Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel - Charles-Simon Catel: Sémiramis (2012)
Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus - Charles-Simon Catel: Sémiramis (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 439 Mb | Total time: 35:19+70:02 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Glossa | # GCD 921625 | Recorded: 2011
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 439 Mb | Total time: 35:19+70:02 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Glossa | # GCD 921625 | Recorded: 2011
First performed at the Paris Opéra in 1802, Sémiramis by Charles-Simon Catel is an example of the revival at that time of the tragédie lyrique inherited from Gluck. A work with a touch of exoticism (Babylon), expressing the pathos of isolation, but also with pomp in its ambitious finales, the work bade farewell to the ‘Louis-XVI style’ and announced, in a neo-Classical style, the grand opéra of the Romantic period. But it came at a time of polemics between supporters and detractors of the new Paris Conservatoire, where Catel, at that time professor of harmony there, had made so many enemies that the audience pit at the Opera was bristling with vengeful hostility when the curtain rose on the first act…
Hervé Niquet and his Le Concert Spirituel, this year celebrating its 25th anniversary, continue with their untiring rehabilitation of forgotten tragédies lyriques (we might recall here their Callirhoé by Destouches, Sémélé by Marais, Proserpine by Lully and Andromaque by Grétry) with this recording of Catel’s Sémiramis made during the course of the Festival de Radio France,
in Montpellier, in July 2011. The typical skill of Niquet when it comes to selecting singers – among who shine here are Maria Riccarda Wesseling and Andrew Foster-Williams – further helps to make this new operatic release a stimulating surprise for all lovers of the best in French music.
Performer:
Sémiramis - Maria Riccarda Wesseling, mezzo-soprano
Azéma - Gabrielle Philiponet, soprano
Arzace - Mathias Vidal, tenor
Assur - Nicolas Courjal, bass
Oroès - Andrew Foster-Williams, bass
Cédar - Nicolas Maire, tenor
Le Concert Spirituel
Hervé Niquet, conductor
Tracklist:
Charles-Simon Catel (1773-1830)
Sémiramis
CD1:
01. Ouverture
Acte premier
02. Air avec chœur: Arzace, par sa valeur (Azéma, Chœur de jeunes filles)
03. Récit : Mais d'où vient que la paix (Azéma)
04. Récit : Ô voiles de la mort ! (Azéma, Sémiramis)
05. Chœur : Sois sensible à notre douleur (Chœur)
06. Récit et air : J'avais cru que ces dieux (Sémiramis)
07. Marche des Prêtres
08. Récit : Reine et grands, écoutez (Oroès, Sémiramis)
09. Ensemble : Ô sentence cruelle ! (Sémiramis, Azéma, Oroès, Chœur du peuple)
10. Marche et scène : Mais j'entends retentir les trompettes (Azéma, Sémiramis, Oroès, Chœur du peuple)
11. Chœur : Quelle pompe! (Chœur du peuple)
12. Scène : Reine, ces étendards (Sémiramis, Arzace)
13. Andante
14. Danse pour les Africains
CD2:
Acte deuxième
01. Récit : Que m'a dit Oroès? (Arzace)
02. Air et récit : Oui, je viens des champs de la gloire (Arzace)
03. Récit : Objet de tous mes voeux (Arzace, Azéma)
04. Duo : De tant d'amour (Azéma, Arzace)
05. Récit : Mais Assur paraît (Azéma, Arzace, Assur)
06. Air : Que l'éclat de votre naissance (Azéma)
07. Récit : Ont-ils fait l'un et l'autre (Assur)
08. Récit : Tous les grands de l'État (Cédar, Assur)
09. Air : S'il est vrai que votre vengeance (Assur)
10. Marche
11. Récit : Princes, mages, guerriers (Oroès, Sémiramis)
12. Air : Maîtresse de mon diadème (Sémiramis)
13. Récit : Que de ce grand hymen (Sémiramis)
14. Chœur : Oui, nous jurons (Chœur de mages, de gardes et du peuple)
15. Chœur : Prêtresses de l'hymen (Chœur de prêtresses)
16. Récit : Vous dont la noble audace (Sémiramis, Oroès, Assur, Chœur du peuple)
17. Récit : Tu régneras Arzace (L'Ombre de Ninus)
18. Finale : Grands dieux! (Tous)
Acte troisième
19. Récit : Non, ne différons plus… (Assur)
20. Ensemble : Que le mystère et le silence… (Assur, Chœur de conjurés)
21. Récit : Le ciel m’a tout ravi… (Azéma, Arzace)
22. Duo : Songe qu’à toi je me confie… (Azéma, Arzace)
23. Récit : Venez, retirons-nous… (Oroès, Arzace)
24. Ensemble : Frappez, punissez le coupable… (Arzace, Oroès, Chœur de prêtres)
25. Récit : Non, je ne reviens point de cet état… (Arzace)
26. Récit : On n’attend plus que vous… (Sémiramis, Arzace)
27. Duo : Eh bien, ne tarde plus… (Sémiramis, Arzace)
28. Récit : Mais c’est trop différer… (Azéma, Sémiramis, Arzace)
29. Récit : Ciel ! où suis-je ? (Azéma, Arzace, Oroès, Assur, Chœur du peuple)
30. Récit : Viens me venger… (Sémiramis, Arzace)
31. Chœur : Ô terrible destin !… (Chœur du peuple)
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Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel - Charles-Simon Catel: Sémiramis (2012)
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