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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