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Purcell: Dido & Æneas, Circe

by Les Argonautes, Jonas Descotte

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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Ouverture 01:50
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 1 Scene 1, The Palace - Shake the Cloud from Off Your Brow (Belinda) 00:35
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 1 Scene 1, The Palace - Banish Sorrow, Banish Care (Chorus) 00:34
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 1 Scene 1, The Palace - Ah! Belinda, I Am Press’d with Torment (Dido) 04:14
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 1 Scene 1, The Palace - Grief Increases by Concealing (Belinda, Dido) 00:34
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 1 Scene 1, The Palace - When Monarchs Unite,How Happy Their State (Chorus) 00:16
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 1 Scene 1, The Palace - Whence Could so Much Virtue Spring? (Dido, Belinda) 01:54
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 1 Scene 1, The Palace - Fear no Danger to Ensue (Belinda, Second Woman, Chorus) 01:51
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 1 Scene 1, The Palace - See, Your Royal Guest Appears (Belinda, Æneas, Dido) 00:53
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 1 Scene 1, The Palace - Cupid Only Throws the Dart (Chorus) 00:43
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 1 Scene 1, The Palace - If Not for Mine, for Empire’s Sake (Æneas, Belinda) 01:12
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 1 Scene 1, The Palace - To the Hills and the Vales (Chorus) 01:11
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 1 Scene 1, The Palace - The Triumphing Dance 01:14
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 2 Scene 1, The Cave - Prelude for the Witches. Wayward Sisters, You That Fright (Sorceress). Harm’s Our Delight (Chorus) 02:20
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 2 Scene 1, The Cave - The Queen of Carthage, Whom We Hate (Sorceress). Ho, Ho, Ho (Chorus) 00:39
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 2 Scene 1, The Cave - Ruin’d Ere the Set of Sun? (Two Witches, Sorceress). Ho, Ho, Ho (Chorus) 01:13
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 2 Scene 1, The Cave - But Ere We This Perform (Two Witches) 01:13
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 2 Scene 1, The Cave - In Our Deep Vaulted Cell (Chorus) 01:36
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 2 Scene 1, The Cave - Echo Dance of the Furies 01:05
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 2 Scene 1, The Cave - Ritornelle 00:56
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 2 Scene 2, The Grove - Thanks to These Lonesome Vales (Belinda, Chorus) 03:23
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 2 Scene 2, The Grove - Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain (Second Woman) 02:05
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 2 Scene 2, The Grove - Behold, Upon My Bending Spear (Æneas, Dido) 00:33
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 2 Scene 2, The Grove - Haste, Haste to Town (Belinda, Chorus) 00:44
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 2 Scene 2, The Grove - Stay, Prince, and Hear Great Jove’s Command (Spirit, Æneas) 02:51
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 3 Scene 1, The Ships - Come Away Fellow Sailors (First Sailor, Chorus) 01:42
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 3 Scene 1, The Ships - The Sailors’ Dance 00:44
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 3 Scene 1, The Ships - See the Flags and Streamers Curling (Sorceress, Two Witches) 01:12
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 3 Scene 1, The Ships - Our Next Motion (Sorceress) 00:36
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 3 Scene 1, The Ships - Destruction’s Our Delight (Chorus) 00:33
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 3 Scene 1, The Ships - The Witches’ Dance 02:15
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 3 Scene 2 - Your Counsel All Is Urg’d in Vain (Dido, Belinda, Æneas) 03:22
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 3 Scene 2 - But Death, alas! I cannot shun (Dido) 00:33
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 3 Scene 2 - Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire (Chorus) 01:01
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 3 Scene 2 - Thy Hand Belinda; Darkness Shades Me (Dido) 01:02
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 3 Scene 2 - When I Am Laid in Earth (Dido) 03:59
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Dido and Æneas, Z.626 : Act 3 Scene 2 - With Drooping Wings (Chorus) 05:30
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Circe, Z.575 - We Must Assemble by a Sacrifice (Second Priest, Chorus) 01:49
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Circe, Z.575 - Their Necessary Aid You Use (First, Second and Third Priests) 00:46
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Circe, Z.575 - The Air, With Music Gently Wound (Second Priest, Third Priest) 01:25
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Circe, Z.575 - The Air, With Music Gently Wound (Chorus) 01:25
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Circe, Z.575 - Come Every Demon (First Priest) 01:19
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Circe, Z.575 - Circe, the Daughter of the Sun Obey (Chorus) 00:42
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Circe, Z.575 - You Who Hatch Factions (First Priest) 00:40
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Circe, Z.575 - Circe, the Daughter of the Sun Obey (Chorus) 00:46
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Circe, Z.575 - Magicians’ Dance (part 1) 00:26
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Circe, Z.575 - Pluto, Arise! (Second Priest) 01:15
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Circe, Z.575 - Magicians’ Dance (part 2) 00:53
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Circe, Z.575 - Lovers, Who to Their First Embraces Go (First and Second Women, Chorus) 01:31
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Circe, Z.575 - Great Minister of Fate (Chorus). At Your Dread Word (Second Woman) 00:58
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Circe, Z.575 - Great Minister of Fate (Chorus) 00:40
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"The circumstances of the composition of Purcell’s only opera, Dido and Æneas, are unclear. First performed in the 1680s, it received few performances in the composer’s lifetime, before disappearing until its revival at the very end of the nineteenth century. This miniature, poetic, dramatic, delightfully melodic, and containing some unforgettably beautiful vocal pieces (Dido’s “Lament”, the Witches’ songs…) 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."

"Unique opéra de Purcell, composé dans des conditions mystérieuses, Didon et Enée a disparu des scènes lyriques peu après les rares interprétations qu’on lui connaisse, pour n’y faire son retour qu’à la toute fin du XIXe siècle. Depuis, cette miniature conjuguant poésie, séduction mélodique et force dramatique dans les sommets de beauté qu’on lui connaît (l’air de Didon, les scènes des Sorcières) a connu une heureuse fortune.
C’est cette œuvre que Jonas Descotte et son jeune ensemble Les Argonautes (baptisé ainsi en référence aux héros grecs partis à la recherche de la Toison d’or) choisit pour ses débuts au disque. Prenant le parti de l’intime avec du un par voix orchestral, le chef sculpte sa matière sonore pour accéder à l’essentiel du propos musical et dramatique, sublimé ici par un casting vocal alléchant, dans lequel Camille Allérat, Renato Dolcini, Anthea Pichanick ou encore Julie Roset brillent. Entre pratique historique (le « geste ancien ») et modernité, le chef, en parfaite symbiose avec ses musiciens, offre ici une interprétation ciselée, intense, sur laquelle soufflent les vents de la liberté."

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released September 30, 2022

Purcell Henry
Les Argonautes : Ensemble
Jonas Descotte : Conductor


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Based in Geneva, Les Argonautes is an ensemble with variable geometry, specialising in baroque music. Founded by Jonas Descotte, who is responsible for the artistic direction and the creation of the programmes, Les Argonautes brings together young artists who have performed on the most important baroque stages. ... more

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