Emmanuelle Haim - Une nouvelle fete Baroque (CD)

In November 2021, Emmanuelle Haïm led two celebratory charity concerts - one in Berlin, the other in her home city of Paris - to mark 20 years of her ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée. The music, mostly from operas, was by Handel, Rameau, Purcell, Vivaldi and Campra, and the spectacular line-up of vocal soloists included sopranos Natalie Dessay, Sabine Devieilhe, Emoke Baráth and Sandrine Piau, mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre, tenors Michael Spyres and Rolando Villazón, bass-baritone Laurent Naouri, and bass Andrea Mastroni. In Berlin, a distinguished guest conducted extracts from Rameau's Les Boréades: Sir Simon Rattle, whom Emmanuelle Haïm describes as the 'godfather' of Le Concert d'Astrée. "I like richness and colour," she says, "I like to embody meaning in sound without ever losing the narrative thread... We are lucky to be making music, and it is wonderful to be able to share this joy with an audience."

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Naïs: Ouverture (Live)
2. Dardanus: "Guerriers, Suivez L'amour (Phrygiennes, Phrygien, Chour) [Live]
3. Dardanus, Act 4: "Il Est Temps de Courir Aux Armes" (Phrygienne, Arcas, Anténor, Teucer, Chour) [Live]
4. Dardanus, Act 2: Bruit de Guerre (Live)
5. Dardanus: "Lieux Funestes" (Dardanus) [Live]
6. Les Indes Galantes, Première Entrée: "La Nuit Couvre Les Cieux" - "Vaste Empire Des Mers" - "Ciel ! de Plus D'une Mort Nous Regrettons Les Coups" (Emilie, Chour) [Live]
7. Les Indes Galantes: "Viens Hymen" (Phani) [Live]
8. Idoménée: "Vous Des Tendres Amours" - "Nous Obéissons À Ta Voix" - "Signalons Notre Barbarie" - "D'un Amour Qui S'éteint" - "Que Les Soupçons, Que Les Alarmes" - "Au Cour D'idoménée" (Vénus, la Jalousie, Chour) [Live]
9. Hippolyte Et Aricie: "Pour L'auteur de Mes Jours" - "Quels Biens!" - "Puissant Maître Des Flots" - "Hippolyte M'a Fait Le Plus Sanglant Outrage" - "Mais de Courroux L'onde S'agite" (Thésée) [Live]
10. Castor Et Pollux: "Brillez Astres Nouveaux" (Télaïre) [Live]
11. Dardanus: "Voici Les Tristes Lieux" - "Monstre Affreux" (Anténor) [Live]
12. Idoménée: "Ô Neptune, Reçois Nos Voux" (Idoménée, Chour) [Live]
13. Idoménée: "Embarquons-Nous" - Rigaudon I - Rigaudon II (Chour) [Live]
14. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: "Thy Hand Belinda" - "When I Am Laid" (Dido) [Live]
15. Les Boréades, Suite: Ouverture (Live)
16. Les Boréades, Suite: Menuet (Live)
17. Les Boréades, Suite: Allegro (Live)
18. Les Boréades, Suite: Rondeau Vif (Live)
19. Les Boréades, Suite: Gavottes Vives (Live)
20. Les Boréades, Suite: Contredanse en Rondeau (Live)
21. Les Boréades, Suite: Air Andante Et Gracieux Pour Orithie Et Ses Compagnes (Live)
22. Les Boréades, Suite: Entracte, Suite Des Vents (Live)
23. Les Boréades, Suite: Entrée de Polymnie (Live)
24. Les Boréades, Suite: Contredanses Vives (Live)

Disc: 2

1. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: "Now the Night" (Attendant, Chour) [Live]
2. Tamerlano, HWV 18: "A Dispetto D'un Volto Ingrato" (Andronico) [Live]
3. Il Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno, HWV 46A: "Urne Voi" (Tempo) [Live]
4. Juditha Triumphans, RV 644: "Armatae Face, Et Anguibus" (Vagaus) [Live]
5. Aci, Galatea E Polifemo, HWV 72: "Fra L'ombre E Gl'orrori" (Polifemo) [Live]
6. Il Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno, HWV 46A: "Un Pensiero Nemico Di Pace" (Bellezza) [Live]
7. Alcina, HWV 34: "M'inganna, Me N'avveggo" - "Un Momento Di Contento" (Oronte) [Live]
8. Alcina, HWV 34: "Ah! Ruggiero Crudel" - "Ombre Pallide" (Alcina) [Live]
9. Il Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno, HWV 46A: "E Un Ostinato Errore" - "È Ben Folle Quel Nocchier" (Tempo) [Live]
10. Theodora, HWV 68: "O Thou Bright Sun!" - "With Darkness Deep, As Is My Woe" (Theodora) [Live]
11. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: "L'aure Che Spira" (Cornelia) [Live]
12. Ariodante, HWV 33: "Del Mio Sol Vezzosi Rai" (Lurcanio) [Live]
13. Rinaldo, HWV 7A: "Dunque I Lacci D'un Volto" - "Ah! Crudel Il Pianto Mio" (Armida) [Live]
14. Rinaldo, HWV 7B: "Sibilar Gli Angui D'aletto" (Argante) [Live]
15. Poro, Re Dell'indie, HWV 28: "Caro/Dolce Amico Amplesso!" (Cleofide, Poro) [Live]
16. Il Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno, HWV 46A: "Voglio Tempo Per Risolvere" (Bellezza, Piacere, Disinganno, Tempo) [Live]
17. Il Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno, HWV 46A: "Tu Del Ciel Ministro Eletto" (Bellezza) [Live]