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With an offbeat cover that looks a little like a 1950s Hollywood movie poster, Hervé Niquet and his Concert Spirituel are offering up a dive into the world of French 17th and 18th century opera, with works by Mondonville, Rameau, Campra, Dauvergne, Francoeur, Leclair, Lully, Charpentier, Marais and rediscovered works by figures with some very Ancien Régime names such as François Colin de Blamont or Toussaint Bertin de la Doué. But behind this procession of names is Hervé Niquet's impish humour: he has cobbled together an imaginary opera to mark 30 years of the Concert Spirituel.
He tells the story in his own, inimitable words: "Our story is very simple: a young lead, a courageous fop, loves a most beautiful princess. But an evil sorceress, jealous of this idyll, sets out to hurt our pair however she can. But my lord! Of course! That's exactly the story of an American show that I watched on Thursday afternoons when I was younger: Bewitched! I imagined a cover with a photo of our beloved trio and I showed it to our editor: everyone in the office burst out laughing. Katherine (Watson) alias Samantha, Karine (Deshayes) who plays Endora and Reinoud (van Mechelen) who becomes Darrin Stephens have all become used to my ways and they haven't taken umbrage at this comparison. See how simple the elements of opera are! And at the end of the day, this is the story of a thirty-year love affair with the Concert Spirituel. So: vive le pastiche, and vive Bewitched!
Recorded in October 2017 at the Opéra Royal de Versailles in collaboration with the Versailles Baroque Music Centre and the Concert Spirituel, this imaginary opera is very much in keeping with the rules of an era when pasticci abounded and scores weren't set in stone but evolved to match opportunities and singers' personalities. Happy birthday, then, to the Concert Spirituel! © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Katherine Watson, MainArtist - Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondoville, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, Lyricist - Toussaint Bertin de la Doué, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - André Campra, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Antoine Danchet, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Charles-Antoine Leclerc de La Bruere, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - André Campra, Composer - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Katherine Watson, MainArtist - Antoine Danchet, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Antoine Dauvergne, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Antoine Dauvergne, Composer - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Jean-François Marmontel, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Antoine Dauvergne, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Pascal Collasse, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Louis de Cahusac, Lyricist - Katherine Watson, MainArtist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Voltaire, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Antoine-César Gautier de Montdorge, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Louis Fuzelier, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - François Colin de Blamont, Composer - Katherine Watson, MainArtist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Francois Francoeur, Composer - François Rebel, Composer - Jean-Louis-Ignace de La Serre, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Jean-Marie Leclair, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Thomas Corneille, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Thomas Corneille, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Jean-Marie Leclair, Composer - D'Albaret, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Marin Marais, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - François-Antoine Jolly, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Charles-Antoine Leclerc de La Bruere, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - André Campra, Composer - Karine Deshayes, MainArtist - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Antoine Danchet, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Antoine Dauvergne, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Andre Cardinal Destouches, Composer
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Francois Francoeur, Composer - François Rebel, Composer - Katherine Watson, MainArtist - Jean-Louis-Ignace de La Serre, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - André Campra, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Jean-François Régnard, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - Katherine Watson, MainArtist - Charles-Hubert Gervais, Composer - Joseph de Lafont, Lyricist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Philippe Quinault, Lyricist - Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Le Concert Spirituel, MainArtist - Herve Niquet, MainArtist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Album review
With an offbeat cover that looks a little like a 1950s Hollywood movie poster, Hervé Niquet and his Concert Spirituel are offering up a dive into the world of French 17th and 18th century opera, with works by Mondonville, Rameau, Campra, Dauvergne, Francoeur, Leclair, Lully, Charpentier, Marais and rediscovered works by figures with some very Ancien Régime names such as François Colin de Blamont or Toussaint Bertin de la Doué. But behind this procession of names is Hervé Niquet's impish humour: he has cobbled together an imaginary opera to mark 30 years of the Concert Spirituel.
He tells the story in his own, inimitable words: "Our story is very simple: a young lead, a courageous fop, loves a most beautiful princess. But an evil sorceress, jealous of this idyll, sets out to hurt our pair however she can. But my lord! Of course! That's exactly the story of an American show that I watched on Thursday afternoons when I was younger: Bewitched! I imagined a cover with a photo of our beloved trio and I showed it to our editor: everyone in the office burst out laughing. Katherine (Watson) alias Samantha, Karine (Deshayes) who plays Endora and Reinoud (van Mechelen) who becomes Darrin Stephens have all become used to my ways and they haven't taken umbrage at this comparison. See how simple the elements of opera are! And at the end of the day, this is the story of a thirty-year love affair with the Concert Spirituel. So: vive le pastiche, and vive Bewitched!
Recorded in October 2017 at the Opéra Royal de Versailles in collaboration with the Versailles Baroque Music Centre and the Concert Spirituel, this imaginary opera is very much in keeping with the rules of an era when pasticci abounded and scores weren't set in stone but evolved to match opportunities and singers' personalities. Happy birthday, then, to the Concert Spirituel! © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 33 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:54
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Genre: Classical
2018 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2017 Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
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