Marin Marais & Louis Lully: Alcide - Reinoud Van Mechelen

 

Marin MARAIS

(1656 - 1728)

&

Louis LULLY

(1664 - 1734)

Alcide

tragédie-lyrique in a prologue and 5 acts (1693)

libretto: Jean Galbert de Campistron

Gwendoline Blondeel, soprano (Iole, Victoire)

Aurélie Moreels, soprano (Amour, Une bergère)

Sterre Decru, mezzo-soprano (Thestylis)

Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano (Déjanire)

Sean Clayton, haute-contre (Zéphir)

Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre (Alcide)

Thibaut Lenaerts, tenor (Un habitant d'Aecalie, Un pastre)

Philippe Estèphe, baritone (Philoctète)

Samuel Namotte, baritone (Un habitant des climats heureux)

Arnaud Lion, bass (Licas, Un guerrier, Un prêtre)

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

a nocte temporis

DIR: REINOUD VAN MECHELEN

period instruments

lossless (flac)

N.B. The prologue has been omitted

included: interview Reinoud Van Mechelen (NL) [mp3]

(01) act 1 [26'07"]

(02) act 2 [27'07"]

(03) act 3 [23'44"]

(04) act 4 [21'20"]

(05) act 5 [21'50"]

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Alcide

libretto

score

Gwendoline Blondeel

Aurélie Moreels

Sterre Decru

Isabelle Druet

Sean Clayton

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Thibaut Lenaerts

Philippe Estèphe

Samuel Namotte

Arnaud Lion

Choeur de Chanbre de Namur

a nocte temporis

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Ziani: Requiem & Stabat mater - Étienne Meyer

 

Marc'Antonio ZIANI

(c1653 - 1715)

Requiem & Stabat mater

Capucine Keller, soprano

Dagmar Šašková, soprano

Paulin Bündgen, alto

Vincent Bouchot, tenor

Renaud Delaigue, bass

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Traversées Baroques

DIR: ÉTIENNE MEYER

recorded: July 2, 2026, Grand Manège, Namur

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

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Marc'Antonio ZIANI

(01) Lectio secundo pro defunctis [08'10"]

Johann Joseph FUX (1660-1741)

(02) Sonata à 3 (K 342) [04'07"]

Marc'Antonio ZIANI

(03) Missa de Requiem & 

Johann Joseph FUX: Dies irae [40'03"]

(04) Stabat mater [15'38"]

[encore]

Marc'Antonio ZIANI

La Morte vinta sul Calvario: 

(05) Sorga, e d’entro all’Urna istessa (chorus) [05'36"]

Picture: Emperor Joseph I, for whom Ziani may have written his Requiem

(Frans van Stampart, c1705)

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Marc'Antonio Ziani

Johann Joseph Fux

Capucine Keller

Dagmar Šašková

Paulin Bündgen

Vincent Bouchot

Renaud Delaigue

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Traversées Baroques

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JS Bach: Easter Oratorio & cantatas - Christophe Rousset

 

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

Easter Oratorio & cantatas

Anna El-Khashem, soprano

Mari Askvik, contralto

Nick Pritchard, tenor

Edwin Crossley-Mercer, baritone

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Talens Lyriques

DIR: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

recorded: April 21, 2025, Philharmonie, Paris

period instruments

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(01) Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (BWV 66) [28'03"]

cantata for the second day of Easter

(02) Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß (BWV 134) [24'35"]

cantata for the third day of Easter

(03) Easter Oratorio (Kommt, eilet und laufet) (BWV 249) [39'36"]

for the first day of Easter

Picture: The Resurrection of Christ (Benvenuto Tisi, 1520)

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Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen

Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß

Easter Oratorio

scores

Anna El-Khashem

Mari Askvik

Nick Pritchard

Edwin Crossley-Mercer

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Talens Lyriques

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Handel: Acis and Galatea - Leonardo García Alarcón

 

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Acis and Galatea

masque in 2 acts (version Cannons, 1718) (HWV 49a/b)

libretto: John Gay

Charlotte Bowden (Galatea), soprano

Valerio Contaldo (Damon), tenor

Guy Cutting (Acis), tenor

Staffan Liljas (Polyphemus), bass

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Cappella Mediterranea

DIR.: LEONARDO GARCÍA ALARCÓN

recorded: Oct 10, 2025, Grand Manège, Namur

period instruments

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source: NPO Klassiek (NL)

