Jean-Baptiste Lully Essentials
Apple Music Classical
Imported from Venice before reaching puberty, this chum of Louis XIV collaborated with Molière on court entertainments—before taking them over entirely. Skilled with powerful choruses, dizzying music for dances, and floor-shaking parts for basso continuo, he was the blockbuster artist of his day. Some of his finest operas, like Atys and Armide, still thrill contemporary audiences (the Baroque specialist William Christie and his ensemble have made headlines with recent productions of both). The French composer's output also includes ballets and sacred music.
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"Chantons Les Plaisirs Charmants" [Chorus]
Prélude. "Dormons, dormons tous" (Le Sommeil)
"Enfin Il Est en Ma Puissance" "Venez, Secondez Mes Désirs" [Armide]
Air pour l'entrée de Borée et des quatre vents
Miserere mei Deus
Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Musica Florea, Howard Crook, Les Pages, Arnaud Marzorati, Damien Guillon, Chantres Jeunesse Protestante, Hervé Lamy, Olivier Schneebeli
Lully: Alceste, LWV 50, Act II Scene 3
Marchez, marchez, marchez (Admète, Alcide)
Emiliano Gonzales Toro, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, Edwin Crossley-Mercer
Acte V. Scène 5. Armide : "Le Perfide Renaud Me Fuit"
Plainte italienne
Les Talens Lyriques, Cyril Auvity, Guillaume Andrieux, Christophe Rousset, Deborah Cachet
Lully: 48 Le carnaval mascarade
Prélude. "Enfin, j'ai dissipé la crainte" (Galatée)
Lully: Triumphe De L'Amour (1681)
Lully: Ballet de Xerxes
Lully: Isis
Prelude "L'hiver Qui Nous Tourmente" [Chorus] "Laizzez-moi, Cruelle Furie!" [Io, la Furie] "Ah! Quelle Peine de Trembler" [Chorus]
Lully: Alceste, LWV 50, Act V Scene 5
Les Muses et les Jeux s'empressent de descendre (Apollon, les Muses)
Christophe Rousset, Enguerrand de Hys, Les Talens Lyriques
Lully: Alceste, LWV 50, Act V Scene 6
Chantons, chantons, faisons entendre (Le chœur)
Emiliano Gonzales Toro, Christophe Rousset, Judith van Wanroij, Les Talens Lyriques, Chœur de chambre Namur, Ambroisine Bré, Etienne Bazola, Edwin Crossley-Mercer
Lully: Psyche
Act V Scene 3 : Finale
Carolyn Sampson, Colin Balzer, Karina Gauvin, Boston Early Music Festival Chorus, Aaron Engebreth, Ricard Bordas, Matthew Shaw, Boston Early Music Festival Orchesra, Teresa Wakim, Amanda Forsythe, Paul O'Dette, Yulia van Doren, Aaron Sheehan, Mireille Lebel, Jose Lemos, Jason McStoots, Olivier Laquerre, Stephen Stubbs