Lully - Phaëton / Crook, Smith, Yakar, Gens, Théruel, Fouchécourt, Naouri, Huttenlocher, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Minkowski [Import]

Jean-Baptiste Lully (Composer), Marc Minkowski (Conductor), Les Musiciens du Louvre (Orchestra), Howard Crook (Performer), Rachel Yakar (Performer), Jennifer Smith (Performer), Véronique Gens (Performer), Gérard Theruel (Performer), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Performer), Philippe Huttenlocher (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Howard Crook, Rachel Yakar, Jennifer Smith, Véronique Gens, Gérard Theruel, et al.
• Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre
• Conductor: Marc Minkowski
• Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully
• Audio CD (June 7, 1994)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Erato / Warner Music France
• ASIN: B000005EAR
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,062 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Phaeton: Overture

2. Phaeton: 'Cherchons al paix dans cet asile' (Troupe d' Astree)

3. Phaeton: 'Dans cette paisible Retraite' (Ritournelle - Astree)

4. Phaeton: 'Dans ces lieux, tout rit sans cesse' (Troupe d' Astree)

5. Phaeton: 'Que les mortels se rejouissent' (Choeur)

6. Phaeton: 'Un heros qui merite une gloire immortelle'

7. Phaeton: 'Suivons de Heros, suivez-nous'

8. Phaeton: Air pour les suivants de Saturne

9. Phaeton: 'Plaisirs venez sans crainte' (Bourree-Choeur)

10. Phaeton: 'On a vu ce Heros terrible dans al Guerre'

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Phaeton: Act II, Scene 5: 'Roys qui pour Souverain devez me reconnaitre'

2. Phaeton: Act II, Scene 5: 'Que de tous cotes on entende le nom de Phaeton'

3. Phaeton: Act II, Scene 5: Chaconne

4. Phaeton: Act II, Scene 5: Petit Air pour les mesmes

5. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 1: 'Ah Phaeton est-il possible...'

6. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 1: 'Pour regir l'Univers les Destins m'ont fait naitre'

7. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 2: 'Suivez-la, ma presence irrite ses douleurs'

8. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 3: 'Songez-vous qu'Isis est ma Mere?'

9. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 4: Marche

10. Phaeton: Act III, Scene 4: Air pour les mesmes

See all 37 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phaeton is Great!, December 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lully - Phaëton / Crook, Smith, Yakar, Gens, Théruel, Fouchécourt, Naouri, Huttenlocher, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Minkowski (Audio CD)

This is a great opera. I think Phaeton is Lully's best opera. This one is exciting and fresh. The music and singing are very good. There are many memorable moments in Phaeton. Track 23 of disc 1 and track 24 of disc 2 prove that Lully is the baroque master. Baroque doesn't get any more powerful than those tracks! The opera's last track will have you remember the name Lully. The music is quite fitting for the time of King Louis XIV.

6 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sonorous tranport to the Versailles of Louis XIV, September 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lully - Phaëton / Crook, Smith, Yakar, Gens, Théruel, Fouchécourt, Naouri, Huttenlocher, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Minkowski (Audio CD)

A musically balanced realisation of a classic Baroque opera on modern instruments. Lack of a visual focus always makes some of the interlude music seem superfluous. Notes in English and German expain the background to the work and the composer .

There is a translation of the libretti in English and German, the French text is printed in antique script in (old) French.