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(01) act 1'[40'06"]

(02) act 2 [54'46"]

Picture: Acis and Galatea (Jacob van Schuppen, c1730)

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Acis and Galatea

libretto

Charlotte Bowden

Valerio Contaldo

Guy Cutting

Staffan Liljas

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Cappella Mediterranea

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Fauré: Requiem & other vocal works - Thibaut Lenaets

 

Gabriel FAURÉ

(1845 - Nov 4, 1924)

Requiem & other vocal works

Caroline Weynants, soprano

 Pierre Derhet, tenor

Samuel Namotte, bass

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Millenium Orchestra

DIR.: THIBAUT LENAERTS

recorded: July 12, 2024, Grand Manège, Namur

period instruments

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source: RTBF (Brussels) (digital radio) (stream)

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(01) Ave verum corpus, op. 65,1 [03'02"]

(02) Tantum ergo sacramentum, op. 65,2 [02'00"]

(03) En prière [02'25"]

Gabriel FAURÉ / André MESSAGER (1853-1929)

Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville (original version, 1881) [16'27"]

(04) [Messager] Kyrie [04'35"]

(05) [Fauré] Gloria [04'26"]

(06) [Fauré] Sanctus [01'58"]

(07) [Messager] O salutaris [02'27"]

(08) [Fauré] Agnus Dei [03'00"]

Gabriel FAURÉ

(09) Maria mater gratiae, op. 47,2 [02'23"]

(10) Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11 [05'15"]

(11) Madrigal op. 35 [04'04"]

Requiem op. 48 (original version, 1888) [21'31"]

(12) Introit et Kyrie [06'12"]

(13) Sanctus [03'11"]

(14) Pie Jesu [03'14"]

(15) Agnus Dei [05'05"]

(16) In paradisum [03'50"]

[encore]

Reynaldo HAHN (1874-1947)

(17) La nuit (à notre ami Gabriel Fauré) [02'35"]

Picture: title page of manuscript of the Requiem

links:

Motets op. 65

En prière

Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville

Maria mater gratiae

Cantique de Jean Racine

Madrigal

Requiem

scores

André Messager

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Millenium Orchestra

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Handel: Jephtha - Christophe Rousset

 

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Jephtha

oratorio in 3 parts (HWV 70) (London, 1752)

libretto: Thomas Morell

Marie Lys, soprano (Iphis)

Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (Storge)

Tim Mead, alto (Hamor)

Jeremy Ovenden, tenor (Jephtha)

Edwin Crossley-Mercer, bass (Zebul)

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Talens Lyriques

DIR.: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

recorded: May 30, 2024, Konzerthalle Ulrichskirche, Halle

[Händelfestspiele Halle 2024]

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(01) Part 1

(02) Part 2

(03) Part 3

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Jephtha

libretto

score

Marie Lys

Sophie Harmsen

Tim Mead

Jeremy Ovenden

Edwin Crossley-Mercer

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Talens Lyriques

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Donizetti: Messa da Requiem - Leonardo García Alarcón

 

All Souls' Day

Gaetano DONIZETTI

(1797 - 1848)

Messa da Requiem

Ambroisine Bré, soprano

Giuseppina Bridelli, contralto

Fabio Trümpy, tenor

Nikolay Borchev, bass

Philippe Favette, bass

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Millenium Orchestra

DIR.: LEONARDO GARCÍA ALARCON

recorded: June 8, 2016, Basilique, Saint-Denis

period instruments

source: CLC Productions - Festival de Saint-Denis

audio stream of video caption

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Saverio MERCADANTE (1795-1870)

(01) Sinfonia sopra i motivi dello Stabat Mater di Rossini [10'59"]

Gaetano DONIZETTI

Messa da Requiem [67'34"]

(02) Introduzione [12'52"]

(03) Graduale [04'54"]

(04) Sequentia [35'00"]

(05) Offertorio [04'37"]

(06) Communio [01'52"]

(07) Responsorio [08'19"]

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Saverio Mercadante

Donizetti, Messa da Requiem - score

Ambroisine Bré

Giuseppina Bridelli

Fabio Trümpy

Nikolai Borchev

Philippe Favette

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Millenium Orchestra

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Vivaldi: Sacred works - Leonardo García Alarcón

 

Antonio VIVALDI

(1678 - 1741)

