Special offer. Campra: Le Destin du Nouveau Siècle
La Tempesta, Patrick Bismuth
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
The direction of Patrick Bismuth is secure and well balanced, and the instrumental accompaniment is precise and clear. The voices all blend well, and the chorus has fine diction. This is one...
Special offer. Campra: Le Destin du Nouveau Siècle
La Tempesta, Patrick Bismuth
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
The direction of Patrick Bismuth is secure and well balanced, and the instrumental accompaniment is precise and clear. The voices all blend well, and the chorus has fine diction. This is one...
About
Le Destin du Nouveau Siècle (‘The Fate of the New Century’): what a pertinent idea for a libretto for the year 1700! This unknown opera-ballet by Campra, premiered at the College Louis-le-Grand, foreshadowed the century that was opening in France, where Louis XIV had been King for... 57 years!
Saturn wants to regulate the destiny of this new century according to the will of the people, but some wish to ignite an eternal War, while others celebrate Peace. Campra's splendid music is here marvellously revealed by exceptional soloists, under the direction of Patrick Bismuth. The Europe of the old King was rumbling with war and famine to come, unrest mingled with hope at the dawn of this new century... here is the musical snapshot of this so particular era!
Contents and tracklist
- Marc Mauillon (soloist), Florie Valiquette (soloist)
- La Tempesta, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
- Patrick Bismuth
- Marc Mauillon (soloist), Mathias Vidal (soloist), Claire Lefilliâtre (soloist), Florie Valiquette (soloist), Thomas Van Essen (soloist)
- La Tempesta, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
- Patrick Bismuth
- Mathias Vidal (soloist), Florie Valiquette (soloist)
- La Tempesta, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
- Patrick Bismuth
- Marc Mauillon (soloist), Claire Lefilliâtre (soloist), Thomas Van Essen (soloist)
- La Tempesta, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
- Patrick Bismuth
Awards and reviews
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International Classical Music Awards2023Nominated - Baroque Vocal
Sep/Oct 2022
The direction of Patrick Bismuth is secure and well balanced, and the instrumental accompaniment is precise and clear. The voices all blend well, and the chorus has fine diction. This is one excellent disc and one that should be obtained.
August 2022
Both musically and in this recording it is at its best in the middle act devoted to the merits of peace, where Mathias Vidal’s Génie de la Terre finds this cultivated singer at his most eloquent, and the La Paix of the young Canadian soprano Florie Valiquette is charmingly fresh and youthful-sounding.
