Utwory na płycie:

• Lacoste: Philomèle - Prologue Sc. 1 Ah! Quand Reviendront Nos Beaux Jours?
• Lalande: Exsurgat Deus, S. 71 - 5. Regna Terrae
• Lalande: Te Deum Laudamus, S. 32 - 01. Sinfonie
• Lalande: Te Deum Laudamus, S. 32 - 08. Tu Rex Gloriae
• Lalande: Te Deum Laudamus, S. 32 - 09. Tu Ad Liberandum Suscepturus Hominem
• Rousseau: Salve Regina - 1. Salve Regina, Salve Mater
• Rousseau: Salve Regina - 2. Ad Te Clamamus, Exsules, Filii Evae
• Rousseau: Salve Regina - 3. O Clemens, O Pia
• Rameau: Castor & Pollux - Act 1 Sc. 2-3 Un Tendre Intérêt Vous Appelle: Tristes Apprêts
• Rameau: Platée - Act 3 Sc. 4 Amour, Lance Tes Traits
• Mondonville: Daphnis & Alcimadure - Act 1 Sc. 2 Gasouillats Auzeléts
• Fiocco: Laudate Pueri - 1. Laudate Pueri
• Fiocco: Laudate Pueri - 3. A Solis Ortu
• Fiocco: Laudate Pueri - 4. Alleluia
• Mondonville: Venite, Exsultemus - 4. Venite, Adoremus
• Rameau: La Lyre Enchantée - 1. Accordez Vos Sons & Vos Pas
• Rameau: La Lyre Enchantée - 2. Gavotte: Lyre Enchanteresse
• Rameau: La Lyre Enchantée - 3. Écoutons ... D'Un Doux Frémissement
• Rameau: La Lyre Enchantée - 4. Vole, Amour, Prête-Moi Tes Armes
• Rameau: La Lyre Enchantée - 5. Contredanse
• Lalande: Cantate Domino, S. 72 - 5. Viderunt Omnes Termini Terrae
• Mondonville: Venite, Exsultemus - 6. Hodie Si Vocem

LOUIS LACOSTE (c1675–c1750):
Ah! quand reviendront nos beaux jours? from Philomele

MICHEL-RICHARD DE LALANDE (1657–1726):
Regna terrae from Exsurgat Deus, S71
Te Deum laudamus S32
Sinfonie
Tu rex gloriae
Tu ad liberandum suscepturus hominem

JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712–1778):
Salve regina
Salve regina, salve mater
Ad te clamamus, exsules, filii Evae
O clemens, o pia

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (1683-1764):
Un tendre intéret vous appelle – Tristes apprets from Castor et Pollux
Amour, lance tes traits from Platée

JEAN-JOSEPH CASSANÉA DE MONDONVILLE (1711–1772):
Gasouillats auzeléts from Daphnis et Alcimadure

JOSEPH HECTOR FIOCCO (1703–1741):
Laudate pueri
Laudate pueri
A solis ortu
Alleluia
JEAN-JOSEPH CASSANÉA DE MONDONVILLE:
Venite, adoremus from Venite, exsultemus

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU:
La lyre enchantée from Les surprises de l’Amour
Accordez vos sons et vos pas
Gavotte:
Lyre enchanteresse
Écoutons …D’un doux frémissement
Vole, Amour, prete-moi tes armes
Contredanse

MICHEL-RICHARD DE LALANDE:
Viderunt omnes termini terrae from Cantate Domino, S72

JEAN-JOSEPH CASSANÉA DE MONDONVILLE:
Hodie si vocem from Venite, exsultemus

A welcome return of Carolyn Sampson and Ex Cathedra to Hyperion, performing the rich, fulsome music of the French Baroque. Their recording of love songs from Rameau’s operas (Hyperion CDA67447) was hugely acclaimed for Sampson’s stylish, ?uid, seductive performances, and ten years later her artistry is even more supreme.

This album is of particular interest as rather than concentrating on one composer it showcases the works written for the premiere soprano of the day, Marie Fel. Voltaire called her his ‘adorable nightingale’. For d’Aquin, she was an enchanted being. Marie Fel was the soprano who held an entire generation spellbound at the Paris Opéra and at Louis XV’s court during one of the most glorious periods of French music. With a voice described as ‘pure, charming, silvery’ (La Borde), ‘touching and sublime’ (Grimm) and ‘always lovely, always seductive’ (d’Aquin), she inspired some of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s ?nest music and introduced a whole new level of virtuosity and expression into the French singing tradition. Her long, triumphant career is traced through this fascinating recording.