With such a large roll-call of distinguished soloists so ably supported by choir, orchestra and above all Haïm herself, this is well worth having. This 2-CD set, recorded to mark the tenth anniversary of Le Concert d’Astrée, is not, as you may think – as, indeed, I first thought – a sampler from their back catalogue. It’s a recording of a concert given by them at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris in December 2011 to celebrate the event and to raise money for the charity ‘Cancer Revolution 2010-2013’.
Details
- Composer: Handel, George Frideric • Lully, Jean-Baptiste • Purcell, Henry • Rameau, Jean-Philippe
- Title: Une fête baroque: Dix ans de le Concert D'Astrée
- Cast:
Purves, Christopher, baritone • Degout, Stephane, baritone • Regazzo, Lorenzo, bass • Miqueu, Philippe, bassoon • Haim, Emmanuelle, Conductor • Mingardo, Sara, contralto • Bertin, Pascal, counter-tenor • Jaroussky, Philippe, counter-tenor • Concert d'Astree, Le, Ensemble • Kossenko, Alexis, flute • Billiet, Jeroen, horn • Hallenberg, Ann, mezzo-soprano • Otter, Anne Sofie von, mezzo-soprano • Haidan, Delphine, mezzo-soprano • Mijanovic, Marijana, mezzo-soprano • Legay, Aurelia, soprano • Masset, Francoise, soprano • Azzaretti, Jael, soprano • Deshayes, Karine, soprano • Claycomb, Laura, soprano • Leger, Magali, soprano • Dessay, Natalie, soprano • Petibon, Patricia, soprano • Pokupic, Renata, soprano • Piau, Sandrine, soprano • Yoncheva, Sonya, soprano • Villazon, Rolando, tenor • Lehtipuu, Topi, tenor • Plantier, David, violin • Degand, Stephanie-Marie, violin
- Additional information:
1. Platée: Formons les plus brillants concerts...Aux langueurs d'Apollon by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1745; France
2. Les Indes galantes: Régnez, Plaisirs et Jeux by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Sonya Yoncheva (Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1735/1761; France
3. Les Indes galantes: Forêts paisibles by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Stèphane Degout (Baritone), Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: France
4. Hippolyte et Aricie: Rossignols amoureux (Nightingale aria) by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Aurélia Legay (Soprano), Jaël Azzaretti (Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1733; France
5. Hippolyte et Aricie: Quelle plainte en ces lieux m'appelle by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1733; Paris, France
6. Castor et Pollux: Tristes apprêts by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Karine Deshayes (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1737; Paris, France
7. Dardanus: Monstre affreux, monstre redoutable by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Stèphane Degout (Baritone)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
8. Dardanus: Tambourins I and II by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1739/1744; France
9. Dardanus: Paix favorable, paix adorable by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1739/1744; France
10. Dardanus: Lieux funestes by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Stèphane Degout (Baritone), Topi Lehtipuu (Tenor), Françoise Masset (Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1739/1744; France
11. Hippolyte et Aricie: Hunting scene by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Alexis Kossenko (Flute), David Plantier (Violin), Jeroen Billiet (French Horn),
Yannick Maillet (Horn)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: France
12. Dardanus: La descente de Vénus by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1739/1744; France
13. Thésée, LWV 51: Overture by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1675; Paris, France
14. Thésée, LWV 51: March by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1675; Paris, France
15. Thésée, LWV 51: Vivez contents dans ces aimables lieux by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Performer: Françoise Masset (Soprano), Jaël Azzaretti (Soprano), Stèphane Degout (Baritone)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1675; Paris, France
16. King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628: What power art thou by Henry Purcell
Performer: Christopher Purves (Bass)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1691; England
17. Come, ye sons of art, away, Z 323: Sound the trumpet by Henry Purcell
Performer: Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor), Pascal Bertin (Countertenor)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1694; England
18. Tamerlano, HWV 18: Ciel e terra armi di sdegno by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1724; London, England
19. Rinaldo, HWV 7: Armida dispietata...Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Ann Hallenberg (Mezzo Soprano), Lorenzo Regazzo (Bass), Laura Claycomb (Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1711; London, England
20. Orlando, HWV 31: Fammi combattere by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Marijana Mijanovic (Alto)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1733; London, England
21. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: Se pietà di me non senti by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1724; London, England
22. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: Piangerò la sorte mia by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Sandrine Piau (Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1724; London, England
23. Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: Madre... Son nata e lagrimar by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1724; London, England
24. Agrippina, HWV 6: Come nube che fugge dal vento by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Renata Pokupic (Alto)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1709; Italy
25. Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah! by George Frideric Handel
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; London, England
26. Sorgi il dì, HWV 72 "Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo": Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Christopher Purves (Bass)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1708; Italy
27. Theodora, HWV 68: How strange their ends by George Frideric Handel
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1749-1750; London, England
28. Aci, Galatea e Polifemo: Benchè tuoni e l'etra avvampi by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Delphine Haidan (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1708
29. Rinaldo, HWV 7: Venti, turbini by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1711; London, England
30. Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno, HWV 46a: Voglio Tempo per risolvere by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Topi Lehtipuu (Tenor), Ann Hallenberg (Mezzo Soprano), Marijana Mijanovic (Alto),
Jaël Azzaretti (Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: 1707
31. La resurrezione, HWV 47: Piangete, si, piangete by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Sara Mingardo (Alto)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1708; Italy
32. Da quel giorno fatale, HWV 99 "Il delirio amoroso": Un pensiero voli in ciel by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Magali Léger (Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1707-1710; Italy
33. Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: De torrente ini via bibet by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Karine Deshayes (Mezzo Soprano), Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Le Concert D'Astrée
Period: Romantic
Written: 1707 - Buy:
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