Cyrille Dubois - Jouissons de Nos Beaux Ans! - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

For InchJouissons de nos beaux ans!Inch the French tenor Cyrille Dubois returns to his favourite period in music Baroque. Pursuing his mission as a trailblazer, he has teamed up with the Hungarian conductor György Vashegyi and the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles to create a recital aimed at reviving little-known treasures of the eighteenth-century French operatic repertoire - several of the pieces are recorded here for the first time. Focussing on haute-contre roles - the haute-contre voice being the ancestor of the leggero tenor, or ténor léger - the program includes some fine excerpts from operas by Rameau, together with some equally beautiful arias and choruses by composers such as Dauvergne, Mondonville, but also Iso, Royer, Berton, and others. Cyrille Dubois is magnificent as Tarsis (in Tarsis et Zélie by Francoeur and Rebel), flamboyant as Agénor (in Les Caractères de la Folie by Bernard de Bury) and extremely moving as Céphale (in L'Aurore et Céphale by Francoeur). This recital provides a full picture of the Baroque hero - sometimes tender and amorous, sometimes fiery or triumphant - who receives here one of the finest interpretations. Album Tracks 1. Francoeur/Rebel Tarsis Et Zélie Impétueux Torrent, Dont L'onde Menaçante... (Tarsis) 2. Francoeur/Rebel Tarsis Et Zélie Prélude Pour Arthémis Dauvergne Les Amours de Tempé Mille Tendres Oiseaux Sous Cet Ombrage Frais... (Bacchus) 3. Rameau Castor Et Pollux, RCT 32 Sarabande Pour HÉBÉ Et Sa Suite Rameau Les Boréades, RCT 31 Jouissons de Nos Beaux Ans... (Calisis Et Le Chœur) 4. Cassanéa de Mondonville Les Fêtes de Paphos, Op. 10 L'amour Suit Cet Objet Charmant... (Chœur de Nymphes) 5. Grenet Le Triomphe de L'harmonie Chantez L'amour, Chantez Ses Traits Victorieux (Hylas Et Le Chœur) 6. Rameau Daphnis Et ÉGLÉ, RCT 34 Premier Et Second Tambourins Royer Zaïde, Reine de Grenade