Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques - Lully: Bellerophon (2011)
Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques - Lully: Bellerophon (2011)
Classical | Eac. Flac, Img+Cue, Log | Covers | 699 MB
Label: Aparte | Catalog N.: AP015 | TT: 133:46
Classical | Eac. Flac, Img+Cue, Log | Covers | 699 MB
Label: Aparte | Catalog N.: AP015 | TT: 133:46
The musical world owes a debt of gratitude to French conductor Christophe Rousset not only for the vital, exquisite performances he delivers with the ensembles Les Talens Lyriques and Choeur de Chambre de Namur, but for his work in bringing to light neglected masterpieces of Baroque opera. Lully's Bellérophon, premiered in 1679, was a huge success in its time, with an initial run of nine months. Part of its popularity was doubtless due to the parallels that could be drawn between its plot and certain recent exploits of Louis XV, but even the earliest critics recognized the score's uniqueness and exceptional quality within Lully's oeuvre, so it's perhaps surprising that it has never been recorded before. The distinctiveness of the music was likely a result at least in part of the fact that Lully's preferred librettist Philippe Quinault was out of favor at the court of Louis XV at the time, so the composer turned to Thomas Corneille for the libretto, and Corneille's literary and dramatic styles were so different from Quinault's that Lully was nudged out of his comfort zone and had to develop new solutions to questions of structure and the marrying of music to text. It is the first opera for which Lully composed fully accompanied recitatives, and that alone gives it a textural richness that surpasses his earlier works. The composer also allows soloists to sing together, something that was still a rarity in Baroque opera. There are several duets and larger ensembles; the love duet, "Que tout parle à l'envie de notre amour extreme!," is a ravishing expression of passion and happiness, as rhapsodic as anything in 19th century Italian opera. The level of musical inventiveness throughout is exceptional even for Lully; the expressiveness of the recitatives, the charm of the instrumental interludes, the originality of the choruses, and the limpid loveliness of the airs make this an opera that demands attention. Rousset and his forces give an outstanding performance that's exuberantly spirited, musically polished, rhythmically springy, and charged with dramatic urgency. The soloists are consistently of the highest order. Cyril Auvity brings a large, virile, passionate tenor to the title role and Céline Scheen is warmly lyrical as his lover Philonoë. Ingrid Perruche is fiercely powerful as the villain, Stéenobée, and Jean Teitgen is a secure, authoritative Apollo. Soloists, chorus, and orchestra are fluent in the subtle inflections of French middle Baroque ornamentation. The sound of the live recording is very fine, with a clean, immediate, realistic ambience.Cast:
Cyril Auvity (Bellerophon, Un Berger)
Ingrid Perruche (Stenobee, Amazone)
Jean Teitgen (Amisodar, Apollon, Dieu des bois, Sacrficateur)
Céline Scheen (Philonoe, Napee)
Evgueniy Alexiev (Jobate, Pan)
Robert Getchell (Bacchus, La Pythie, dieux des bois)
Jennifer Borghi (Argie, Pallas, 2e Amazone, Dryade)
Choeur de Chambre de Namur
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, direction
Tracklist:
CD1
01. Ouverture
02-12. Prologoue
13-20. Acte I
21-30. Acte II
CD2
01-14. Acte III
15-25. Acte IV
26-37. Acte V
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