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Baroque Queens Brought To Life Through Passion, Power, And Dramatic Elegance.

Label Alpha Classics

Artists Veronique Gens, Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

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Véronique Gens reunites with Artistic Director Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas' and Ensemble Les Surprises to celebrate a type of role intrinsically linked to 17th- and 18th-century French baroque opera: Queens! “Operatic queens are powerful women, often torn between duty and passion, with a fundamentally complex psychology. They display a range of emotions to match the theatre’s dramatic and scenic effects; they also demand above all music that is by turns intense and sophisticated.” writes Benoît Dratwicki of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, a partner in this project. With Véronique Gens, one could not dream of a better embodiment of these women's destinies set to music by the most famous composers of the time (Rameau, Rebel, Dauvergne, Royer, Desmarest, Salomon, Stuck, Destouches, Francœur...), many of whom have been unjustly forgotten. Véronique Gens, Soprano Ensemble Les Surprises Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, Artistic Director

Tracklist

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Total time: 52:31

1. Polyxène: Tremblement de terre

01:11

2. Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43: Quelle plainte en ces lieux m'appelle

03:33

3. Hercule mourant: Marche funèbre

01:31

4. Hercule mourant: Dieu, grand dieu sois sensible

03:25

5. Scanderberg, Prologue: Ouverture

03:20

6. Médée et Jason: Prête à porter d'horribles coups

06:09

7. Renaud, ou la suite d'Armide: Ah ! Ne puis-je savoir

01:59

8. Renaud, ou la suite d'Armide: Où s'égarent mes pas

02:17

9. Renaud, ou la suite d'Armide: Dans notre empire

01:55

10. Renaud, ou la suite d'Armide: Tremble Armide

02:38

11. Callirhoé: Premier air pour les sacrificateurs

01:36

12. Zaïde, reine de Grenade: Tyrans des cœurs

01:39

13. Callirhoé: Deuxième air pour les sacrificateurs

01:02

14. Canente: Sombre déesse du silence

01:44

15. Chœur du sommeil

03:08

16. Méléagre: Quel charme me retient

01:31

17. Méléagre: Gouffres qui conduisez

01:29

18. Dardanus, RCT 35: Air tendre

02:30

19. Zoroastre, RCT 62: Amour, cruel amour

04:03

20. Acanthe et Céphise, RCT 29: Menuet

02:53

21. Dardanus, RCT 35: Air très vif

00:46

22. Jephté: Rigaudons

01:12

23. Jephté: Canarie

01:00

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Additional Information

Label

Alpha Classics

SKU

ALPHA1205

Qualities

DSD 512, DSD 256, DSD 128, WAV 96 kHz, DSD 64, DXD 24 Bit

Channels

2ch Stereo

Artists

Veronique Gens, Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

Composers

Francoeur, Pinolet de Monteclair, Rameau

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

PCM 96k

Recording Location

Cité musicale – Arsenal de Metz (France)

Producer

Camille Frachet

Recording Engineer

Olivier Rosset

Editing

Camille Frachet

Release Date

March 06, 2026

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