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Release Date: 04/10/2001 Label: Harmonia Mundi Musique D'abord Catalog #: 1951095 Spars Code: ADD Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier Performer: Dominique Visse, Agnès Mellon, Guillemette Laurens, Jill Feldman, Françoise Paut Conductor: William Christie Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Acteon receives an exemplary performance (on Harmonia Mundi HM 1095. 5/83) from the Arts Florissants ensemble directed by William Christie (who plays one of the two continuo harpsichords in the Cesti). After a hunting overture that breaks away from the Lully pattern, the brutal mythological story is presented in six short scenes that include several striking choruses and are rich in melodic invention: Acteon's "sleep scene" (a traditional element of the Lullian tragedie-lirique) and the final chorus of mourning by his fellow-hunters are especially memorable. The alto Dominique Visse, in the title-role, skilfully changes his vocal timbre when Actaeon is turned into a stag—not so much, a vengeful Juno reveals, because he had chanced to see Diana bathing as because he is descended from Europa, with whom Juno's consort Jupiter had dallied.
-- Gramophone [9/1983] |
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Actéon, H 481 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
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Dominique Visse (Countertenor),
Agnès Mellon (Soprano),
Guillemette Laurens (Mezzo Soprano),
Jill Feldman (Soprano), Françoise Paut (Soprano) Conductor: William Christie Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants Period: Baroque Written: 1683-1685; France |
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Le mariage forcé, H 494 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
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Conductor:
William Christie
Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants Period: Baroque Written: 1672; France |
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Language: French |
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