Medée furieuse

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Medea, granddaughter of the Sun, queen and sorceress, falls prey to the green-eyed monster and bursts forth in rage when it becomes clear that Jason, he of Golden Fleece fame, is canoodling with pesky Hypsipile (at one time queen of an island of women with bad breath, but that's another story). Beginning with Francesco Cavalli in the middle of the seventeenth century, operatic composers began to explore the manifest possibilities of this situation, and French composers quickly followed the fascinating Italians in this respect. The locus classicus was Charpentier's Médée (1693), and it's a bit hard to understand why mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d'Oustrac did not include a selection or two from that opera as a reference point. Her program consists mostly of cantatas, but portions of one (at the time) well-known opera, Gianettini's Medea in Atene, are included.

contents:


Pierre Gautier de Marseille
1 Suite en Ut Mineur (Symphonie)
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
2 Médée, Cantate (1er Livre) (Récitatif: Prélude "Courons à la Vengeance", Air)
3 Médée, Cantate (1er Livre) (Récitatif: "L'Amour dans ses Fers", Air Tendre)
4 Médée, Cantate (1er Livre) (Récitatif: Fort Vite "Cruelle Fille des Enfers")
5 Médée, Cantate (1er Livre) (Récitatif: Prélude "Volés Démons", Air)
Jacques Duphly
6 Troisième Livre pour Clavecin, extraits (La Forqueray)
7 Troisième Livre pour Clavecin, extraits (Médée)
Pierre Gautier de Marseille
8 Pièces instrumentales (Prélude en Sol Mineur)
Jean-Baptiste Lully
9 Thésée, Tragédie Lyrique: Airs de Médée
("Dépit Mortel", Ritournelle et Air)
Pierre Gautier de Marseille
10 Suite en Sol Mineur (Symphonie en Duo)
Jean-Baptiste Lully
11 Thésée, Tragédie Lyrique: Airs de Médée
("Ah, Ah, Faut-il me Venger", Ritournelle et Air)
Giovanni Antonio Gianettini
12 Medea in Atene, Extraits ("Alati Corsieri", Aria)
Domenico Gabrielli
13 Balletti Opus 1, Pièces Instrumentales (Gigha, Allegro)
14 Balletti Opus 1, Pièces Instrumentales (Largo)
Giovanni Antonio Gianettini
15 Medea in Atene, Extraits ("Da gl'Antri di Morte", Aria)
Domenico Gabrielli
16 Balletti Opus 1, Pièces Instrumentales (Sarabanda)
17 Balletti Opus 1, Pièces Instrumentales (Largo)
Giovanni Antonio Gianettini
18 Medea in Atene, Extraits ("Amare e Tacere", Recitativo ed Aria)
Michel de La Barre
19 Troisième Livre, Pièces Instrumentales (Prélude de la Suite en Mi Mineur)
Nicolas Bernier
20 Médée, Cantate (Prélude, Récitatif, "Tirans des Rivages Funèbres")
21 Médée, Cantate (Récitatif, Mesuré (Gravement))
22 Médée, Cantate ("Ingrat, ta Cruelle Inconstance", Air)
23 Médée, Cantate (Récitatif "Beautés Fuyez", Air)
Michel de La Barre
24  Troisième Livre, Pièces Instrumentales (Passacaille de la Suite en Mi Mineur)


 
Stéphanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-soprano

Amarillis
Héloïse Gaillard, oboe, recorders & direction
Violaine Cochard, harpsichord & positive organ
Gilone Gaubert-Jacques, violin
Anne-Malie Lasla, viola da gamba