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Lully: Phaéton

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (Phaéton), Ingrid Perruche (Clymène), Isabelle Druet (Théone, Astrée), Gaëlle Arquez (Libye), Andrew Foster-Williams (Épaphus), Frédéric Caton (Mérops, Automne, Jupiter), Benoît Arnould (Protée, Saturne), Cyril Auvity (Triton, le Soleil)

Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe...

Perruche's Clymène is exquisitely sung, showing a command of ornamentation and full of passion. In general, all of the solo roles are dlivered with dramatic conviction and a strong sense of style...Rousset's... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 21st Oct 2013
Catalogue No: AP061
Label: Aparté
Series: Christophe Rousset Lully Operas
Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Lully: Phaéton

Work length2:31:54

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Isabelle Druet, Gaëlle Arquez, Andrew Foster-Williams, Frédéric Caton, Benoit Arnould, Ingrid Perruche, Cyril Auvity, Virginie Thomas, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro
Les Talens Lyriques, Chœur de Chambre de Namur
Christophe Rousset

Ouverture

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Prologue, Cherchons la paix dans cet asile

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Prologue, Ritournelle "Dans cette paisible retraite"

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Prologue, Menuet "Dans ces lieux tout rit sans cesse"

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Prologue, Prélude "Que les mortels se réjouissent"

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Prologue, Un héros qui mérite la gloire immortelle

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Prologue, Suivons ce héros, suivez-nous

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Prologue, Jeux innocents, rassemblez-vous

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Prologue, Air pour les suivants de Saturne

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Prologue, Bourée "Plaisirs venez sans crainte"

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Prologue, On a vu ce héros terrible dans la guerre

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Fin du prologue, Ouverture

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Acte I, Scène 1, Heureuse une âme indifférente !

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Acte I, Scène 2, Je ne vous croyais pas dans un lieu solitaire

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Acte I, Scène 3, Vous passez sans me voir !

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Acte I, Scène 4, Vous paraissez chagrin, mon fils

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Acte I, Scène 5, Heureux qui peut voir du rivage

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Acte I, Scène 6, Vous, avec qui le sang me lie

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Acte I, Scène 7, Air "Que Protée nous partage, rondeau"

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Acte I, Scène 7, C'est un secret qu'il faut qu'on vous arrache

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Acte I, Scène 8, Le sort de Phaéton se découvre à mes yeux, Entracte

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Acte II, Scène 1, Protée en a trop dit, je frémis du danger

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Acte II, Scène 2, Ritournelle "Il me fuit l'inconstant ! Il m'ôte tout espoir"

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Acte II, Scène 3, Ritournelle "Que l'incertitude est un rigoureux tourment !"

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Acte II, Scène 4, Quel malheur !

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Acte II, Scène 5, Prélude "Rois, qui pour souverain devez me reconnaître"

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Acte II, Chaconne

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Acte II, Petit air pour les mêmes

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Acte III, Scène 1, Ritournelle "Ah ! Phaéton est-il possible"

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Acte III, Scène 2, Suivez-la, ma présence irrite ses douleurs

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Acte III, Scène 3, Songez-vous qu'Isis est ma mère

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Acte III, Scène 4, Marche

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Acte III, Scène 4, Air

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Acte III, Scène 4, Ô vous, pour qui l'amour des plus beaux nœuds de son monde

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Acte III, Scène 4, Vous qui servez Isis, avez-vous la faiblesse

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Acte III, Scène 5, Entrée des Furies

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Acte III, Scène 6, Le Ciel trouble votre bonheur

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Acte III, Prélude "Ce dieu semble approuvez le serment que je fais"

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Acte IV, Scène 1, Ritournelle "Sans le dieu qui nous éclaire"

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Acte IV, Scène 2, Premier air

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Acte IV, Scène 2, Second air "Dans ce palais"

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Acte IV, Scène 2, Approchez Phaéton, que rien ne vous étonne

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Acte IV, Scène 2, C'est toi que j'en atteste

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Acte IV, Scène 2, Allez répandre la lumière, Entracte

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Acte V, Scène 1, Assemblez-vous, habitants de ces lieux

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Acte V, Scène 2, Dieu qui vous déclarez mon père

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Acte V, Scène 3, Ô rigoureux martyre

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Acte V, Scène 4, Que l'on chante, que tout réponde

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Acte V, Scène 4, Bourée pour les Egyptiens, Premier air

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Acte V, Scène 4, Second air "Ce beau jour me permet qu'à l'aurore"

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Acte V, Scène 5, Changez ces doux concerts en des plaintes funèbres

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Acte V, Scène 5, Dieux ! Quel feu vient partout s'étendre !

