Lully: Atys (extrait)

Jean-Baptiste Lully
Atys, tragédie lyrique (1676)
Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, dir.
Harmonia Mundi HMC 1249 [LP]
Harmonia Mundi HMC 40 1249 [LP]
Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1249 [CD]
Harmonia Mundi "Suite" HMT 790 1249 [CD]
Harmonia Mundi "Musique d'abord" HMA 195 1249 [CD]

Contents:

    Atys
    Opéra en 5 actes, Jean-Baptiste Lully

Playing time: 67' 42"

Performers:
Les Arts florissants
Bernard Deletré (voice, Le Temps, Phobétor), Monique Zanetti (soprano - Flore), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (couter-ténor - Zéphir, Morphée), Gilles Ragon (counter-tenor - Zéphyr), Arlette Steyer (soprano - Melpomène), Agnè Mellon (soprano - Iris, Sangaride), Guy de Mey (counter- tenor - Atys), Jacques Bona (bass - voice, Idas), Françoise Semellaz (soprano - Doris), Guillemette Laurens (soprano - Cybèle), Noémi Rime (soprano - Mélisse), Jean-François Gardeil (bass - voice, Célénus), Gilles Ragon (counter-tenor - Le Sommeil), Olivier Schneebeli (choirmaster), Michel Laplénie, (baritone - voice, Phantase), Stephan Maciejewski (singing - Songe funeste), Isabelle Desrochers (singing), Véronique Gens (singing), John Holloway (violion)
William Christie, dir.

Date of release:
Maison de Radio-France, Studio 103, Paris, France [01/1987];
Rel.: 1988 (HMC), 2003 (HMA)

Compilation:
Harmonia mundi HMC 1257 / 59 [LPx3] Jean-Baptiste Lully - Atys

Excerpts:
[ ], [ ], [ ], [ ], [ ], [ ] Harmonia mundi HMC 90 1316 / 18 [CDx3] Les Arts florissants - 10 ans: Moulinié Charpentier, Lully... [et al.]
[ ], [ ], [ ], [ ], [ ], [ ] Harmonia mundi HMX 290 801 / 810 [CDx10] Prélude baroque
[ ], [ ], [ ], [ ], [ ] Harmonia mundi HMX 290 605 / 607 [CDx3] Opéra Baroque: les moments forts.
[ ], [ ], [ ] Harmonia mundi HMX 290 8147 / 49 [CDx3] Louis XIV - Musique à Versailles au temps du Roy Soleil
[ ] Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 613 [CD] A musical landscape: featuring music from the French and Italian Baroque to celebrate Nicolas Poussin / Jean-Baptiste Lully, Michel Lambert, Marc-Antoine Charpentier... [et al.]
[ ] Harmonia mundi HMX 290 869 [CD] Les plus belles scènes de l'opéra baroque / Monteverdi, Cavalli, Lully... [et al.]

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (y., #-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
Information from Bn-Opale plus.
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Pierre-F. Roberge