Composer: Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Philippe Courbois, Louis Antoine Lefebvre, Michel Pignolet de Monteclair
Performer: Eva Zaïcik, Le Consort
Conductor: Justin Taylor
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA439
Release: 2019
Size: 1.31 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Lefebvre: Les Regrets
01. “Venez chère ombre”
Monteclair: La bergère
02. “Prenons une route nouvelle” (Très lentement)
03. “Loin des yeux de Tirsis” (Récitatif)
04. “Que c’est un tourment extrême” (Air, Lentement)
05. “Mais, sur cette paisible rive” (Sommeil)
06. Monteclair: Plainte en Dialogue
Courbois: Ariane
07. “Ne vous réveillez pas encore” (Fort lent)
Lefebvre: Le Lever de l’Aurore
08. “L’astre que le silence suit” (Lent, Récitatif, Un peu gay, Fort gay)
Lefebvre: Andromède
09. “J’attendrai la mort sans la craindre” (Air tendre, Fort et marqué)
10. “Andromède tremblante” (Récitatif)
11. “Sur ses flots irrités” (Tempête, Andante)
12. “Amour sous ton empire” (Ariette, Léger et gracieux)
13. Clérambault: Simphonia Iva
Clérambault: Leander & Hero
14. “Loin de la jeune Hero” (Lentement et tendrement)
15. “Non c’est trop soutenir” (Air gai et gracieux)
16. “À ces mots, du rivage” (Récitatif)
17. “Dieu des mers” (Air fort tendre)
18. “Cependant sur les flots” (Récitatif)
19. “Tous les vents déchaînés” (Tempeste. Viste, et fort)
20. “C’en est fait, il périt” (Récitatif, fort lent)
21. “Amour, tyran des tendres cœurs” (Gracieusement et piqué)
22. Clérambault: Simphonia II “La Félicité”
Monteclair: Le Dépit généreux
23. “Dieux justes, dieux vengeurs !”
24. “Arbres épais, sombre feuillage” (Air)
25. “Chérirai-je toujours” (Récitatif)
26. “Douce tranquillité” (Air tendre)
27. “Mais ciel quel changement” (Récitatif)
28. “Je sens finir mes peines” (Air gaiement)
Mezzo-soprano Eva Zaïcik, who has signed up with Alpha for several recordings, is one of the most prominent vocal artists of her generation. She was chosen as ‘Révélation lyrique’ at the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2018, and elected the same year a Laureate of the prestigious Queen Elizabeth of Belgium Competition. She has participated in the “Jardin des Voix” of les Arts Florissants under William Christie, also regularly collaborates with Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre – but her constant accompanist is the harpsichordist Justin Taylor. Together with two other musician graduates, the violinists Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Sophie de Bardonnèche, they have founded Le Consort, to explore both sacred and secular works by composers such as Charpentier, Campra and Clérambault. For this recording they are joined by the flautist Anna Besson and gamba player Lucile Boulanger, both well-known to the Alpha label, as well as Louise Pierrard (viola da gamba) and Thibault Roussel (theorbo).This recording is devoted to the Cantatas of Lefebvre, Montéclair, Clérambault and Courbois, more than half of which have never previously been recorded. The cantata inspired non-operatic composers to play out the fashionable narratives of the day on a reduced scale, and in the intimate surroundings of the salons. It is a subtle genre and a vivid depiction of the characters.