Campra: French Cantatas

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Campra combines the delicate and languorous French idiom with the livelier Italian style. With the youthful voices of Feldman and Visse, these performances still sound delightfully fresh. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 1st Apr 2016
Catalogue No: HAF8901238
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Series: Les Arts Florissants
Length: 55 minutes

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Campra: Cantates françoises, Livre I: V. Arion

Work length14:08

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Jill Feldman, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Campra: Cantates françoises, Livre II: IV. La Dispute de l'Amour et de l'Hymen

Work length12:01

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Dominique Visse, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Campra: Cantates françoises, Livre I: VI. Les Femmes

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Jean-François Gardeil, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Campra: Enée & Didon, Livre II: VI. Enée & Didon

Work length15:22

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Jill Feldman, Jean-François Gardeil, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

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William Christie triumphs; nobody does French Baroque with an Italian accent better and with his ensemble Les Arts Flos, he has made some of the finest recordings of French baroque music, including these French cantatas by André Campra (1660-1744). Campra is usually regarded as the most important French composer between Lully and Rameau and a transitional figure in French opera. Curiously, many of the musicans of Les Arts Florissants back in 1986 were American or British: violinist John Holloway, flautist Robert Claire, theorbist Stephen Stubbs, and the superlative American soprano Jill Feldman. However, to hear quintessential French vocal technique, listen to Dominique Visse singing the cantata 'La Dispute de l'Amour et de l'Hymen.' Jean-François Gardeil, the baritone on this CD, also contributes a pure French inflection to the performance. Recorded in 1986, in Arles.

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March 2017

Campra combines the delicate and languorous French idiom with the livelier Italian style. With the youthful voices of Feldman and Visse, these performances still sound delightfully fresh.

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