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A Nocte Temporis, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier - Charpentier: Orphée aux enfers (2020) [Hi-Res]

A Nocte Temporis, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier - Charpentier: Orphée aux enfers (2020) [Hi-Res]
  • Title: Charpentier: Orphée aux enfers
  • Year Of Release: 2020
  • Label: Alpha
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
  • Total Time: 01:22:06
  • Total Size: 405 MB / 1.51 GB
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Tracklist:

01. Orphée descendant aux enfers, H. 471: Prélude (3:28)
02. Orphée descendant aux enfers, H. 471: "Récit d'Orphée, violon lentement" (1:19)
03. Orphée descendant aux enfers, H. 471: "Effroyable enfers, où je conduis mes pas" (7:34)
04. Orphée descendant aux enfers, H. 471: "Quelle douce harmonie a frappé mon oreille ?" (1:16)
05. Orphée descendant aux enfers, H. 471: "Vos plus grands criminels rongés par des vautours" (3:58)
06. Orphée descendant aux enfers, H. 471: "Ne cherchons plus d'où vient cette tendresse" (2:58)
07. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: Ouverture (2:38)
08. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Inventons mille jeux divers" (4:38)
09. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Compagnes fidèles" (3:05)
10. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Soutiens-moi, chère Énone" (0:38)
11. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Qu'ai-je entendu ? Que vois-je ?" (0:42)
12. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Ah ! Bergers c'en est fait" (3:34)
13. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: Entrée de Nymphes et de Bergers désespérés (1:34)
14. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Lâche amant, pourrais-tu survivre" (0:43)
15. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Ne tourne point, mon fils" (2:22)
16. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Que d'un frivole espoir" (5:09)
17. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Affreux tourments, gênes cruelles" (1:39)
18. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Cessez, cessez fameux coupables" (1:56)
19. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Quelle touchante voix" (1:50)
20. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Je ne refuse point ce secours" (1:13)
21. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Il n'est rien aux Enfers" (1:34)
22. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: Entrée des Fantômes (1:16)
23. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Que cherche en mon palais ce mortel téméraire ?" (1:12)
24. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Je ne vis point ici, Monarque des Enfers" (2:56)
25. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Pauvre amant, quel cœur de rocher" (1:32)
26. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Eurydice n'est plus, et mon feu dure encore" (2:39)
27. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Le destin est contraire à ce que tu souhaites" (1:54)
28. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Tu ne la perdras point, hélas, pour me la rendre" (2:12)
29. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Quel charme impérieux m'incite à la tendresse ?" (1:35)
30. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Souviens toi du larcin que tu fis à Cérès" (3:45)
31. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Je cède, je me rends, aimable Prosperine" (2:47)
32. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H. 488: "Vous partez donc, Orphée ?" (6:43)

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.


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  • olga1001
  •  wrote in 00:27
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Breathtaking !!
How exquisite Reinoud van Mechelen (high tenor) and Anthony Romaniuk (harpsichord) :))
On the other hand Vox Luminis is suitable for Charpentier in their usual way ?
Should we appreciate Lully having obstructed Charpentier because he composed so fantastic small works ?
Many thanks
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  • platico
  •  wrote in 01:40
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gracias....
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  • gibheid
  •  wrote in 05:38
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Thanks sddd.