COMPANY: Palazzetto Bru Zane
CATEGORY: BOOK, CD
COMPOSER: Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne

Product: 9788409178445

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The myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus, as terrible as it is fascinating, has been retold by many artists over the centuries, including composers. This recording presents the first performance of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne’s opera in its complete form since the premiere. It reveals a work whose classical surface conceals a style that is vehement, exalted and threatening by turns, a thrilling testimony to the bubbling energy of pre- Romanticism. Served by the total commitment of the Orfeo Orchestra and Purcell Choir under the direction of György Vashegyi, the drama closes in on the inescapable destinies of Phèdre, Hippolyte and Thésée, movingly sung by Judith van Wanroij, Julien Behr and Tassis Christoyannis.

Judith van Wanroij (Phèdre), Julien Behr (Hippolyte), Tassis Christoyannis (Thésée), Melody Louledjian (Œnone), Jérôme Boutillier (Un Grand de l’État/Un Chasseur), Ludivine Gombert (La Grande Prêtresse), Orfeo Orchestra, Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi