Les Paladins – Lucrezia (Portraits of a Woman) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:42 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
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Raped by Sextus Tarquin, son of the king of the Etruscans occupying Rome, Lucretia speaks out to describe her ordeal and demand justice. Then, refusing to live in dishonour, she takes her own life. Recounted by Titus Livius, this episode marked the establishment of the Roman republic and was the inspiration for many works of art, literature and music.
Jérôme Correas and Les Paladins explore this narrative and put into perspective the only four Baroque cantatas on the subject known to date. In these miniature operas, Alessandro Scarlatti, Montéclair, Handel and Marcello set Lucretia’s speech to music: alternating between expressionist recitatives and virtuoso arias, these monologues follow the development of Lucretia’s emotional state, moving from murmur to cry, from exaltation to despondency, right up to her final silence. Jérôme Correas has teamed up with four of France’s finest singers – Sandrine Piau, Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Karine Deshayes and Lucile Richardot – to bring Lucretia’s story to life, bringing it to us intact in all its strength and violence, superimposed on the stories of today and raising questions about contemporary women’s voices.
Tracklist:
1-1. Sandrine Piau – Ferma, ferma Tarquinio il passo (01:03)
1-2. Sandrine Piau – Dove vai, crudo spietato (04:27)
1-3. Sandrine Piau – Ma folle! e che vaneggi (01:04)
1-4. Sandrine Piau – Coraggio miei spirti (03:22)
1-5. Sandrine Piau – Assistemi, oh dei! (03:04)
1-6. Sandrine Piau – Cosi mori Lucretia (00:14)
1-7. Sandrine Piau – Trionfo, ben che morta (00:38)
1-8. Les Paladins – Il martirio dei santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia: Sinfonia (01:49)
1-9. Amel Brahim-Djelloul – Lasciato havea (02:04)
1-10. Amel Brahim-Djelloul – Barbaro, hai vinto (01:22)
1-11. Amel Brahim-Djelloul – Ma crudel, dove n’andrai (01:06)
1-12. Amel Brahim-Djelloul – Voi genitor, voi consorte (02:30)
1-13. Amel Brahim-Djelloul – Dove quel ferro istesso (02:56)
1-14. Amel Brahim-Djelloul – Sò ch’il mondo dirà che s’io volea farmi (02:14)
1-15. Amel Brahim-Djelloul – Si, si, corri alla morte (01:30)
1-16. Les Paladins – I. Adagio e staccato (01:50)
1-17. Les Paladins – II. Allegro – Largo (01:40)
1-18. Les Paladins – III. Adagio (01:24)
1-19. Les Paladins – IV. Presto (02:15)
1-20. Karine Deshayes – O numi eterni! (01:04)
1-21. Karine Deshayes – Gia superbo del mio affanno (04:54)
1-22. Karine Deshayes – Ma voi forse nel cielo (00:50)
1-23. Karine Deshayes – Il suol che premere (03:10)
1-24. Karine Deshayes – Ah! che ancor (01:22)
1-25. Karine Deshayes – Alla salma infedel (02:58)
1-26. Karine Deshayes – A voi, a voi padre (00:58)
1-27. Karine Deshayes – Gia nel seno (01:45)
1-28. Lucile Richardot – Lasciato havea (02:44)
1-29. Lucile Richardot – Barbaro, hai vinto (02:14)
1-30. Lucile Richardot – Di libiche selve (01:47)
1-31. Lucile Richardot – E s’al ciel giunger saprai (00:56)
1-32. Lucile Richardot – Voi, genitor, voi, consorte (03:12)
