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CD Details

  • Released: March 30, 2018
  • Originally Released: 2018
  • Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.

Tracks:

  • 1.La Vengeance: Ah ! Nos Fureurs Ne Sont Point Vaines
  • 2.Chaos
  • 3.Anténor: Voici Les Tristes Lieux. Monstre Affreux
  • 4.Requiem Aeternam
  • 5.Oreste: Dieux ! Protecteurs de Ces Affreux Rivages
  • 6.Kyrie Eleison
  • 7.Thésée: Dieux ! Que D'Infortunés Gémissent En Ces Lieux !
  • 8.Loure
  • 9.Ubalde, Le Chevalier Danois: Nous Ne Trouvons Partout Que Des Gouffres Ouverts
  • 10.Domine Jesu Christe
  • 11.Sinfonie Infernale. Air De Furie
  • 12.Abramane: Épuisons Le Flanc Des Tristes Victimes | Abramane, Érinice: Ministres, Redoutés Du Plus Puissant Empire
  • 13.Air Grave Pour Les Esprits Infernaux
  • 14.Abramane, Les Furies: Quel Bonheur ! L'Enfer Nous Seconde
  • 15.Danse Des Furies
  • 16.Pluton: Vous, Qui De L'Avenir Percez La Nuit Profonde | Trois Parques: Quelle Soudaine Horreur
  • 17.Thésée: Qu'ai-je Appris ? Puissant Maître Des Flots
  • 18.Hostias Et Preces Tibi
  • 19.Phèdre: Quelle Plainte En Ces Lieux M'Appelle ?
  • 20.Thésée: Je Ne Te Verrai Plus !
  • 21.Ballet Des Ombres Heureuses
  • 22.Requiem Aeternam
  • 23.Entrée De Polymnie

Product Description:

Raphaël Pichon has invited Stéphane Degout to make his recording debut for harmonia mundi in a multifaceted exploration of the Underworld. The French baritone reincarnates the figure of Henri Larrivée, the famous tragedian of Rameau and Gluck. Around a reconstruction of an imaginary Mass of the Dead, sacred and secular merge, revealing some of the most extraordinary pieces from the operatic repertory of the Enlightenment. Music of death and mourning on an epic scale that inspires Pygmalion to overwhelming heights of pathos.

A graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon and member of the Atelier Lyrique de lOpéra de Lyon, Stéphane Degout quickly came to international attention in his debut as Papageno at the Festival dAix-en-Provence. Since then, he has appeared on the worlds major operatic stages, namely the Opera de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Opéra Comique, Berlin Staatsoper, La Monnaie, Theater an der Wien, Royal Opera House, Lyric Opera Chicago, Metropolitan Opera, the Teatro alla Scala and the Bayerische Staatsoper. His numerous festival appearances include Salzburg, Glyndebourne, Aix-en-Provence, Edinburgh, Tokyo and Los Angeles.

Raphaël Pichon began his musical training at the Maîtrise des Petits Chanteurs de Versailles and went on to study singing, the violin and the piano at the Paris Conservatoires (CRR, CNSMDP). As a young countertenor he sang under the direction of Jordi Savall, Gustav Leonhardt, Ton Koopman, and Geoffroy Jourdain with whom he performed contemporary works. In 2006 he founded the ensemble Pygmalion, which combines a choir and a period instrument orchestra. The ensembles repertoire is nurtured by the filiations that link Bach to Mendelssohn, Schütz to Brahms, and Rameau to Gluck and Berlioz. Along with this group now an associate ensemble at the Opéra de Bordeaux he is invited to appear at leading festivals, where he has attracted attention with his interpretations of the sacred music of Bach and the tragédies lyriques of Rameau.

Product Info

  • UPC: 3149020228821
  • Shipping Weight: 0.32/lbs (approx)
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