This programme marks the eagerly awaited return of Véronique Gens to Baroque music and Lully, in which she made a name for herself at the start of her career. It presents airs from Atys, Persée, Alceste, Proserpine, Le Triomphe de l'Amour and other works by Louis XIV's famous composer, but also several by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Médée), Henry Desmarets and Pascal Collasse. Whether well known, rare or in some cases even unpublished, all of them present roles for powerful women whose love is unrequited: dark passions, bitter laments, jealousy, vengeance, the type of dramatic characters that Véronique Gens embodies with all the charisma that has made her reputation. This recording is also the result of an encounter with the youthful ensemble Les Surprises, founded and directed by Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas. Together they conceived this programme, which mingles airs, dances and choruses, in collaboration with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles.
8 7. Le Temple de la Paix Suite: VII. Entrée Des Bretons Et Brettones, Passepieds
9 Proserpine (Excerpts)
10 » 8. Act III: Ô Malheureuse Mère
11 » 9. Act III: Que Tout Se Ressente de la Fureur
12 10. Atys, LWV 53, Act III: Ritournelle: Espoir Si Cher Et Si Doux
13 11. La Naissance de Vénus, Part II: Dieu Des Enfers Écoutez Mes Peines
14 12. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Canaries
15 13. Armide, Act II: Enfin Il Est en Ma Puissance
16 14. Persée: Ouverture
17 15. Le Triomphe de L'amour: Air de la Nuit: Voici Le Favorable Temps
18 16. La Diane de Fontainebleau: Choeur Du Sommeil
19 Alceste (Excerpts)
20 » 17. Act III: Pompe Funèbre
21 » 18. Act III: La Mort, la Mort Barbare
22 Médée (Excerpts)
23 » 19. Act III: Quel Prix de Mon Amour
24 » 20. Act III: Noires Filles Du Stix
25 21. Le Triomphe de L'amour: Air Pour L'entrée de Borée Et Des Quatre Vents
This programme marks the eagerly awaited return of Véronique Gens to Baroque music and Lully, in which she made a name for herself at the start of her career. It presents airs from Atys, Persée, Alceste, Proserpine, Le Triomphe de l'Amour and other works by Louis XIV's famous composer, but also several by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Médée), Henry Desmarets and Pascal Collasse. Whether well known, rare or in some cases even unpublished, all of them present roles for powerful women whose love is unrequited: dark passions, bitter laments, jealousy, vengeance, the type of dramatic characters that Véronique Gens embodies with all the charisma that has made her reputation. This recording is also the result of an encounter with the youthful ensemble Les Surprises, founded and directed by Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas. Together they conceived this programme, which mingles airs, dances and choruses, in collaboration with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles.
