Lully - Persée / Les Talens Lyriques, Rousset
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Music CD Cover Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully Conductor: Christophe Rousset Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques Performer: Paul Agnew Performer: Anna Maria Panzarella Performer: Salome Haller Performer: Jerome Correas Performer: Vincent Billier Performer: Monique Simon Performer: Laurent Slaars Edition: Music CD Format: Deluxe Edition CD Release Date: 2002-06-11 Music Label: Astree Soundtracks: Music CD 1
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Free Music Review: My favorite opera recording, ever.
Hit: 5 Stars
I managed to find this some time ago, and immediately purchased it.(It was out of print and unavailable through Amazon by that time) Having heard the operas of Gluck, as well as some other composers, I decided to venture into French Baroque. Since then, I've heard and acquired a number of Lully's operas, as well as a few by the generation of French composers that followed him. However, I believe this one was only surpassed by Rousset's version of 'Roland', and perhaps Niquet's recent one of 'Proserpine'. But unlike a previous reviewer, I would say this is the better rendition of 'Persée', although it lacks the amount of energy that drives Niquet's conducting, or that of the BEMF performances, though the latter are not quite as good as this. But it's simply so divine that I'm not sure it could ever be topped. Stylistically, it is of the second generation of Lully's tragedies, which differ slightly from earlier works such as 'Alceste', an innovation which began with 'Proserpine'. And indeed one commentator on the work said that it was the operas 'Atys' and 'Persée' which were Lully's finest. Get it if you are lucky enough to find it. And if you can't, go for 'Proserpine', 'Atys', or 'Roland' if you aren't familiar with Lully.