ANDRÉ CARDINAL DESTOUCHES Callirhoé tragédie lyrique (version 1743)
Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet
GCD 921612
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Performing artists
Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet, direction
Stéphanie d’Oustrac, bas-dessus Cyril Auvity, haute-contre Joao Fernandes, basse Ingrid Perruche, dessus Renaud Delaigue, basse Stéphanie Revidat, dessus
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Total playing time: 45’52 + 54’03 May 2005 Recorded at the Grande Salle of the Arsenal de Metz, France, in February 2006 Engineered by Manuel Mohino Assisted by Grégory Beaufays Produced by Dominique Daigremont Executive producer: Carlos Céster) Booklet texts in English - Français - Español Design 00:03:00 oficina tresminutos
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ANDRÉ CARDINAL DESTOUCHES
Callirhoé
CD 1 Ouverture Acte Premier Acte Deuxième CD 2 Acte Troisième Acte Quatrième Acte Cinquième
About this CD
André Cardinal Destouches… not exactly a name that automatically generates much recognition these days. Possibly, we might locate him among other composers from the early 18th century such as Desmarest, Campra and Marin Marais. But even if a few titles from his output, such as Issé, Télémaque et Calypso or Marthésie, might ring a few bells, who could actually claim to have heard even a single one of his arias? And yet, Destouches was, in his time, one of the clear and unequivocal leading figures of French opera and a composer of masterpieces: Callirhoé is without doubt one of them and now, under the direction of Hervé Niquet, this opera recovers a new lease of life. Benefiting from an inspired cast of highlytalented young soloists, the musicians of Le Concert Spirituel as well as the researchers from the Centre de Musique Baroque in Versailles, this recording reveals for us a moving tragedy in which love, jealousies, power and a noble generosity of spirit are embraced and merged into one captivating whole.
Hervé Niquet is far less interested in being known as a Baroque music specialist than for his passionate interest in all of French music, especially its vocal and lyrical compositions and nowadays he is as liable to be found directing a symphony orchestra as his own period instrument ensemble Le Concert Spirituel. It may come, for some, as a surprise to find Niquet teaming up with the Brussels Philharmonic to record Debussy but this future release will mark the inauguration of a new adventure for Niquet and Glossa focusing on the music associated with the Prix de Rome competition which drew in scores of leading French composers all the way from 1803 through 1968. [read more...]
Taking a leading role in the revival of tragédies lyriques (or tragédies en musique), the best of the French Baroque opera tradition, is a long, daunting (and expensive) challenge but one which Hervé Niquet has been keen to accept. Present as a singer in the chorus of Les Arts Florissants in 1987 when William Christie put on Lully’s Atys, Niquet formed his own ensemble, Le Concert Spirituel that same year. Since that time he has balanced his own endeavours to stage (and record) key French tragédies with his other musical interests, which extend from Monteverdi to Purcell and Handel (soon to be reissued – now on SACD – is Niquet’s recording of the Fireworks and Water Music suites) right the way through to later composers such as Schumann, Gounod and d’Indy.[read more...]