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Handel, Marais & Destouches: Sémélé

Chantal Santon Jeffery (soprano) & Mélodie Ruvio (alto)

Les Ombres, Sylvain Sartre & Margaux Blanchard

Handel, Marais & Destouches: Sémélé
nicely chosen and sequenced.

CD Review, 2nd May 2015

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Handel, Marais & Destouches: Sémélé

Chantal Santon Jeffery (soprano) & Mélodie Ruvio (alto)

Les Ombres, Sylvain Sartre & Margaux Blanchard

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nicely chosen and sequenced.

CD Review, 2nd May 2015

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Mirare presents another fine recording by the talented ensemble Les Ombres, led jointly by group members Margaux Blanchard and Sylvain Sartre. Baroque music combines violence and gentleness, unity and plurality. This disc dedicated to the myth of Semele and Icarus combines music by Marin Marais, André Cardinal Destouches and George Frederic Handel.

Contents and tracklist

Marais, M: Sémélé (1709)
Work length16:52
  • Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre, Chantal Santon
Marche d'ægipans et de Ménades
Track length1:25
Ouverture
Track length3:40
Air: Quel bruit nouveau se fait entendre
Track length2:31
Deuxième air des guerriers
Track length1:09
Chaconne
Track length8:07
Destouches, A: Sémélé (1719)
Work length11:22
  • Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre, Mélodie Ruvio
Récitatif: Déjà par un serment terrible
Track length1:02
Air: Ne cesse point de m'enflammer
Track length2:50
Récitatif: Aussitôt le bruit du tonnerre
Track length1:29
Air: Est-il un destin plus heureux
Track length1:34
Récitatif: Elle finit, elle est toute embrasée
Track length0:53
Air: Régnez sans partage
Track length3:34
Ida Haendel, George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso No. 3 in G Major, HWV 314
Work length3:53
  • Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre
I. Largo - Allegro - Largo
Track length3:53
Handel: Concerto grosso No. 4 in F Major, HWV 315
Work length3:46
  • Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre
II. Andante
Track length2:07
III. Allegro
Track length1:39
Ida Haendel: Semele, HWV 58
Work length2:45
  • Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre, Chantal Santon
Air: Oh sleep
Track length2:45
Ida Haendel: L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Air: Sweet bird (instrumental)
Work length2:07
  • Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre
Ida Haendel: Tra le fiamme, HWV 170
Work length16:44
  • Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre, Chantal Santon
Air: Tra le fiamme
Track length5:34
Récitatif: Dedalo già
Track length0:56
Aria "Pien Di Nuovo e Bel Diletto"
Track length4:24
Récitatif: Sì, sì, purtroppo è vero
Track length0:18
Air: Voli per l'Aria
Track length2:46
Récitatif: L'uomo che nacque per salire al cielo
Track length0:20
Air: Tra le fiamme (Reprise)
Track length2:26
Ida Haendel: Semele, HWV 58
Work length1:42
  • Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre
Symphonie
Track length1:42
Ida Haendel: Semele, HWV 58, Symphonie
Work length10:07
  • Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre, Chantal Santon, Mélodie Ruvio
Récitatif: "Iris impatient of thy stay"
Track length0:58
Air: "Endless pleasure"
Track length3:12
Récitatif: "No more"
Track length2:22
Air: "Hence, Iris, hence away"
Track length3:35
Ida Haendel: Theodora, HWV 68: Symphonie
Work length1:26
  • Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre
Ida Haendel: Theodora, HWV 68, Symphonie: Air: To thee, thou glorious son of worth
Work length6:40
  • Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre

Awards and reviews

CD Review 2nd May 2015

nicely chosen and sequenced.

May 2015

Quel bruit nouveau’…is sung poignantly by Chantal Santon Jeffery … Melodie Ruvio narrates Semele’s death with dignity and finesse.
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