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Alexis Kossenko, Hélène Guilmette, Mathias Vidal, Hasnaa Bennani, Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie, Gwendoline Blondeel – Mondonville: Le Carnaval du Parnasse (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:07:19 minutes | 2,51 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Château de Versailles Spectacles
Le Carnaval du Parnasse, Mondonville’s heroic ballet, was a dazzling triumph at its premiere in 1749, eclipsing Rameau’sZoroastre, which premiered the same year. Dedicated to the Marquise de Pompadour, muse of the arts and the omnipotent favourite of the King, this whimsical carnival is nothing short of a deliciousmarivaudage: on Mount Parnassus, Apollo and his Muses indulge in feasts of the senses and entertainments of the heart…
Mondonville displays prodigious virtuosity throughout, depicting unheard-of orchestral colours and imagining unbridled dances and vast ceremonial choruses comparable to those in his great motets. Alexis Kossenko and his ensemble Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Ecurie, joined by the eminent vocal power of the Choeur de Chambre de Namur, have made an exceptional rediscovery of this masterful reincarnation of the splendours of the Court of Louis XV, then at its apogee.
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Peter van Heyghen, Les Muffatti, Hasnaa Bennani – Handel: Arie per la Cuzzoni (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:09:25 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Ramée
When one looks at the biographies of famous prima donnas, the suspicion sometimes arises that opera is not really an art form but a way of life. At any rate, for many of its protagonists, the theatrics, the scheming and the scandalmongering of the stage appear to flow seamlessly into real life. And the situation in the eighteenth century was no different from today. Among the most famous and also the most notorious stars of European opera houses was the Italian diva Francesca Cuzzoni, whose extravagance must have been as phenomenal as her singing talent. Had there already been a gutter press in her time, La Cuzzoni would certainly have been one of the most reliable suppliers of headlines. But, even without tabloids, news of La Cuzzonis affairs got around quickly, and indeed seem to have played no small part in the fascination she exercised over her audience. Her early success, her fairytale fame and eventually her dramatic fall caught the imagination of the musical world. This CD features some of the most beautiful and breathtaking arias, composed for the diva by Handel.
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Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre, Hasnaa Bennani, Isabelle Druet, Claire Lefilliâtre – Clérambault: Miserere – Couperin: Leçons de ténèbres (Recording at La Chapelle Royale du Château de Versailles) (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:05:03 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics
When one looks at the biographies of famous prima donnas, the suspicion sometimes arises that opera is not really an art form but a way of life. At any rate, for many of its protagonists, the theatrics, the scheming and the scandalmongering of the stage appear to flow seamlessly into real life. And the situation in the eighteenth century was no different from today. Among the most famous and also the most notorious stars of European opera houses was the Italian diva Francesca Cuzzoni, whose extravagance must have been as phenomenal as her singing talent. Had there already been a gutter press in her time, La Cuzzoni would certainly have been one of the most reliable suppliers of headlines. But, even without tabloids, news of La Cuzzonis affairs got around quickly, and indeed seem to have played no small part in the fascination she exercised over her audience. Her early success, her fairytale fame and eventually her dramatic fall caught the imagination of the musical world. This CD features some of the most beautiful and breathtaking arias, composed for the diva by Handel.
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