FREE UK SHIPPING OVER £30!

Gretry - Andromaque | Glossa GCD921620

Gretry - Andromaque

Label: Glossa

Cat No: GCD921620

Barcode: 8424562016200

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 26th April 2010

This product has now been deleted. Information is for reference only.

Contents

Artists

Karine Deshayes (soprano)
Maria Riccarda Wesseling (mezzo-soprano)
Sebastien Gueze (tenor)
Tassis Christoyannis (baritone)
Le Concert Spirituel

Conductor

Herve Niquet

Works

Gretry, Andre

Andromaque

Artists

Karine Deshayes (soprano)
Maria Riccarda Wesseling (mezzo-soprano)
Sebastien Gueze (tenor)
Tassis Christoyannis (baritone)
Le Concert Spirituel

Conductor

Herve Niquet

About

Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel continue their journey of rediscovering forgotten operatic works. This time they chose music from the close of the Age of Enlightenment: Andromaque, the single tragédie lyrique written by Grétry (1741- 1813).

Known above all for his light opéras comiques, Grétry turned at the end of his career towards an increasingly heroic style in the vein of Méhul and Cherubini. The work reflects an age of change, torn between nostalgia for the reign of Louis XIV and the cult of modernity and progress. Thus, it overlays, on the barely altered Jean Racine text of 1667, a music already suffused with Romantic aspirations, where modern tones and accents clothe the passions of the Classical Greek age in a new guise.

Never performed since its initial production, Andromaque today reveals the modernity of the French school on the eve of the French Revolution and reveals itself as an unexpected link between Baroque and Romanticism.

Also Available

Gretry - Andromaque
Gretry - Andromaque

£18.15

(Glossa)

Gretry - Richard Coeur de Lion (CD + DVD)
Gretry - Richard Coeur de Lion (CD + DVD)

£23.61

(Chateau de Versailles Spectacles)

Purcell - Dido and Aeneas
Purcell - Dido and Aeneas

£9.96

(Glossa - Cabinet)

Error on this page? Let us know here

Need more information on this product? Click here