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André Campra: Le Carnaval de VeniseLe Concert Spirituel Orchestra Orchestra, Hervé Niquet Conductor
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André Campra has the distinction of being the most prominent French opera composer in the decades between Lully and Rameau, but even the operas of those two great masters are so rarely performed or recorded that it's not surprising that Campra's are virtually unknown to modern audiences. That makes this very fine recording with Hervé Niquet leading Choeur et Orchestre du Concert Spirituel and Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles all the more valuable and welcome to fans of the French Baroque. Campra enthusiastically embraced the innovations of Italian opera, particularly the da capo aria, that Lully had scorned. The plot of Le Carneval de Venise (obviously) even takes place in Italy in an opera theater preparing a performance, and it involves an opera within an opera; it concludes with a performance of an operatic divertissement in Italian, Orfeo nell'inferi, in which Campra unabashedly adopts Italian conventions. The French sections are similar in sound and style to Lully's operas-ballets even though Campra doesn't have Lully's genius for simple, memorable melody. Orfeo nell'inferi very skillfully uses the florid manner of late 17th century opera, and the juxtaposition of the two styles, while intriguing to modern ears, must have been absolutely revolutionary to French audiences who were finally exposed to the innovations of Italian opera. The singers, chorus, and orchestra are skilled in both the Italian and French conventions of Middle Baroque performance practice and they offer a compelling account of the piece. The orchestra and the chorus (which is used very prominently in the French sections) play and sing with precision and lively energy. Niquet's tempos are fluid and he maintains a strong sense of momentum throughout. The soloists are never less than adequate and several stand out, particularly sopranos Salomé Haller and Sarah Tynan, tenor Mathias Vidal, baritone Andrew Foster-Williams, and bass Luigi de Donato. Glossa's sound is characteristically immaculate present and beautifully balanced. © Stephen Eddins, Rovi
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Le Concert Spirituel Chorus Chorus/Choir,
Olivier Schneebelt Music Direction,
Alain Buet Tenor,
Marina De Liso Bas Dessus,
Salome Haller Dessus,
Blandine Staskiewicz Bas Dessus,
Luigi De Donato Bass,
Mathias Vidal Countertenor,
Hervé Niquet Conductor,
Andrew Foster-Williams Tenor,
Sarah Tynan Dessus,
Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles Chorus/Choir,
Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra Orchestra
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| 1 | Overture | 2:01 |
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| 2 | Prologue Scene 1: Hastez-vous, preparez ces lieux (Ordinator, Chorus) | 1:06 |
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| 3 | Prologue Scene 1: Quelle divinite s'empresse (Ordinator) | 1:04 |
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| 4 | Prologue Scene 2: Je quitte sans regret la demeure immortelle (Minerva, Ordinator, Chorus) | 1:10 |
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| 5 | Prologue Scene 2: Recitative: Pour attirer les yeux d'un grand Prince que j'aime (Minerva) | 1:02 |
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| 6 | Prologue Scene 3: Servons le fils du plus grand roy du monde (Chorus) | 1:22 |
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| 7 | Prologue: Air for the Arts | 1:47 |
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| 8 | Prologue: Second Air: Qu'Amour dans nos festes (One of the Arts) | 1:21 |
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| 9 | Prologue Scene 3: Recitative: Les Dieux seuls en ce jour auront-ils l'avantage (Ordinator) | 1:24 |
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| 10 | Prologue: First Air | 0:45 |
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| 11 | Prologue: Second Air | 1:01 |
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| 12 | Prologue: First and Second Passepied | 1:42 |
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| 13 | Prologue Scene 3: Recitative: Jeunes coeurs echapez a la fureur de Mars (Minerva) | 0:52 |
