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Passion - Lully, Charpentier & Desmarets / Gens, Camboulas, Ensemble Les Surprises
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Details
- Composer
- CHARPENTIER DESMARETS LULLY
- Artist
- Gens, Camboulas
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Alpha
- Released
- Aug 27, 2021
- Catalog #
- ALPHA747
- UPC
- 3760014197475
About
Shortlisted for the Gramophone Awards!
This programme marks the eagerly awaited return of Véronique Gens to Baroque music and Lully, in which she made a name for herself at the start of her career. It presents airs from Atys, Persée, Alceste, Proserpine, Le Triomphe de l’Amour and other works by Louis XIV’s famous composer, but also several by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Médée), Henry Desmarets and Pascal Collasse. Whether well known, rare or in some cases even unpublished, all of them present roles for powerful women whose love is unrequited: dark passions, bitter laments, jealousy, vengeance, the type of dramatic characters that Véronique Gens embodies with all the charisma that has made her reputation. This recording is also the result of an encounter with the youthful ensemble Les Surprises, founded and directed by Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas. Together they conceived this programme, which mingles airs, dances and choruses, in collaboration with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles.
REVIEW:
The voice remains in remarkable condition, as strongly radiant, firm and secure as ever with powerful chest notes. And of course the characteristics that have made her so prized in this repertoire, the perfect shaping of line and outstanding diction, remain, still more finely honed.
– Opera
Tracklist 21 tracks
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1 Act III: Toi qui dans ce tombeau 02:50
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Act III: Toi qui dans ce tombeau
- Duration
- 02:50
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Performer
- Véronique Gens
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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2 Act I: Prélude 00:55
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Act I: Prélude
- Duration
- 00:55
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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3 Achille et Polyxène: Calme tes déplaisirs 01:58
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Achille et Polyxène: Calme tes déplaisirs
- Duration
- 01:58
- Composer
- Pascal Collasse
- Performer
- Véronique Gens
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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4 Thétis et Pélée: Tempête 01:46
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Thétis et Pélée: Tempête
- Duration
- 01:46
- Composer
- Pascal Collasse
- Performer
- Véronique Gens
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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5 Circé: Désirs, transports 03:15
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Circé: Désirs, transports
- Duration
- 03:15
- Composer
- Henry Desmarets
- Performer
- Véronique Gens
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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6 Proserpine: Deuxième air 00:47
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Proserpine: Deuxième air
- Duration
- 00:47
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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7 Le temple de la paix Suite: VII. Entrée des Bretons et Brettones, passepieds 01:10
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Le temple de la paix Suite: VII. Entrée des Bretons et Brettones, passepieds
- Duration
- 01:10
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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8 Act III: Ô malheureuse mère … 05:05
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Act III: Ô malheureuse mère …
- Duration
- 05:05
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Performer
- Véronique Gens
- Ensemble
- Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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9 Act III: Que tout se ressente de la fureur … 03:05
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Act III: Que tout se ressente de la fureur …
- Duration
- 03:05
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Performer
- Véronique Gens
- Ensemble
- Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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10 Atys, LWV 53, Act III: Ritournelle: Espoir si cher et si doux 03:00
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Atys, LWV 53, Act III: Ritournelle: Espoir si cher et si doux
- Duration
- 03:00
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Performer
- Véronique Gens
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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11 La naissance de Vénus, Part II: Dieu des enfers Écoutez mes peines 02:23
- Track
- 11
- Title
- La naissance de Vénus, Part II: Dieu des enfers Écoutez mes peines
- Duration
- 02:23
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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12 Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Canaries 01:03
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Canaries
- Duration
- 01:03
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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13 Armide, Act II: Enfin il est en ma puissance 04:05
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Armide, Act II: Enfin il est en ma puissance
- Duration
- 04:05
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Performer
- Véronique Gens
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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14 Persée: Ouverture 02:11
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Persée: Ouverture
- Duration
- 02:11
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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15 Le triomphe de l'amour: Air de la nuit: Voici le favorable temps … 05:45
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Le triomphe de l'amour: Air de la nuit: Voici le favorable temps …
- Duration
- 05:45
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Performer
- Véronique Gens
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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16 La Diane de Fontainebleau: Choeur du sommeil 03:10
- Track
- 16
- Title
- La Diane de Fontainebleau: Choeur du sommeil
- Duration
- 03:10
- Composer
- Henry Desmarets
- Ensemble
- Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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17 Act III: Pompe funèbre 00:36
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Act III: Pompe funèbre
- Duration
- 00:36
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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18 Act III: La mort, la mort barbare 06:03
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Act III: La mort, la mort barbare
- Duration
- 06:03
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Performer
- Véronique Gens
- Ensemble
- Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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19 Act III: Quel prix de mon amour 03:33
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Act III: Quel prix de mon amour
- Duration
- 03:33
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Performer
- Véronique Gens
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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20 Act III: Noires filles du Stix 03:12
- Track
- 20
- Title
- Act III: Noires filles du Stix
- Duration
- 03:12
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Performer
- Véronique Gens
- Ensemble
- Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
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21 Le triomphe de l'amour: Air pour l'entrée de borée et des quatre vents 01:08
- Track
- 21
- Title
- Le triomphe de l'amour: Air pour l'entrée de borée et des quatre vents
- Duration
- 01:08
- Composer
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Les Surprises
- Conductor
- Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas