Legros - haute-contre de Gluck / van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • PERFORMER
      Reinoud Van Mechelen, A Nocte Temporis
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 22, 2023
    • UPC
      3760014199929
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA992
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Ouverture

      Composer: Jean-Benjamin de La Borde

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    2. Act I: Que mon destin est déplorable

      Composer: Jean-Benjamin de La Borde

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    3. Act III: Ciel! en voyant ce temple redoutable

      Composer: Jean-Benjamin de La Borde

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    4. Conduisez ces captifs

      Composer: Pierre-Montan Berton, Jean-Claude Trial

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    5. Air pour les cyclopes

      Composer: Pierre-Montan Berton, Jean-Claude Trial

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    6. Air gracieux

      Composer: Pierre-Montan Berton, Jean-Claude Trial

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    7. La fête de Flore: Amour, si tu te plais à ma douleur mortelle

      Composer: Jean-Claude Trial

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    8. Overture

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    9. Act II: J'obtiens l'objet que j'aime

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    10. Act I: Accable de regrets

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    11. Act II: Danse des Ombre heureuses

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    12. Act II: Quel nouveau ciel pare ces lieux!

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    13. Act III: Malheureux, que j'ai fait - J'ai perdu mon Eurydice

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    14. Loin de ces bois charmants à regret entraîné

      Composer: François-Joseph Gossec

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    15. Vers le sommet de la montagne

      Composer: François-Joseph Gossec

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    16. Act II: Air: Parais, mortel amoureux

      Composer: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    17. Ballet des Nymphes de Diane

      Composer: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    18. Act I: Danse: Contredanse

      Composer: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    19. Act II: Ariette: Deesse des beaux jours

      Composer: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    20. Hylas et Églé: C'est ici que j'ai vu pour la première fois

      Composer: Joseph Legros

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    21. Atys, Act II: Ô funeste amitié! Confiance accablante!

      Composer: Niccolò Piccinni

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    22. Amadis de Gaule, W. G39: Largo

      Composer: Johann Christian Bach

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen

    23. Iphigénie en Tauride, Act II: Recitative: Quel langage accablant

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis

      Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen

      Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen


Tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen concludes his trilogy dedicated to hautes-contre with "Legros; Gluck's haute-contre". Joseph Legros (1739-1793) was a singer at the Paris Opéra; renowned for his extraordinary musical abilities; wide range and brilliant high notes. “His contemporaries appreciated the fact that his vocal delivery was not forced and that his taste was less mannered than that of his predecessors. His pronunciation was perfect and his face pleasing; although he did not cut a graceful figure and his stage acting left something to be desired” writes Benoit Dratwicki; of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles; which is a partner in this series... Legros sparked renewed interest among modern composers for the haute-contre voice. The first to write for him were La Borde; Trial and Berton. Then came Gossec (Alexis et Daphné) and Grétry (Céphale et Procris). In 1774; Gluck's arrival in Paris marked a turning point in Legros's career: he made a name for himself in Orphée et Eurydice; caused a sensation in Iphigénie en Aulide and Iphigénie en Tauride... The title roles in Amadis de Gaule by J. C. Bach and Piccinni's Atys were the last roles in which he shone. After Legros; the haute-contre voice gradually disappeared; giving way to that of the "true tenor"; a more powerful voice; but one that had difficulty tackling the high register of the old repertoire...