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Marin Marais (1656-1728), the subject of the popular 1991 film Tous les matins du monde, is best known today for his music for gamba, but he was prolific in a variety of genres and wrote some of the most important French operas between Lully and Rameau. Because of its dramatic weakness, Sémélé (1709) was not among his most successful works, but the music, here reconstructed by Gérard Geay, is hugely attractive, and hearing the score is perhaps the most satisfying way to experience it. The fact that Marais uses recitative very judiciously, reserving it for the moments where the drama is most heightened, makes the opera especially effective on CD. In its place, he writes short arias and ensembles that have a strong inherent musical interest, so there are few dull moments in Sémélé. In spite of the opera's weak story, it's clear Marais was a master of writing for the stage; each act is beautifully shaped and structured. Some of the most effective parts are the orchestral sections -- dances, marches, chaconnes -- whose surprising originality and brilliant instrumentation make them pop out in bold relief from the vocal textures. Throughout, Marais' writing is graceful and inventive, making Sémélé an appealing work that should be of strong interest to fans of Baroque opera. The elegance and spirit of the performances are ideally suited to the opera. Le Concert Spirituel, an ensemble using original instruments, founded and conducted by Hervé Niquet, performs with the utmost precision and with terrific energy. The soloists are uniformly fine, with strong, clear, heroic voices, and agile coloratura, and they make the most of the drama of their roles. The recording is immaculate: clean and bright, with a good sense of presence.
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Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Jael Azzaretti, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Jael Azzaretti, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Benedicte Tauran, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Jael Azzaretti, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Thomas Dolie, baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Benedicte Tauran, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Benedicte Tauran, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Herve Niquet, Conductor
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Benedicte Tauran, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Hjordis Thebault, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Herve Niquet, Conductor
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Jael Azzaretti, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Thomas Dolie, baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Thomas Dolie, baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Hjordis Thebault, soprano
DISC 2
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Benedicte Tauran, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Herve Niquet, Conductor
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone - Hjordis Thebault, soprano
Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Herve Niquet, Conductor - Hjordis Thebault, soprano - Benedicte Tauran, soprano - Jael Azzaretti, soprano - Anders J. Dahlin, tenor - Thomas Dolie, baritone - Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone - Concert Spirituel, Le, Ensemble - Marc Labonnette, baritone
Album review
Marin Marais (1656-1728), the subject of the popular 1991 film Tous les matins du monde, is best known today for his music for gamba, but he was prolific in a variety of genres and wrote some of the most important French operas between Lully and Rameau. Because of its dramatic weakness, Sémélé (1709) was not among his most successful works, but the music, here reconstructed by Gérard Geay, is hugely attractive, and hearing the score is perhaps the most satisfying way to experience it. The fact that Marais uses recitative very judiciously, reserving it for the moments where the drama is most heightened, makes the opera especially effective on CD. In its place, he writes short arias and ensembles that have a strong inherent musical interest, so there are few dull moments in Sémélé. In spite of the opera's weak story, it's clear Marais was a master of writing for the stage; each act is beautifully shaped and structured. Some of the most effective parts are the orchestral sections -- dances, marches, chaconnes -- whose surprising originality and brilliant instrumentation make them pop out in bold relief from the vocal textures. Throughout, Marais' writing is graceful and inventive, making Sémélé an appealing work that should be of strong interest to fans of Baroque opera. The elegance and spirit of the performances are ideally suited to the opera. Le Concert Spirituel, an ensemble using original instruments, founded and conducted by Hervé Niquet, performs with the utmost precision and with terrific energy. The soloists are uniformly fine, with strong, clear, heroic voices, and agile coloratura, and they make the most of the drama of their roles. The recording is immaculate: clean and bright, with a good sense of presence.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 74 track(s)
- Total length: 02:16:48
- Main artist: Hervé Niquet
- Composer: Marin Marais
- Label: Glossa
- Area: France
- Genre: Classical Opera Full Operas
- Period: Baroque Music
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