Portraits de la Folie

Portraits de la Folie

HMM 902646 (harmonia mundi, CD)

NEW RELEASE

Playing time: 67'21"
Tracks: 21
Booklet pages: 36
© 2020 harmonia mundi musique sas
Main country of recording: France
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Portraits de la Folie published on 7 October 2020


Listen: Reinhard Keiser: Sinfonia (track 1, 0:01-0:41)

Stéphanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-soprano
Ensemble Amarillis
Héloïse Gaillard

Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739):

1 Sinfonia (Jodelet, opéra-comique, 1726)

André Campra (1660-1744):

2 Accourez hâtez-vous (Les Fêtes vénitiennes, opéra-ballet, 1710)

André Cardinal Destouches (b1672-1749):

3 Ne cesse point de m'enflammer (Sémélé, Part I)

Marin Marais (1656-1728):

4 Descendez cher amant (Sémélé, Act V Scene 1)

André Cardinal Destouches:

5 Aussitôt le bruit du tonnerre & Est-il un destin plus heureux (Sémélé, Part II)

Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729):

Concerto a 7 in G, S 214
6 Vivace
7 Largo
8 Allegro

Henry Purcell (1659-1695):

9 From silent shades, Z 370 (Choice Ayres and Songs, 1683)

John Eccles (circa 1668-1735):

10 Ground in F

Henry Purcell:

11 From Rosy bow'rs (Don Quixote, Z 578, Part III, Act V, Scene 1)

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):

Ah! crudel nel pianto mio, HWV 78
12 Sinfonia
13 Adagio - Ah! crudel nel pianto mio (Aria)
14 Non sdegnerai d'amar chi t'ama tanto (Recitative)
15 Di quel bel ch'il ciel ti diede (Aria)
16 Balena il cielo e il turbine che passa (Recitative with instruments)
17 Per trofei di mia costanza (Aria)

Marin Marais:

18 Caprice in E minor (Suite No 5)

André Cardinal Destouches:

19 Abandonnons le soin du monde (Le Carnaval et la Folie, 1703, Act III Scene 2)

Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747):

20 Air pour l'Amour: Rondeau (Les Élémens, ballet, 1737)

André Cardinal Destouches:

21 Gavotte en rondeau & Souffrez que l'Amour vous lie (Le Carnaval et la Folie, Act I Scene 4)

Recorded September and October 2019 at La Courroie, Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, France