Les Argonautes, Jonas Descotte, Allérat, Dolcini, Roset, Pichanick, Vieira Leite – Purcell: Dido & Æneas, Circe (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Les Argonautes, Jonas Descotte, Allérat, Dolcini, Roset, Pichanick, Vieira Leite – Purcell: Dido & Æneas, Circe (2022)
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The circumstances of the composition of Purcell’s only opera, Dido and Aeneas, are unclear. First performed in the 1680s, it received few performances in the composer’s lifetime, before disappearing until it’s revival at the very end of the nineteenth century. This miniature, which is poetic, dramatic, delightfully melodic and contains some unforgettably beautiful vocal pieces, has enjoyed great success ever since. Jonas Descotte and his young ensemble Les Argonautes (named after the heroes who accompanied Jason in the quest for the Golden Fleece) have chosen this work for their recording debut. Taking the intimate approach, one musician per part, the conductor sculpts his sound material in order to capture the very essence of the work’s musical and dramatic content, sublimated here by an attractive vocal cast, in which Camille Allérat, Renato Dolcini, Anthea Pichanick and Julie Roset are particularly outstanding. Between historical practice and modernity, the conductor, in perfect symbiosis with his musicians, delivers here a highly polished and intense interpretation, swept by the winds of freedom.

Tracklist:

01. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626: Overture (01:50)
02. Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes & Julie Roset – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act I Scene 1, The Palace: Shake the Cloud from Off Your Brow (Belinda) (00:35)
03. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act I Scene 1, The Palace: Banish Sorrow, Banish Care (Chorus) (00:34)
04. Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes & Camille Allérat – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act I Scene 1, The Palace: Ah! Belinda, I Am Press’d with Torment (Dido) (04:14)
05. Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes, Julie Roset & Camille Allérat – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act I Scene 1, The Palace: Grief Increases by Concealing (Belinda, Dido) (00:34)
06. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act I Scene 1, The Palace: When Monarchs Unite, How Happy Their State (Chorus) (00:16)
07. Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes, Camille Allérat & Julie Roset – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act I Scene 1, The Palace: Whence Could so Much Virtue Spring? (Dido, Belinda) (01:54)
08. Jonas Descotte, Ana Vieira Leite, Julie Roset & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act I Scene 1, The Palace: Fear no Danger to Ensue (Belinda, Second Woman, Chorus) (01:51)
09. Renato Dolcini, Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes, Julie Roset & Camille Allérat – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act I Scene 1, The Palace: See, Your Royal Guest Appears (Belinda, Æneas, Dido) (00:53)
10. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act I Scene 1, The Palace: Cupid Only Throws the Dart (Chorus) (00:43)
11. Renato Dolcini, Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes & Julie Roset – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act I Scene 1, The Palace: If Not for Mine, for Empire’s Sake (Æneas, Belinda) (01:12)
12. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act I Scene 1, The Palace: To the Hills and the Vales (Chorus) (01:11)
13. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act I Scene 1, The Palace: The Triumphing Dance (01:14)
14. Jonas Descotte, Anthea Pichanick & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act II Scene 1, The Cave: Prelude for the Witches. Wayward Sisters, You That Fright (Sorceress). Harm’s Our Delight (Chorus) (02:20)
15. Jonas Descotte, Anthea Pichanick & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act II Scene 1, The Cave: The Queen of Carthage, Whom We Hate (Sorceress). Ho, Ho, Ho (Chorus) (00:39)
16. Jonas Descotte, Anthea Pichanick, Ana Vieira Leite, Julie Roset & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act II Scene 1, The Cave: Ruin’d Ere the Set of Sun? (Two Witches, Sorceress). Ho, Ho, Ho (Chorus) (01:13)
17. Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes, Ana Vieira Leite & Julie Roset – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act II Scene 1, The Cave: But Ere We This Perform (Two Witches) (01:13)
18. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act II Scene 1, The Cave: In Our Deep Vaulted Cell (Chorus) (01:36)
19. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act II Scene 1, The Cave: Echo Dance of the Furies (01:05)
20. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act II Scene 1, The Cave: Ritornelle (00:56)
21. Jonas Descotte, Julie Roset & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act II Scene 2, The Grove: Thanks to These Lonesome Vales (Belinda, Chorus) (03:23)
22. Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes & Ana Vieira Leite – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act II Scene 2, The Grove: Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain (Second Woman) (02:05)
23. Renato Dolcini, Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes & Camille Allérat – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act II Scene 2, The Grove: Behold, Upon My Bending Spear (Æneas, Dido) (00:33)
24. Jonas Descotte, Julie Roset & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act II Scene 2, The Grove: Haste, Haste to Town (Belinda, Chorus) (00:44)
25. Renato Dolcini, Jonas Descotte, Léo Fernique & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act II Scene 2, The Grove: Stay, Prince, and Hear Great Jove’s Command (Spirit, Æneas) (02:51)
26. Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes & Pierre Arpin – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III Scene 1, The Ships: Come Away Fellow Sailors (First Sailor, Chorus) (01:42)
27. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III Scene 1, The Ships: The Sailors’ Dance (00:44)
28. Jonas Descotte, Anthea Pichanick, Les Argonautes, Ana Vieira Leite & Julie Roset – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III Scene 1, The Ships: See the Flags and Streamers Curling (Sorceress, Two Witches) (01:12)
29. Jonas Descotte, Anthea Pichanick & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III Scene 1, The Ships: Our Next Motion (Sorceress) (00:36)
30. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III Scene 1, The Ships: Destruction’s Our Delight (Chorus) (00:33)
31. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III Scene 1, The Ships: The Witches’ Dance (02:15)
32. Renato Dolcini, Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes, Camille Allérat & Julie Roset – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III Scene 2: Your Counsel All Is Urg’d in Vain (Dido, Belinda, Æneas) (03:22)
33. Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes & Camille Allérat – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III Scene 2: But Death, alas! I cannot shun (Dido) (00:33)
34. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III Scene 2: Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire (Chorus) (01:01)
35. Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes & Camille Allérat – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III Scene 2: Thy Hand Belinda; Darkness Shades Me (Dido) (01:02)
36. Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes & Camille Allérat – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III Scene 2: When I Am Laid in Earth (Dido) (03:59)
37. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III Scene 2: With Drooping Wings (Chorus) (05:30)
38. Renato Dolcini, Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Circe, Z.575: We Must Assemble by a Sacrifice (Second Priest, Chorus) (01:49)
39. Renato Dolcini, Jonas Descotte, Anthea Pichanick, Les Argonautes & Augustin Laudet – Circe, Z.575: Their Necessary Aid You Use (First, Second and Third Priests) (00:46)
40. Renato Dolcini, Jonas Descotte, Anthea Pichanick & Les Argonautes – Circe, Z.575: The Air, With Music Gently Wound (Second Priest, Third Priest) (01:25)
41. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Circe, Z.575: The Air, With Music Gently Wound (Chorus) (01:25)
42. Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes & Augustin Laudet – Circe, Z.575: Come Every Demon (First Priest) (01:19)
43. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Circe, Z.575: Circe, the Daughter of the Sun Obey (Chorus) (00:42)
44. Jonas Descotte, Les Argonautes & Augustin Laudet – Circe, Z.575: You Who Hatch Factions (First Priest) (00:40)
45. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Circe, Z.575: Circe the daughter of the Sun obey (Chorus) II (00:46)
46. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Circe, Z.575: Magicians’ Dance (Part 1) (00:26)
47. Renato Dolcini, Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Circe, Z.575: Pluto, Arise! (Second Priest) (01:15)
48. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Circe, Z.575: Magicians’ Dance (Part 2) (00:53)
49. Jonas Descotte, Ana Vieira Leite, Augustin Laudet & Les Argonautes – Circe, Z.575: Lovers, Who to Their First Embraces Go (First and Second Women, Chorus) (01:31)
50. Jonas Descotte, Augustin Laudet & Les Argonautes – Circe, Z.575: Great Minister of Fate (Chorus). At Your Dread Word (Second Woman) (00:58)
51. Jonas Descotte & Les Argonautes – Circe, Z.575: Great Minister of Fate (Chorus) (00:40)

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