Lully - Armide / Laurens · Crook · Gens · Rime · Deletré · Ragon · Collegium Vocale · La Chappel Royale · Herreweghe [Import]

Jean-Baptiste Lully (Artist), Philippe Herreweghe (Artist), Guillemette Laurens (Artist), Véronique Gens (Artist), La Chappel Royale (Artist), Collegium Vocale (Artist), Howard Crook (Artist), Noémi Rime (Artist), Bernard Deletré (Artist), Luc Coadou, John Hancock Gilles Ragon (Artist), Katalin Károlyi, Eric Bellocq, Yvon Repérant, Emmanuelle Haïm Laurent Slaars (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 3, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Harmonia Mundi, U.S.A.
• ASIN: B00000078X
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #471,878 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Prologue: Ouverture

2. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Prologue: La Gloire; 'Tout doit céder dans l'Univers'

3. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Prologue: Entrée

4. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Prologue: Menuet. Gavotte en rondeau

5. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Prologue: La Sagesse; 'Suivons notre héros'

6. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Prologue: Entrée

7. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Prologue: Menuets I & II. Choeur; 'Que dans le temple de mémoire'

8. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Prologue: Ouverture (Reprise)

9. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Act I, Scene 1: Ritournelle. Phénice; 'Dans un jour de triomphe'

10. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Act I, Scene 1: Armide; 'Un songe affreux m'inspire une fureur nouvelle'

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Act III, Scene 1: Armide; 'Ah! Si la liberté me doit être ravie'

2. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Act III, Scene 2: Armide; 'Hélas! C'est mon coeur que je crains'

3. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Act III, Scene 3: Armide; 'Venez, venez, Haine implacable'

4. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Act III, Scene 4: Prélude. Armide, La Haine; 'Je réponds à tes voeux'

5. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Act III, Scene 4: La Haine & sa Suite; 'Amour, sors pour jamais'

6. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Act III, Scene 4: La Haine; 'Sors, sors du sein d'Armide'

7. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Act IV, Scene 1: Le Chevalier Danois, Ubalde; 'Nous ne trouvons partout'

8. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Act IV, Scene 1: Air

9. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Act IV, Scene 2: Gavotte. Canarie. Ubalde; 'Allons, qui vous retient encore?'

10. Armide, opera, LWV 71: Act IV, Scene 2: Lucinde; 'Enfin, je vois l'Amant pour qui mon coeur soupire'

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A powerful rendition of one of opera's greatest moments., April 29, 2000

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Aaron J. Marx (Stevens Point, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lully - Armide / Laurens · Crook · Gens · Rime · Deletré · Ragon · Collegium Vocale · La Chappel Royale · Herreweghe (Audio CD)

Lully's Armide is considered the highpoint of his collaboration with the librettist Quinault, and indeed all of France's Tragedie Lyrique. This recording really brings out Lully's genius. The structure is much different from Italian opera seria, for those of you who have gotten used to the endless alternation of recititative and aria--much more focus is put on the recitative aspect. When the arias do come, however, they pack an incredible dramatic wallop, beautifully illustrated in the end of act II with Armide's aria "Venez secondez me desires" subsequent to her famous monologue "Enfin, il ist en ma puissance." Herwegghe leads his ensemble in a virtually flawless and scintilating performance. The grand passacaile in act V is simply breathtaking. Guillame Laurens is incredibly powerful as the title role. This is a great recording. I highly recommend it for any fan of Baroque opera.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT RECORDING, August 5, 1999

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This review is from: Lully - Armide / Laurens · Crook · Gens · Rime · Deletré · Ragon · Collegium Vocale · La Chappel Royale · Herreweghe (Audio CD)

This is a great recording of a baroque masterpiece. The voices are superb and the instumentation really gives you the true baroque feeling, no holding back on the basso continuo. There are many great moments here. Armide really pours out her feelings in "Ah!, Si la liberte me doit etre ravie" and "Le perfide Renaud me fuit". There are also many powerful tracks like track 16 of CD 1 and tracks 4-6 of CD 2. New baroque recordings like this one sound much better than baroque recordings of the past. Anyone with a taste for French opera and baroque music must have this one!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quinault, Lully and Gluck..., May 14, 2000

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Izolda (North Haven, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lully - Armide / Laurens · Crook · Gens · Rime · Deletré · Ragon · Collegium Vocale · La Chappel Royale · Herreweghe (Audio CD)

This is a fascinating recording of Lully's masterpiece and nobody interested in French baroque should be without it. However, if you want to explore the Armida legend in various musical settings, listening to this set together with Gluck's opera of the same name may be particularly interesting. There are of course numerous musical "Armidas", but these two - by Lully and Gluck - share THE SAME LIBRETTO by Philippe Quinault. Here we have a rare occasion to hear the same text put to music by the composers representing two different operatic styles. Comparing these two works may be particularly fascinating for those who try to understand Gluck's 'reforms'. "Armida" is one of the reform operas and juxtaposing it with the 90 years older, 'traditional' setting by Lully is really illuminating. It would be hard to find a better time for such an undertaking - Marc Minkowski's wonderful recording released in 1998 on 'Archiv' with magnificent Mireille Delunsch in the title role will make the whole operation not only intellectually, but also musically rewarding.