Véronique Gens: Reines

After Passion (ALPHA747), Véronique Gens reunites with Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas' ensemble Les Surprises to celebrate a type of role intrinsically linked to 17th- and 18th-century French baroque opera: queens! “Operatic queens are powerful women, often torn between duty and passion, with a fundamentally complex psychology. They display a range of emotions to match the theatre’s dramatic and scenic effects; they also demand above all music that is by turns intense and sophisticated.” writes Benoît Dratwicki of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, a partner in this project. With Véronique Gens, one could not dream of a better embodiment of these women's destinies set to music by the most famous composers of the time (Rameau, Rebel, Dauvergne, Royer, Desmarest, Salomon, Stuck, Destouches, Francœur.), many of whom have been unjustly forgotten.

1: Tremblement De Terre
2: Quelle Plainte En Ces Lieux M'appelle
3: Marche Funèbre
4: Dieu, Grand Dieu Sois Sensible
5: Ouverture
6: Prête À Porter D'horribles Coups
7: Ah! Ne Puis-je Savoir
8: Où S'égarent Mes Pas
9: Dans Notre Empire
10: Tremble Armide
11: Premier Air Pour Les Sacrificateurs
12: Tyrans Des Coeurs
13: Deuxième Air Pour Les Sacrificateurs
14: Sombre Déesse Du Silence
15: Choeur Du Sommeil
16: Quel Charme Me Retient
17: Gouffres Qui Conduisez
18: Air Tendre
19: Amour, Cruel Amour
20: Menuet
21: Air Très Vif
22: Rigaudons
23: Canarie

Composer: Andre Cardinal Destouches, Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, Francois Francoeur, Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Antoine Dauvergne, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Joseph-François Salomon, Pancrace Royer, Joseph Valette de Montigny, Henry Desmarest

Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

Number of Discs: 1

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