Dumesny, haute-contre de Lully A Nocte Temporis & Reinoud van Mechelen

• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687): Isis, LWV 54:
• 1 Isis, LWV 54: Ouverture 02:08
• Persée, LWV 60:
• 2 Persée, LWV 60: Cessons de redouter la fortune cruelle 01:37
• Armide, LWV 71:
• 3 Armide, LWV 71: Plus j'observe ces lieux, et plus je les admire 03:31
• Amadis, LWV 63:
• 4 Amadis, LWV 63: Bois épais, redouble ton ombre 02:31
• Acis et Galatée, LWV 73:
• 5 Acis et Galatée, LWV 73: Faudra-t-il encore vous attendre... 01:41
• 6 Acis et Galatée, LWV 73: Ritournelle 00:34
• Achille et Polyxène, LWV 74:
• 7 Achille et Polyxène, LWV 74: Patrocle va combattre, et j'ai pu consentir... 02:44
• Miserere, LWV 25:
• 8 Miserere, LWV 25 01:11
• Pascal Collasse (1649 - 1709): Achille et Polyxène:
• 9 Achille et Polyxène: Quand, après un cruel tourment... 01:31
• 10 Achille et Polyxène: Entracte 01:16
• 11 Achille et Polyxène: Ah! Que sur moi... - Prélude 01:16
• Marin Marais (1656 - 1728): Alcide:
• 12 Alcide: Mon amoureuse inquiètude 02:46
• 13 Alcide: Ne pourrais-je trouver de remède... 05:50
• Pascal Collasse: Thétis et Pelée Ciel ! En voyant ce temple redoutable...:
• 14 Thétis et Pelée Ciel ! En voyant ce temple redoutable... 05:03
• Enée et Lavinie: J'entends d'agréable concerts...:
• 15 Enée et Lavinie: J'entends d'agréable concerts... 03:12
• Henry Desmarest (1661 - 1741): Didon:
• 16 Didon: Infortuné que dois-je faire?... 03:22
• 17 Didon: Le soleil est vainqueur (instrumental) 01:35
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704): Médée, H.491:
• 18 Médée, H.491: Que je serais heureux, si j'étais moins aimé !... 02:44
• 19 Médée, H.491: Second air pour les Argiens - Sarabande 03:17
• Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665 - 1729): Céphale et Procris:
• 20 Céphale et Procris: Amour, que sous tes lois... 02:40
• Henry Desmarest: Théagene et Cariclée:
• 21 Théagene et Cariclée: Ma vertu cède au coup... 03:16
• Les amours de Momus:
• 22 Les amours de Momus: Lieux charmants, retraites tranquilles... 01:42
• Charles-Hubert Gervais (1671 - 1744): Méduse:
• 23 Méduse: Air - Sarabande - Menuet 04:11
• Henry Desmarest: Les fêtes galantes:
• 24 Les fêtes galantes: Ebbro far voglio il mio core... 02:59
• Circé:
• 25 Circé: Sommeil - Ah! Que le sommeil est charmant... 05:32
• André Cardinal Destouches (1672 - 1749): Amadis de Grèce:
• 26 Amadis de Grèce: Hélas! Rien n'adoucit... 03:35
• André Campra (1660 - 1744): L'Europe galante:
• 27 L'Europe galante: Sommeil - Sommeil, qui chaque nuit... 05:29
• Total Runtime 01:17:13

Info for Dumesny, haute-contre de Lully

Who was Louis Gaulard Dumesny? Dumesny was not the first haute-contre historically speaking, but he was the first to have become famous in his lifetime. Sources agree that he was a cook when Lully discovered him. He made his debut in 1677 and everyone was amazed by his acting, the power of his voice and also his ability to learn everything by ear, since he could not read music. A few centuries later, Reinoud Van Mechelen, star tenor of the international Baroque scene, has decided, with his ensemble A Nocte Temporis, to pay tribute to this ‘haute-contre’ register, a high tenor voice (not to be confused with the countertenor!), by devoting three recordings to it, paying tribute in turn to Lully, Rameau and Gluck. The first part of this trilogy therefore contains the finest operatic airs and suites by Lully, featuring excerpts from Isis, Persée, Armide, Amadis, Acis et Galatée and Achille et Polyxène, but also pieces by Marin Marais (Alcide), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Médée), Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (Céphale et Procris), Henry Desmarets, Pascal Colasse, Charles-Hubert Gervais and André Cardinal Destouches.

