Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique - Jean-Baptiste Lully: Cadmus & Hermione (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 642 Mb | Total time: 53:34+68:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles | # CVS037 | Recorded: 2019
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 642 Mb | Total time: 53:34+68:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles | # CVS037 | Recorded: 2019
An ancient hero, a dragon, a young goddess: love and glory are at the heart of Lullys first opera, first performed in front of Louis XIV. As in his previous works - divertissements, ballets de cour and comédies- ballets - Lully makes the voices and the orchestra sparkle, multiplying the pieces which stand out and that were appealing to the court. But with the help of the librettist Philippe Quinault, he introduced the dramatic force of French classical tragédie in an exclusively musical work: and here the audience was bewitched by the mythical love stories so sumptuously portrayed.