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| 14 | Prologue Scene 3: Air: Celebrez un Roy plein de gloire (Minerva, Chorus) | 3:28 |
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| 15 | Prologue Scene 3: Recitative: Vous qui suivez mes pas, remplissez mon attente (Minerva) | 0:22 |
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| 16 | Prologue: Finale | 2:02 |
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| 17 | Act I Scene 1: J'ay fait l'aveu de l'ardeur qui m'enflame (Leonora) | 3:39 |
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| 18 | Act I Scene 2: Dans ce beau jour ou tout enchante (Isabella, Leonora) | 2:24 |
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| 19 | Act I Scene 3: Puis-je croire que vostre coeur (Isabella, Leonora, Leandre) | 3:06 |
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| 20 | Act I Scene 4: Amor, amor te'l giuro a fe (Sclavonian, Chorus) | 1:31 |
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| 21 | Act I: Formons s'il est possible (One of the Musicians, Musician, Chorus) | 2:33 |
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| 22 | Act I Scene 5: Vous brillez a mes yeux d'une grace nouvelle (Leandre, Isabella) | 4:26 |
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| 23 | Act I: Finale | 0:40 |
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| 24 | Act II Scene 1: Vous qui ne souffrez point les peines (Rodolfo) | 1:41 |
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| 25 | Act II Scene 2: Malgre toute l'ardeur qui regne dans vostre ame (Leonora, Rodolfo) | 2:42 |
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| 26 | Act II Scene 2: Duo: Que l'Amour dans nos coeurs se transforme en colere (Leonora, Rodolfo) | 0:49 |
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| 27 | Act II Scene 3: Suivons tous d'une ardeur fidelle (Chorus of the Followers of Fortune) | 2:27 |
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| 28 | Act II Scene 3: Recitative: Je suis fille du sort, inconstante and legere (Fortune) | 1:22 |
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| 29 | Act II: First Air for the Followers of Fortune | 1:03 |
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| 30 | Act II: Second Air for the Followers of Fortune | 1:28 |
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| 31 | Act II: First and Second Canaries | 1:16 |
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| 32 | Act II Scene 3: Recitative: Vos chants ont eu pour moy de sensibles douceurs (Fortune, Chorus) | 1:07 |
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| 33 | Act II Scene 4: De ses voiles epais, la nuit couvre les Cieux (Rodolfo) | 0:51 |
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| 34 | Act II Scene 5: Doux charme des ennuis, and des peines pressantes (Leandre) | 1:33 |
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| 35 | Act II Scene 5: Trio: Luci belle, dormite (Leandre, Two Musicians) | 3:45 |
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| 36 | Act II Scene 6: Mi dice la speranza (Isabella, Leandre) | 2:16 |
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| 37 | Act II Scene 7: Je me suis fait trop longtems violence (Rodolfo) | 0:48 |
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| 38 | Act II Scene 8: Je cede a mon impatience (Isabella, Rodolfo) | 4:11 |
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| 39 | Act II Scene 9: Pour trouver un Amant qu'en vain ton coeur adore (Rodolfo) | 0:40 |
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| 40 | Act II: Finale | 1:05 |
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| 1 | Act III Scene 1: Transports de vengeance and de haine (Leonora) | 1:35 |
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| 2 | Act III Scene 2: A la fin vous estes vangee (Rodolfo, Leonora) | 2:20 |
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| 3 | Act III Scene 3: Laissons de ses regrets calmer la violence (Rodolfo) | 0:47 |
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| 4 | Act III Scene 4: March of the Gondoliers: Nous triomphons sur les eaux, sur la terre (Leader of the Castellani, Chorus) | 2:14 |
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| 5 | Act III: Gavotte: Entre la crainte and l'esperance (Gondolier) | 0:52 |
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| 6 | Act III: Rigaudon: Embarquez-vous, amans sans faire resistance (Boatman, Chorus) | 2:01 |
