Conductor(s): Brown, Ryan
Label: Naxos
Series: Opera Classics
Genre: Opera; Orchestral
Period: Baroque
Catalogue No: 8.660224
Barcode: 730099022477
Release Date: 10/2009

REBEL, F. / FRANCOEUR, F.: Zelindor, Roi des Sylphes [Opera] / Le Trophée Suite (Fouchecourt, H.G. Murphy, Opera Lafayette, R. Brown)

First performed at Versailles in 1745, the opera ballet Zélindor is a delightful rococo pastorale which found favour with Louis XV’s mistress, Madame de Pompadour, no doubt because its story about a king who loves a commoner reflected her own situation. Opera Lafayette’s 2007 revival was hailed as “brilliant” by The Washington Post, which praised the soloists, headed by Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, and chamber chorus who “sang with a gusto matched by the orchestra’s rhythmic pungency”. This is the work’s world première recording with full orchestra and chorus.

Tracklist

Francoeur, Francois
Rebel, François
Paradis de Moncrif, Francois-Augustin de - Lyricist
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
Fouchécourt, Jean-Paul (tenor)
Sharp, William (baritone)
Murphy, Heidi Grant (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)
Hong, Ah Young (soprano)
1Scene 1: Ouverture03:14
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
2Scene 1: Un souverain Genie adore une mortelle! (Zulim, Zelindor)06:57
Fouchécourt, Jean-Paul (tenor)
Sharp, William (baritone)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
3Scene 2: Pourquoi me refuser le plaisir de vous voir? (Zirphe) - Belle Zirphe, que ce qui peut vous plaire (Zelindor)05:23
Fouchécourt, Jean-Paul (tenor)
Murphy, Heidi Grant (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
4Scene 3: Prelude - Que vois-je? (Zirphe)00:57
Murphy, Heidi Grant (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
5Scene 3: Air pour Les Nymphes01:33
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
6Scene 3: Il faut que tont seconde (Chorus)01:36
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
7Scene 3: Air: Sur vos pas, par quel charme admirable (A Nymph)02:51
Hong, Ah Young (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
8Scene 3: Passepied01:55
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
9Scene 3: C'en est assez; Ah! Paraissez enfin (Zirphe, Zelindor)07:49
Fouchécourt, Jean-Paul (tenor)
Murphy, Heidi Grant (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
10Scene 4: Prelude pour les Genies elementaires01:28
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
11Scene 4: Air pour les Gnomes et Ondins01:10
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
12Scene 4: Air pour les Sylphes et Salamandres01:26
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
13Scene 4: Que dans les airs vos chants harmonieux (Zelindor, Chorus)02:00
Fouchécourt, Jean-Paul (tenor)
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
14Scene 4: Air gai01:11
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
15Scene 4: Menuet I: Quel amant sous vos lois s'engage! (A Sylphid) - Menuet II: Vos destins changent leur cours (Chorus, A Sylphid)05:04
Hong, Ah Young (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Chorus (Choir)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
16Scene 4: Bourrees I - II - Reprise de l'air gai02:34
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
Murphy, Heidi Grant (soprano)
Fouchécourt, Jean-Paul (tenor)
17I. Overture03:04
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
18II. Sarabande01:22
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
19III. Gavotte I - II01:57
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
20IV. Ariette: Ornez de fleurs vos têtes (La Muse)02:51
Murphy, Heidi Grant (soprano)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
21V. Gavotte pour les Muses et les Plaisirs: Que de plaisirs enchanteurs (Le Génie)02:10
Fouchécourt, Jean-Paul (tenor)
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
22VI. Viste - Prélude00:44
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
23VII. Air I - II01:00
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)
24VIII. Fanfare01:19
Opera Lafayette Orchestra (Orchestra)
Brown, Ryan (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:01:35