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Reinoud Van Mechelen
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  4. 4 Duet: Quelle douce harmonie a frapp é mon oreille (Tantale, Ixion) 01:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    Duet: Quelle douce harmonie a frapp é mon oreille (Tantale, Ixion)
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Lionel Meunier, Philippe Froeliger
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  5. 5 Air: Vos plus grands criminels … (Orphée) 03:58
    Track
    5
    Title
    Air: Vos plus grands criminels … (Orphée)
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Reinoud Van Mechelen
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  6. 6 Duet: Ne cherchons plus d'où vient cette tendresse… - Trio: Hélas, Rien n'est égal au bonheur des amants… (Orphée, Ixion, Tantale) 02:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    Duet: Ne cherchons plus d'où vient cette tendresse… - Trio: Hélas, Rien n'est égal au bonheur des amants… (Orphée, Ixion, Tantale)
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Reinoud Van Mechelen, Philippe Froeliger, Lionel Meunier
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  7. 7 Overture 02:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    Overture
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  8. 8 Act I Scene 1: Inventons mille jeux divers (Daphnee, Chorus) - Entree des nymphes: Ruisseau qui dans ce beau sejour (Énone, Aréthuze) 04:38
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Inventons mille jeux divers (Daphnee, Chorus) - Entree des nymphes: Ruisseau qui dans ce beau sejour (Énone, Aréthuze)
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Zsuzsi Tóth, Clara Coutouly, Victoria Cassano
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis
  9. 9 Act I: Compagnes fidèles (Euridice, Énone, Chorus) 03:05
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I: Compagnes fidèles (Euridice, Énone, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Deborah Cachet, Clara Coutouly
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis
  10. 10 Act I Scene 1: Soutiens-moi, chère Énone (Euridice) 00:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Soutiens-moi, chère Énone (Euridice)
    Duration
    00:38
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Deborah Cachet
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  11. 11 Act I Scene 1: Qu'ai-je entendu, que vois-je? (Orphée, Euridice, Chorus) 00:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Qu'ai-je entendu, que vois-je? (Orphée, Euridice, Chorus)
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Reinoud Van Mechelen, Deborah Cachet
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis
  12. 12 Act I Scene 1: Ah! Bergers c'en est fait (Orphée, Chorus) 03:34
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Ah! Bergers c'en est fait (Orphée, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Reinoud Van Mechelen
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis
  13. 13 Act I Scene 2: Entrée de Nymphes et de Bergers désespérés: Lâche amant 01:34
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Entrée de Nymphes et de Bergers désespérés: Lâche amant
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  14. 14 Act I Scene 2: Lâche amant (Orphée) 00:43
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Lâche amant (Orphée)
    Duration
    00:43
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Reinoud Van Mechelen
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  15. 15 Act I Scene 3: Ne tourne point, mon fils (Apollon, Orphée) 02:22
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: Ne tourne point, mon fils (Apollon, Orphée)
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Lionel Meunier, Reinoud Van Mechelen
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  16. 16 Act I Scene 3: Que d'un frivole espoir (Orphée) - Juste sujet de pleurs (Chorus) 05:09
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act I Scene 3: Que d'un frivole espoir (Orphée) - Juste sujet de pleurs (Chorus)
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Reinoud Van Mechelen
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis
  17. 17 Act II Scene 1: Affreux tourments (Ixion, Tantale, Titye) 01:39
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Affreux tourments (Ixion, Tantale, Titye)
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Raphael Höhn, Philippe Froeliger, Lionel Meunier
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  18. 18 Act II Scene 2: Cessez, cessez, fameux coupables (Orphée) 01:56
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Cessez, cessez, fameux coupables (Orphée)
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Reinoud Van Mechelen
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  19. 19 Act II Scene 2: Quelle touchante voix, quelle douce harmonie (Ixion, Tantale, Titye) 01:50
    Track
    19
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Quelle touchante voix, quelle douce harmonie (Ixion, Tantale, Titye)
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Raphael Höhn, Philippe Froeliger, Lionel Meunier
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  20. 20 Act II Scene 2: Je ne refuse point le secours (Orphée) 01:13
    Track
    20
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Je ne refuse point le secours (Orphée)
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Reinoud Van Mechelen
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  21. 21 Act II: Il n'est rien aux Enfers (Chorus) 01:34
    Track
    21
    Title
    Act II: Il n'est rien aux Enfers (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis
  22. 22 Act II Scene 2: Les Fantomes 01:16
    Track
    22
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Les Fantomes
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  23. 23 Act II Scene 3: Que cherche en mon palais (Pluton) 01:12
    Track
    23
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Que cherche en mon palais (Pluton)
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Geoffroy Buffière
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  24. 24 Act II Scene 3: Je ne vis point ici, Monarque des Enfers (Orphée) 02:56
    Track
    24
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Je ne vis point ici, Monarque des Enfers (Orphée)
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Reinoud Van Mechelen
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  25. 25 Act II: Pauvre amant (Proserpine, Chorus) 01:32
    Track
    25
    Title
    Act II: Pauvre amant (Proserpine, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Stefanie True
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis
  26. 26 Act II Scene 3: Eurydice n'est plus, et mon feu dure encore (Orphée) 02:39
    Track
    26
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Eurydice n'est plus, et mon feu dure encore (Orphée)
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Reinoud Van Mechelen
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  27. 27 Act II Scene 3: Le destin est contraire à ce que tu souhaites (Pluton, Proserpine, Chorus) 01:54
    Track
    27
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Le destin est contraire à ce que tu souhaites (Pluton, Proserpine, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Geoffroy Buffière, Stefanie True
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis
  28. 28 Act II Scene 3: Tu ne la perdras point, helas (Orphée) 02:12
    Track
    28
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Tu ne la perdras point, helas (Orphée)
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Reinoud Van Mechelen
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  29. 29 Act II Scene 3: Quel charme impérieux (Pluton, Proserpine, Chorus) 01:35
    Track
    29
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Quel charme impérieux (Pluton, Proserpine, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Geoffroy Buffière, Stefanie True
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis
  30. 30 Act II Scene 3: Souviens toi du larcin que tu fis à Cérès (Orphée) 03:45
    Track
    30
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Souviens toi du larcin que tu fis à Cérès (Orphée)
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Reinoud Van Mechelen
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  31. 31 Act II Scene 3: Je cède, je me rends (Pluton, Orphée) 02:07
    Track
    31
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Je cède, je me rends (Pluton, Orphée)
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Geoffroy Buffière, Reinoud Van Mechelen
    Ensemble
    A Nocte Temporis
  32. 32 Act II Scene 3: Vous partez donc, Orphée (Ixion, Tantale, Titye, Chorus) 06:43
    Track
    32
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Vous partez donc, Orphée (Ixion, Tantale, Titye, Chorus)
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Performer
    Raphael Höhn, Philippe Froeliger, Lionel Meunier
    Ensemble
    Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis