James Richman – Charpentier: Les Arts Florissants, H. 487 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:35 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
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When he composed Les Arts Florissants, Marc Antoine Charpentier was in the service of the Duchess of Guise, where he enjoyed the presence of a small but exquisite ensemble of musicians. Les Arts Florissants, which Charpentier called both Idyle en musique and Opéra, was written, as far as can be judged, in 1685 and was thus subject to the royal patent for operas held by Lully. Simply put, this patent limited the number of musicians and singers in dramatic musical works for all others, thus securing Lully’s monopoly in the field of opera. Charpentier lived long enough to survive Lully and this ban and to write his completed opera Médée, but the skill with which he overcame the legal restrictions in the present work is perhaps an even greater testament to his genius.
Tracklist:
1-1. James Richman – Ouverture (02:20)
1-2. James Richman – Air. Que mes divins concerts — Chœur. Amour du ciel — Air des Guerriers. Airs de La Poésie, de La Peinture, et de L’Architecture — Reprises. Amour du ciel, Air des Guerriers (La Musique, Arts et Guerriers) (14:59)
1-3. James Richman – Récitatif. Quel bruit épouvantable—Fuite des Arts—Air et Chœur. Renversons le ciel—Entrée de Furies—Air. Sa gloire est un supplice—Reprises. Renversons le ciel, Entrée de Furies (La Musique, La Discorde et sa suite) (06:16)
1-4. James Richman – Prélude et Air. Fille de la nuit éternelle—Récitatif. Lâche déesse—Air et Chœur. Débats, seditions—Récitatif et Air. Souffre-tu, monarque des Dieux (La Paix, La Discorde et La Paix, La Discorde et sa suite, La Paix) (04:37)
1-5. James Richman – Menuet et Air. Parois dans ta beauté première (La Paix) (04:12)
1-6. James Richman – Chaconne, Air et Chœur. Charmante Paix — Sarabande et Air. Loin du bruit des armes — Finale. O Paix si longtemps désirée (Les Arts, La Paix, Arts et Guerriers) (15:59)
1-7. James Richman – I. Grave (02:57)
1-8. James Richman – II. Récit de la viole seule (00:52)
1-9. James Richman – III. Sarabande (02:27)
1-10. James Richman – IV. Récit de la basse de violon (00:50)
1-11. James Richman – V. Bourrée (01:11)
1-12. James Richman – VI. Gavotte (01:14)
1-13. James Richman – VII. Gigue (01:45)
1-14. James Richman – VIII. Passecaille (03:34)
1-15. James Richman – IX. Chaconne (02:16)