Destouches - Callirhoé [Import]

Andre Cardinal Destouches (Composer), Herve Niquet (Conductor), Le Concert Spirituel (Orchestra), Stephanie d'Oustrac (Performer), Cyril Auvity (Performer), Joao Fernandes (Performer), Ingrid Perruche (Performer), Renaud Delaigue (Performer), Stephanie Revidat (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Stephanie d'Oustrac, Cyril Auvity, Joao Fernandes, Ingrid Perruche, Renaud Delaigue, et al.
• Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel
• Conductor: Herve Niquet
• Composer: Andre Cardinal Destouches
• Audio CD (May 29, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Glossa
• ASIN: B000PSJDL4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,027 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Callirhoé, opera: Ouverture

2. Callirhoé, opera: Act 1. [Part 1]

3. Callirhoé, opera: Act 1. [Part 2]

4. Callirhoé, opera: Act 1. [Part 3]

5. Callirhoé, opera: Act 1. [Part 4]

6. Callirhoé, opera: Act 1. [Part 5]

7. Callirhoé, opera: Act 1. [Part 6]

8. Callirhoé, opera: Act 1. [Part 7]

9. Callirhoé, opera: Act 1. [Part 8]

10. Callirhoé, opera: Act 1. [Part 9]

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Disc: 2

1. Callirhoé, opera: Act 3. [Part 1]

2. Callirhoé, opera: Act 3. [Part 2]

3. Callirhoé, opera: Act 3. [Part 3]

4. Callirhoé, opera: Act 3. [Part 4]

5. Callirhoé, opera: Act 3. [Part 5]

6. Callirhoé, opera: Act 3. [Part 6]

7. Callirhoé, opera: Act 3. [Part 7]

8. Callirhoé, opera: Act 3. [Part 8]

9. Callirhoé, opera: Act 3. [Part 9]

10. Callirhoé, opera: Act 3. [Part 10]

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another triumph involving Niquet and a forgotten composer. . ., August 1, 2008

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Zaida (Bremerton, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Destouches - Callirhoé (Audio CD)

Callirhoé was first performed in 1712, and if you are familiar with the fashion of recitative (or rather, the French equivalent) used by Marais in either Alcyone or Sémélé, Destouches is somewhat similar in that area. Anyway, the composer edited the opera, and it was staged again in 1732. The version here, however, dates from 1743, which was edited further than that of 1732. The prologue and two or three divertissements are missing, but it is still a rather great performance, as well as a great opera. Some of the music shows influences from Rameau, but Destouches is still an interesting composer in his own light.