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| 7 | Act III Scene 5: Mes yeux, fermez-vous a jamais (Isabella) | 2:39 |
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| 8 | Act III Scene 6: Ciel! que voulez-vous entreprendre? (Leandre, Isabella) | 5:35 |
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André Campra ComposerOrfeo nell'inferi Work
24:54
Le Concert Spirituel Chorus Chorus/Choir,
Olivier Schneebelt Music Direction,
Alain Buet Tenor,
Marina De Liso Bas Dessus,
Salome Haller Dessus,
Blandine Staskiewicz Bas Dessus,
Luigi De Donato Bass,
Mathias Vidal Countertenor,
Hervé Niquet Conductor,
Andrew Foster-Williams Tenor,
Sarah Tynan Dessus,
Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles Chorus/Choir,
Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra Orchestra
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| 9 | Orfeo nell'inferi Scene 1: Symphony | 2:27 |
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| 10 | Orfeo nell'inferi Scene 1: Aria: Tartarei Numi, all'armi, all'armi (Pluto, Chorus) | 2:03 |
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| 11 | Orfeo nell'inferi: Ma qual nuova Armonia (Pluto) | 1:09 |
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| 12 | Orfeo nell'inferi Scene 2: Dominator dell'ombre (Orpheus, Pluto) | 1:34 |
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| 13 | Orfeo nell'inferi Scene 3: Vittoria, mio cuore (Orpheus, Chorus) | 3:07 |
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| 14 | Orfeo nell'inferi: Air for the Familiar Spirits | 1:02 |
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| 15 | Orfeo nell'inferi Scene 4: Al lampo (Happy Shade) | 3:06 |
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| 16 | Orfeo nell'inferi Scene 5: Lungi da me, martiri (Eurydice) | 2:45 |
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| 17 | Orfeo nell'inferi Scene 5: Aria: Vezzi, lusinghe, ministri di belta (Eurydice) | 1:52 |
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| 18 | Orfeo nell'inferi Scene 6: Deh! per pieta mira, Orfeo, chi t'adora (Orpheus, Eurydice) | 0:39 |
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| 19 | Orfeo nell'inferi Scene 7: Fuggi temerario (Pluto, Orpheus, Eurydice) | 0:32 |
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| 20 | Orfeo nell'inferi Scene 8: Bella, non piangere (Pluto) | 1:40 |
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| 21 | Orfeo nell'inferi Scene 8: Aria: Si canti, si goda (Pluto, Chorus) | 2:58 |
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André Campra ComposerLe Bal, dernier divertissement Work
15:32
Le Concert Spirituel Chorus Chorus/Choir,
Olivier Schneebelt Music Direction,
Alain Buet Tenor,
Marina De Liso Bas Dessus,
Salome Haller Dessus,
Blandine Staskiewicz Bas Dessus,
Luigi De Donato Bass,
Mathias Vidal Countertenor,
Hervé Niquet Conductor,
Andrew Foster-Williams Tenor,
Sarah Tynan Dessus,
Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles Chorus/Choir,
Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra Orchestra
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| 22 | Le Bal, dernier divertissement: Carnival March | 0:36 |
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| 23 | Le Bal, dernier divertissement: Recitative: L'Hyver a beau s'armer d'Aquilons furieux (Carnival) | 1:41 |
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| 24 | Le Bal, dernier divertissement: Bourree | 0:44 |
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| 25 | Le Bal, dernier divertissement: First and Second Menuet en Rondeau | 1:09 |
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| 26 | Le Bal, dernier divertissement: Recitative: Je veux joindre a ces jeux une nouvelle Danse (Carnival) | 0:47 |
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| 27 | Le Bal, dernier divertissement: Chaconne | 3:09 |
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| 28 | Le Bal, dernier divertissement: Air of the Chinese Maskers | 1:06 |
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| 29 | Le Bal, dernier divertissement: Air: Per piacer … (Euridice) | 3:33 |
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| 30 | Le Bal, dernier divertissement: Forlane | 0:56 |
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| 31 | Le Bal, dernier divertissement: Air: Chantez, dansez, profitez des beaux jours (Carnival, Chorus) | 1:51 |
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