![Florie Valiquette – La Captive du Sérail (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/04/06/lh7l09g49dlcb_600.md.jpg)
Florie Valiquette – La Captive du Sérail (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]
Here are the Oriental Turqueries galantes of the Opera Comique, where the lovers are captured by Corsairs and held as prisoners: the Harem for the Belle and the galleys for her knight… These enslaved Christians captivated the artistic imagination, which mixed the Thousand and One Nights and slave traders in amorous intrigues where the Sultan is deceived in his Seraglio! The young soprano Florie Valiquette embodies these captive heroines, marked by love, despair and courage, while Gaetan Jarry offers the Orchestre de l’Opera Royal the bright colours and frenzied rhythms of Oriental fantasy, from Gretry to Mozart!
![Emmanuel Resche-Caserta, Ensemble EXIT, Ensemble Hemiolia, Emmanuelle de Negri – Trionfo Romano (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 48 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/07/28/w5mkndxdg4tpa_600.md.jpg)
Emmanuel Resche-Caserta, Ensemble EXIT, Ensemble Hemiolia, Emmanuelle de Negri – Trionfo Romano (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 48 kHz]
The most impressive public celebration in baroque Rome was given in honour of Louis XIV in 1686. To celebrate the undisputed protector of the Catholic Church, and one year later the successful operation on the anal fistula of the Great King, the French Ambassador organised a grandiose open-air event on the Pincian hill, between the Trinità dei Monti and the Piazza di Spagna. Corelli’s prestigious orchestra in full formation performed “Sinfonie” with trumpets and timpani, accompanied by fireworks. The virtuoso violinist Emmanuel Resche-Caserta reconstructs this extraordinary musical feat, restoring the cantata in honour of the King of France composed by Alessandro Melani. Here is a revival of the Roman baroque splendour that so marked the French court!
![Lucile Tessier – Ténèbres et Abysses (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/04/03/wpwpww25744ea_600.md.jpg)
Lucile Tessier – Ténèbres et Abysses (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
The Leçons de Ténèbres (Tenebrae Lessons) fall within the tradition of French sacred music under the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV. These late-night services during Holy Week, which set the lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah to music, find three successive visions in Lalande (Versailles), Fiocco (Brussels) and Pollio (Northern France), in which an increasing theatricality and Italianness emerge. With her Ensemble Léviathan, Lucile Tessier crafts a showcase worthy of the King’s Chamber for the melismas of the Soprano Eugénie Lefebvre: the shadows come alive, a long lamentation rings out from the abysses, in the flickering flame of candlelight…
![Diego Fasolis, Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal – Vivaldi: La Senna Festeggiante (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/05/07/ovlf0zp774wma_600.md.jpg)
Diego Fasolis, Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal – Vivaldi: La Senna Festeggiante (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]
A small opera played in the evening as part of a festive event, the Venetian Serenata was performed outdoors as a crowning moment of the ceremonies. The French Ambassador is said to have commissioned Vivaldi to create this festive Seine to be performed in the Loggia of his Palace overlooking the Lagoon in 1725. As Louis XV came to power after the Regency, the Virtue and the Golden Age returned to France and to the Seine to celebrate the glory of the King. This Serenade, the most extensive left by Vivaldi, is a sumptuous tribute to the young French sovereign. Diego Fasolis conducts the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal and its magnificent soloists, restoring the colours of this masterpiece, adorned with gold and jewels like the French Crown.
![Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques – Psyché (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/02/13/dlfnxiwlt4rsc_600.md.jpg)
Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques – Psyché (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Vénus, irritée par la jeune mortelle Psyché dont la beauté irradie le monde, envoie l’Amour pour lui imposer mille épreuves, que la jeune victime surmonte jusqu’à devenir immortelle. Dans cette fable mythologique qui est sa sixième tragédie lyrique (1678), Lully déploie son immense talent, et se venge de Molière pour lequel il avait écrit en 1671 la musique d’une Psyché monumentale, qui causa leur rupture. Fin connaisseur de Lully, Christophe Rousset dirige une distribution somptueuse qui donne à sa Psyché tout le lustre des grands opéras français !
![Camille Delaforge, Ensemble Il Caravaggio – Héroïnes (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/07/01/zb0vkii1qj42b_600.md.jpg)
Camille Delaforge, Ensemble Il Caravaggio – Héroïnes (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Armide, Clorinde, Procris, Lucrèce : les Héroïnes peuplent la tragédie lyrique et la cantate dans la France musicale baroque, de Lully à Montéclair, et même dans la chanson populaire. Guerrières ou magiciennes, amoureuses ou victimes, leurs destinées fascinèrent les compositeurs et le public. Camille Delaforge réunit un florilège de musiques exaltantes, où ces femmes hors du commun sont élevées sur le piédestal de la gloire et de l’amour.
![Alexis Kossenko – Festin Royal du Mariage du Comte d’Artois (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/09/15/wtnd52be3w22b_600.md.jpg)
Alexis Kossenko – Festin Royal du Mariage du Comte d’Artois (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Dans le Versailles des Rois de France, la musique etait omnipresente lors des grands Festins d’apparat.Louis XV fit construire l’Opera Royal en 1770 pour abriter les celebrations officielles de mariage de ses trois petits fils.Cle de voute de la ceremonie, le grand diner d’apparat etait integralement accompagne de musique, couvrant le brouhaha des courtisans assembles et le bruit du service a table.Un orchestre considerable de soixante-dix musiciens faisaient entendre des symphonies splendides, issues des operas a succes. Pour le mariage du Comte d’Artois (futur Charles X) en 1773,le raffinement orchestral n’eut d’egal que la puissance dramatique et l’energie choregraphique.Alexis Kossenko redonne a ces musiques festives le luxe de leur interpretation en grand effectif, sur la scene meme qui les avait accueillies pour ce mariage historique !