Jennifer Borghi – Romantic Heroines from the Revolution to the Empire (2015) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

There is no French music between Rameau and Berlioz. This assertion is still made by a number of music lovers and even a few otherwise knowledgeable musicologists, but the would-be truth must now be tempered by the increasingly enthusiastic rediscovery of an entire chapter in the history of French music between 1770 and 1830. Here is a superb illustration of that in the fields of opera and the symphony.

Tracklist

Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
1 Les Danaïdes: Ouverture (Andante maestoso) 06:15

Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831)
2 Ipsoboé: ‘Anciens maîtres de la Provence’ (Air) 06:06

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
3 Alceste, Wq. 44, Act I Scene 7: ‘Divinités du Styx’ (Air) 03:56

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1751-1796)
4 Phèdre, Acte III Scène 7: Hippolyte succombe 04:58

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
5 Amadis de Gaule, W.G 39, Acte II Scène 2: Bientôt, l’ennemi qui m’outrage 02:09

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
6 Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46, Act IV Scene 1: ‘Non, cet affreux devoir’ (Air) 03:38
Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Acte II Scène 2
7 Ballet des ombres heureuses 05:12
8 Air de furie 04:04

Etienne-Nicolas Mehul (1763-1817)
9 Valentine de Milan: ‘Vaillant guerrier’ (Air) 03:40

Louis-Ferdinand Herold (1791-1833)
10 Lasthénie: ‘Songez que dans le mariage’ (Air) 03:58

Gaspare Spontini (1774-1851)
11 Olympie, Acte II: Ô déplorable mère 09:35

Louis-Ferdinand Herold (1791-1833)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major
12 I. Introduction (Largo – Allegro molto) 07:01
13 II. Andante 03:45
14 III. Rondo 04:57

Personnel
Jennifer Borghi, mezzo-soprano
Les Agrémens
Guy Van Waas, conductor

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