Sacred works

Mariana Flores, soprano

Sophie Junker, soprano

Dara Savinova, contralto

Valerio Contaldo, tenor

Alejandro Meerapfel, bass

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Millenium Orchestra

DIR.: LEONARDO GARCÍA ALARCÓN

recorded: Jan 20, 2023, deSingel, Antwerp

period instruments

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source: Klara (B) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

programme (NL) with lyrics included [pdf]

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(01) Dixit Dominus (RV 807) [22'40"]

(02) Confitebor tibi Domine (RV 596) [10'55"]

(03) Beatus vir (RV 795) [25'40"]

(04) Magnificat in g minor (RV 610) [14'33"]

[encore]

(05) Laetatus sum (RV 827) [03'15"]

links:

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Mariana Flores

Sophie Junker

Dara Savinova

Valerio Contaldo

Alejandro Meerapfel

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Millenium Orchestra

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César Franck double bill - Choral & orchestral works

 

César FRANCK

(1822 - 1890)

born 10 December 1822

I Choeur de Chambre de Namur/Thibaut Lenaerts

II Bertrand Chamayou, Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth

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Choral works & instrumental pieces

Caroline Weynants, soprano

Caroline De Mahieu, mezzo-soprano

Jonathan Spicher, tenor

Kamil Ben Hsain Lachiri, baritone

Emmanuel Tondus, cello

Philippe Riga, fortepiano [Érard]

Edward Vanmarsenille, harmonium

DIR.: THIBAUT LENAERTS

recorded: July 7, 2022, Église Saint-Loup, Namur

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 320 kbps)

source: RTBF (digital radio) (stream)

booklet CD included [pdf]

(01) Domine Deus in simplicitate, offertorio (CFF 210) [03'34"]

(02) Salut jour vénéré (CFF 205) [03'09"]

(03) Domine non secundum (CFF 213) [03'34"]

(04) Pizzicati et andante (after Léo Delibes, Sylvia) (CCF 238) [02'12"]

(05) Tantum ergo (CFF 208,3) [02'51"]

(06) Premier sourire de mai (CFF 172) [01'59"]

(07) Panis angelicus (CFF 209) [03'34"]

(08) Dextera Domini (CFF 211) [09'00"]

(09) Prélude, fugue et variation, op. 18 (CFF 30) [09'23"]

Six duos pour voix égales:

(10) Aux petits enfants [No. 2] (CFF 166) [02'04"]

(11) Les danses de Lormont [No. 4] (CFF 168) [02'43"]

(12) Quare fremuerunt gentes (CFF 215) [03'58"]

Rebecca, oratorio (CFF 187):

(13) Sous l'ombre fraîche [04'57"]

(14) Nous marchions avant que l'aurore [03'28"]

(15) Danse lente (CFF 25) [02'34"]

Rebecca, oratorio (CFF 187):

(16) En toi, mon Dieu, notre âme se confie [02'37"]

[encore]

(17) Litanies de la Sainte Vierge (CFF 223) [01'57"]

II

Orchestral works

Bertrand Chamayou, fortepiano

Les Siècles

DIR.: FRANÇOIS-XAVIER ROTH

recorded: May 31, 2022, Rudolfinum, Prague

period instruments

mp3 (bitrate: 256 kbps)

source: Radio România Muzical (digital radio) (stream)

(01) Le chasseur maudit, symphonic poem (CFF 128) [14'04"]

(02) Variations symphoniques (CFF 137) [13'54"]

Bertrand Chamayou, fortepiano

Symphony in d minor (CFF 130) [35'32"]

(04) lento - allegro non troppo [15'48"]

(05) allegretto [10'03"]

(06) allegro non troppo [09'40"]

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Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Philippe Riga

Bertrand Chamayou

Les Siècles

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Charpentier & Campra: Sacred Works - Reinoud Van Mechelen

 

Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER

&

André CAMPRA

Sacred Works

Ilse Eerens, soprano

Wei-Lian Huang, soprano

Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre

Guy Cutting, tenor

Lisandro Abadie, bass

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

A Nocte Temporis

DIR.: REINOUD VAN MECHELEN

recorded: March 12, 2022, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

[Klara Festival 2022]

period instruments

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Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER (1643-1704)

(01) Te Deum in D (H 146) [25'46"]

(02) Motet pour les trépassés à 8 (Plainte des âmes du purgatoire) (H 311) [12'16"]

André CAMPRA (1660-1744)