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Acte V, Scène 6, C'est à votre secours que j'implore

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Acte V, Scène 7, Ô dieu qui lancez le tonnerre

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Acte V, Scène 8, Au bien de l'univers ta perte est nésessaire

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Founded in 1991 by Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques are now internationally recognised for their excellence in the Baroque repertoire and their latest recordings in the genre, for Aparté, have earned them international acclaim. After the huge success of 'Bellérophon', they now present Lully's 'Phaéton', recorded at the Salle Pleyel in Paris in October 2012. The critics commented on the admirable clarity and precision of the performance, the perfection of the choruses, sung with veracity by the Namur Chamber Choir, and an ideal cast.

'Phaéton' was the eighth tragédie lyrique to emerge from the successful collaboration between Jean-Baptiste Lully and his faithful librettist, Philippe Quinault, and it is one of their most remarkable creations. First performed in 1683, it proved so popular that it was referred to as the ‘opéra du peuple’. As Christophe Rousset puts it, "Its airs were whistled at Versailles and on the bridges of Paris."

In keeping with the tastes of the time, the work is laden with allegory. Phaéton describes a young man’s temerity in wishing to drive the chariot of the sun god, his father, and his subsequent downfall. It presents a moral lesson and also served the image of the king: Jupiter brings to an end the chaos that prevails in the world, just as Louis XIV brought peace to Europe, while promising his people a Golden Age.

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Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Reviews

January 2014

Perruche's Clymène is exquisitely sung, showing a command of ornamentation and full of passion. In general, all of the solo roles are dlivered with dramatic conviction and a strong sense of style...Rousset's flexible accompaniment is response to the drama. This disc comes highly recommended.

Early Music Review December 2013

The colourful photographs give a luxurious feel to the package…Some fine haute-contre work from Cyril Auvity…What scope!

23rd November 2013

The music is anything but formulaic, and Rousset’s cast – led by honey-voiced tenor Emiliano Gonzalez Toro in the title role, Ingrid Perruche as Queen Climène and the swallow-voiced Isabelle Druet as Théone – is so attuned to the style that even the lengthy recitatives come across as undiluted musical delight.

January 2014

there's much to enjoy here. As usual with Lully, the most appealing music is to be found in the choruses and dances, including a jolly chaconne...The cast is led by Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, whose light, haute-contre tones admirably convey Phaethon's ambition, arroagance and essential weakness...Andrew Foster-Williams's virile baritone is equally well suited to Epaphus.

March 2014

In the opera's important and unfailingly lovely orchestral writing, the orchestra of Les Talens Lyriques, playing in the French Baroque configuration of five string parts, is startlingly good: lush, rich and highly disciplined...Despite its casting misjudgements, this recording should confirm Lully's reputation as an opera composer of the first rank.

3rd November 2013

The pace never falters in this dazzling account from Rousset and his elite period ensemble, and the singing is ideally stylish...it is in the dramatic Act IV encounter between Apollo (Cyril Auvity) and Phaëton (Emiliano Gonzalez Toro) where sparks really fly: two exceptional hautes-contre vying with each other for vocal supremacy.

21st November 2013

You probably won't hear it better done. Very few interpreters capture the panache and grandeur of Lully's music as well as Christophe Rousset and his Les Talens Lyriques, and the energy and grace of the performance are immensely appealing, even in the work's less successful passages. It's spectacularly sung, too.

Early Music Today March/May 2014

Rousset’s star is rising: this recording of Lully’s Phaeton confirms that he is an even better conductor than he is a harpsichordist ... Lully’s unadorned syllabic setting of Quinault’s text is given a beautifully clear reading by the singers. Les Talens Lyriques play with vigour and passion.

Opera Now

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro is a fine ringing hero, Isabelle Druet sings Théone’s constant keening plaints with passion, and the supporting cast is uniformly excellent.

Lully: Phaéton

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