A Nocte Temporis
Reinoud van Mechelen, conductor

Reinoud Van Mechelen
graduated from his vocal studies at the Conservatoire Royal in Brussels in the class of Dina Grossberger in 2012. In 2017 he was awarded the prestigious Caecilia Prize as Young Musician of the Year from the union of the Belgian music press. An acknowledgement from "home" for the artist who managed to establish himself at numerous international stages within his early years of career.

Already in 2007 Reinoud Van Mechelen caught attention at the European Baroque Academy in Ambronay (France) under the baton of Hervé Niquet. In 2011 he was a member of William Christie’s and Paul Agnew’s "Jardin des Voix" and became a regular soloist of Les Arts florissants subsequently. Guest appeareances with this ensemble made him perform at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, the Edinburgh Festival, the Château de Versailles, the Bolchoï Theatre in Moscow, the Royal Albert Hall and the Barbican Centre in London, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, the Philharmony and the Opéra Comique in Paris as well as at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.

Many renowned Baroque ensembles such as Collegium Vocale, Le Concert Spirituel, La Petite Bande, Les Talens Lyriques, Pygmalion, Le Poème Harmonique, Il Gardellino, Insula Orchestra, L’Arpeggiata, Ludus Modalis, B’Rock, Ricercar Consort, Capriccio Stravagante, Scherzi Musicali and the European Union Baroque Orchestra ensured his cooperation.

In 2014 Reinoud Van Mechelen sang the part of the Evangelist in J. S. Bach's St. John Passionfor the first time in his career with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, a part he will be singing again with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, among others. The last few seasons have, however, been highlighted by his performances of Rameau’s title-role in Dardanus (Opéra national de Bordeaux) and Zoroastre (on concert-tour to the Festival de Montpellier et Radio-France, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Festival de Beaune, the Théâtre Royal in Versailles and the Theater an der Wien), both productions with Raphaël Pichon conducting. 2016/17 saw his Zurich Opera debut as Jason in Charpentier's Médée conducted by William Christie. Apart from numerous other commitments, he added further new roles in concert version to his repertory: Belmonte (The Abduction from the Seraglio) with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Gérald (Lakmé) with the Munich Radio Orchestra.

Besides numerous performances with his own ensemble, a nocte temporis, he took part in 2017/18 in the jubilee-production celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Concert Spirituel („Un opéra imaginaire“) as well as in two concert-tours with Les Arts florissants (Actéon by Charpentier in the USA and Selva Morale by Monteverdi in Paris, Versailles, Caen, Berlin and London). He also performed the title-role in Rameau’s Pygmalion at the Dijon Opera.

His season 2018/19 was highlighted by his debuts at the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie (Tamino in Die Zauberflöte) and at the Staatsoper Berlin (Hippolyte in Hippolyte et Aricie under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle).

Reinoud Van Mechelen already joined numerous CD- and DVD-productions. His first solo CD with the title "Erbame Dich" (arias by J. S. Bach) was released by Alpha Classics in 2016 finding unanimous acclaim by the press and receiving both a "Choc" from the monthly magazine Classica („A Bach-recording blessed by the gods“) as well as one of 10 Caecilia-Awards for the best recordings of the year 2016. His second solo CD ("Clérambault, cantates françaises"), again by Alpha Classics, has been released in 2018 and generates no less enthousiasm than the first recording.

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