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For approaching a century and a half in France – across the reigns of Louis XIV, XV and XVI – the Palace of Versailles played host, both indoors and outdoors, for an extraordinary sequence of dramatic musical performances. "Un Opéra pour trois rois", conducted by György Vashegyi, represents the legacy of that time, a specially constructed operatic entertainment drawn from works by composers from Lully to Gluck, commissioned – and even, on occasion, performed – by kings, their queens and inamoratas.
There are plenty of firm favourites here – Rameau’s “Tristes apprêts” (Castor et Pollux) and “Forêts paisibles” (Les Indes galantes), but one of the additional attractions of this double-album extravaganza released by Glossa is the chance to hear music of quality by hitherto woefully ignored compositions (Le Retour du printemps, Les Caractères de la Folie, Le Pouvoir de l’Amour), all demonstrating the depths of quality still waiting to be rediscovered.
And there are selections to be had from operas by Mondonville, Destouches, Leclair and Francoeur and Rebel as well. Further attractions are the performances from the three soloists (each adopting the role of an allegorical figure for the event): Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Emöke Barath and Thomas Dolié, along with Vashegyi’s Purcell Choir and Orfeo Orchestra. In his booklet essay, Benoît Dratwicki draws on his immense knowledge in order to set the scene in the royal residence of Versailles for this imaginary fête musicale of lyricism and duets, music both sombre and joyful, symphonies and orages.
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Le palais d'Alcine (Jean-Baptiste Lully)
Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Hippolyte et Aricie (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Purcell Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Issé (André Cardinal Destouches)
Andre Cardinal Destouches, Composer - Emoke Baräth, Artist - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor - Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Les fêtes de Paphos, Op. 10 (Jean-Joseph-Cassanéa de Mondonville)
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, Composer - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Issé (André Cardinal Destouches)
Andre Cardinal Destouches, Composer - Thomas Dolie, Artist - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Les stratagèmes de l'Amour (André Cardinal Destouches)
Andre Cardinal Destouches, Composer - Emoke Baräth, Artist - Thomas Dolie, Artist, MainArtist - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor - Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Artist
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Les folies de Cardenio, s 152 (Michel-Richard Delalande)
Michel-Richard de Lalande, Composer - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Le bourgeois gentilhomme (Jean-Baptiste Lully)
Jean-Baptiste LULLY, Composer - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Zéphyre et Flore (François Colin de Blamont)
Emoke Baräth, Artist - François Colin de Blamont, Composer - Thomas Dolie, Artist, MainArtist - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Platée (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Zéphyre et Flore (François Colin de Blamont)
Emoke Baräth, Artist, MainArtist - François Colin de Blamont, Composer - Thomas Dolie, Artist - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
La princesse de Navarre (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor - Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Le triomphe de Flore, ou Le retour de printemps (Antoine Dauvergne)
Antoine Dauvergne, Composer - Purcell Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Antoine Dauvergne, Composer - Thomas Dolie, Artist - Purcell Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Scylla et Glaucus, Op. 11 (Jean-Marie Leclair)
Jean-Marie Leclair, Composer - Emoke Baräth, Artist, MainArtist - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Les surprises de l'Amour (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Scylla et Glaucus, Op. 11 (Jean-Marie Leclair)
Jean-Marie Leclair, Composer - Emoke Baräth, Artist - Thomas Dolie, Artist, MainArtist - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor - Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Artist
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Le pouvoir de l'amour (Pancrace Royer)
Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer, Composer - Emoke Baräth, Artist - Thomas Dolie, Artist, MainArtist - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor - Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Artist
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
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Concerts de simphonies (Anonyme)
Anonymous, Composer - Antoine Dauvergne, Composer - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Le carnaval du Parnasse, Op. 7 (Jean-Joseph-Cassanéa de Mondonville)
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, Composer - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor - Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège (Pierre Danican Philidor)
Pierre Danican Philidor, Composer - Thomas Dolie, Artist - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor - Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Les caractères de la folie (Bernard de Bury)
Emoke Baräth, Artist - Bernard de Bury, Composer - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor - Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Castor et Pollux (1737 Version) (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Emoke Baräth, Artist - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Canente (Antoine Dauvergne)
Antoine Dauvergne, Composer - Emoke Baräth, Artist - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor - Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Atys (Niccolò Piccinni)
Niccolò Piccinni, Composer - Purcell Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Iphigénie en Tauride (Christoph Willibald von Gluck)
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor - Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor - Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Ballet de la paix (François Rebel)
François Rebel, Composer - Thomas Dolie, Artist, MainArtist - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor - François Francœur, Composer
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Callirhoé (André Cardinal Destouches)
Antoine Dauvergne, Composer - Andre Cardinal Destouches, Composer - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - György Vashegyi, Conductor
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Les Indes galantes (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Emoke Baräth, Artist - Thomas Dolie, Artist, MainArtist - Purcell Choir, Choir - Orfeo Orchestra, Orchestra - György Vashegyi, Conductor - Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Artist
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
Album review
For approaching a century and a half in France – across the reigns of Louis XIV, XV and XVI – the Palace of Versailles played host, both indoors and outdoors, for an extraordinary sequence of dramatic musical performances. "Un Opéra pour trois rois", conducted by György Vashegyi, represents the legacy of that time, a specially constructed operatic entertainment drawn from works by composers from Lully to Gluck, commissioned – and even, on occasion, performed – by kings, their queens and inamoratas.
There are plenty of firm favourites here – Rameau’s “Tristes apprêts” (Castor et Pollux) and “Forêts paisibles” (Les Indes galantes), but one of the additional attractions of this double-album extravaganza released by Glossa is the chance to hear music of quality by hitherto woefully ignored compositions (Le Retour du printemps, Les Caractères de la Folie, Le Pouvoir de l’Amour), all demonstrating the depths of quality still waiting to be rediscovered.
And there are selections to be had from operas by Mondonville, Destouches, Leclair and Francoeur and Rebel as well. Further attractions are the performances from the three soloists (each adopting the role of an allegorical figure for the event): Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Emöke Barath and Thomas Dolié, along with Vashegyi’s Purcell Choir and Orfeo Orchestra. In his booklet essay, Benoît Dratwicki draws on his immense knowledge in order to set the scene in the royal residence of Versailles for this imaginary fête musicale of lyricism and duets, music both sombre and joyful, symphonies and orages.
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 33 track(s)
- Total length: 01:31:24
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Orfeo Orchestra Purcell Choir Chantal Santon-Jeffery György Vashegyi Emöke Baráth Thomas Dolié
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Glossa
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2017 Glossa (P) 2017 Glossa
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