Amour, bannis ma crainte
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Label: Aparte
Cat No: AP302
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 23rd December 2022
Contents
Artists
Jeanne Zaepffel (soprano)Hadhoum Tunc (soprano)
Louison Costes (soprano)
Guillaume Gutierrez (tenor)
Les Monts du Reuil
Conductors
Helene Clerc-MurgierPauline Warnier
Works
Fables dans le gout de La FontaineL'Eclipse totale (excerpts)
Le Magnifique (excerpts)
Artists
Jeanne Zaepffel (soprano)Hadhoum Tunc (soprano)
Louison Costes (soprano)
Guillaume Gutierrez (tenor)
Les Monts du Reuil
Conductors
Helene Clerc-MurgierPauline Warnier
About
Here, it offers a distinctively rare programme centred around the fables of La Fontaine, which unearths two comic operas based on the works of the fabulist: Le Magnifique (The Magnificent) by André Grétry and L'Éclipse totale (The Total Eclipse) by Nicolas Dalayrac, which was reconstructed for the occasion, and recorded here for the first time.
In their selection of the tastiest excerpts alternating from a small aria to a duet or a horse racing brass fanfare, the musicians highlight the refinement, lightness and humour typically found in French lyrical art from this era.
Adding to this are six arias “in the spirit of La Fontaine” by Clérambault and Desessarts, originally intended for children and directly inspired by well-known fables. We thus find the everlasting characters of the Crow and the Fox, the Frog and the Ox and also the Wolf and the Lamb.
The soprano Jeanne Zaeffpel, actress and lyrical partner to the late Peter Brook, lends her voice to these various and whimsical figures. Her tone varies from candid (The Wolf and the Lamb) to mocking (The Crow and the Fox) or exultant (“Quoi, ce billet vient de Léandre”) and finally remains full of grace in the arias “Amour, bannis ma crainte” (Love, banish my fear) and “Astre des nuits” (Star of nights).
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