Messe de Requiem [47'41"]

(03) Introite [07'41"]

(04) Kyrie [04'26"]

(05) Graduel [06'29"]

(06) Offertoire [11'56"]

(07) Agnus Dei [05'57"]

(08) Sanctus [03'14"]

(09) Post Communion [07'47"]

links:

Charpentier, Te Deum - score

score Motet pour les trépassés

Campra, Messe de Requiem - score

Ilse Eerens

Wei-Lian Huang

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Guy Cutting

Lisandro Abadie

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

A Nocte Temporis

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Clérambault: Vocal works - Reinoud Van Mechelen

 

Louis-Nicolas CLÉRAMBAULT

(1676 - 1749)

Vocal works

Deborah Cachet, soprano

Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre

Guy Cutting, tenor

Lisandro Abadie, bass

Samuel Namotte, bass (01)

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

a nocte temporis

DIR.: REINOUD VAN MECHELEN

recorded: Sept 3, 2021, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

[Festival Early Music Utrecht 2021]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO4 (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

texts and translations included (pdf)

(01) L'histoire de la femme adultère [22'09"]

(02) La muse de l'opéra ou les caractères lyriques [15'54"]

[Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre]

(03) Te Deum [32'58"]

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Louis-Nicolas Clérambault

Deborah Cachet

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Guy Cutting

Lisandro Abadie

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

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Lully: Grands motets - Leonardo García Alarcón

Jean-Baptiste LULLY

(1632 - 1687)

Grands motets

Sophie Junker, soprano
Judith van Wanroij, soprano
Mathias Vidal, haute-contre
Cyril Auvity, haute-contre
Thibaut Lenaerts, tenor
Alain Buet, bass
Philippe Favette, bass

Choeur de Chambre de Namur
Millenium Orchestra

DIR.: LEONARDO GARCÍA ALARCÓN

recorded: Feb 6, 2018, Chapelle Royale, Versailles

period instruments
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source: Mezzo TV
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  (01) Dies irae (LWV 64) [22'04"]

(02) De profundis (LWV 62) [23'25"]

(03) Te Deum (LWV 55) [40'24"]

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Jean-Baptiste Lully

scores

Sophie Junker

Judith van Wanroij

Mathias Vidal

Cyril Auvity

Thibaut Lenaerts

Alain Buet

Philippe Favette

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Millenium Orchestra

Leonardo García Alarcón

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Méhul: Uthal - Christophe Rousset

Etienne-Nicolas MÉHUL

(1763 - 1817)

Uthal

opera in 1 act (1803)

[1.02'40"]

Karine Deshayes, mezzo-soprano (Malvina)
Reinoud Van Mechelen, haute-contre (Premier Barde)
Yann Beuron, tenor (Uthal)
Sébastien Droy, tenor (Ullin)
Artavazd Sargsyan, tenor (Deuxième Barde)
Jean-Sébastien Bou, baritone (Larmor)
Philippe-Nicolas Martin, baritone (Le Chef des Bardes, Troisième Barde)
Jacques-Greg Belobo, bass (Quatrième Barde)

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Les Talens Lyriques

DIR.: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

recorded: May 30, 2015, Opéra Royal, Versailles

period instruments
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source: France Musique (podcast)

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Karine Deshayes

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Yann Beuron

Sébastien Droy

Artavazd Sargsyan

 Jean-Sébastien Bou

Philippe-Nicolas Martin
Jacques-Greg Belobo
Choeur de Chambre de Namur
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset


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Handel: Jephtha - Ottavio Dantone

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Jephtha (HWV 70)

oratorio in 3 acts

 Katherine Watson, soprano (Iphis)

Caroline Weynants, soprano (Angel)

Gaëlle Arquez, mezzo-soprano (Storgè)

Delphine Galou, contralto (Hamor)

Martin Vanberg, tenor (Jephtha)

Christian Immler, bass (Zebul)

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Accademia Bizantina

DIR.: OTTAVIO DANTONE

recorded: July 17, 2015, Basilique Notre Dame, Beaune

[Festival de Beaune 2015]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Radio 4 (NL) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder July 21, 2015

(01) act 1 [53'13"]

(02) act 2 [53'46"]

(03) act 3 [35'35"]

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libretto

score

Katherine Watson

Gaëlle Arquez

Delphine Galou

Martin Vanberg

Christian Immler

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Accademia Bizantina

Ottavio Dantone

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