Antonio Salieri: Les Horaces Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset

• Antonio Salieri (1750-1825):
• 1Ouverture03:31
• Acte I, Scène 1:
• 2D'où naît le trouble03:02
• 3Pour Albe, hélas ! quels vœux02:19
• 4Déjà le sanctuaire s'ouvre00:28
• 5Sinfonia01:00
• 6Déesse secourable01:26
• 7La guerre entre Albe et Rome00:20
• 8Ce jour à ton amant00:51
• 9Oui, mon bonheur est assuré02:13
• Acte I, Scène 2:
• 10Secourez-nous01:09
• Acte I, Scène 3:
• 11Peuples, dissipez vos alarmes00:42
• 12Déjà les deux armées03:52
• 13Ô du sort trop heureux retour03:22
• Intermède I:
• 14Le Sénat, rassemblé01:34
• 15Puissant moteur de l'univers01:55
• 16Marche01:12
• 17Ô Rome !02:52
• 18Sinfonia01:10
• 19Ô Dieux, défenseurs00:49
• Acte II, Scène 1:
• 20Ainsi le Ciel00:57
• 21Douce paix01:07
• Acte II, Scène 2:
• 22Vive jamais le nom d'Horace01:01
• 23Dieux protexteurs01:42
• Acte II, Scène 3:
• 24Quels sont les trois guerriers00:45
• Acte II, Scène 4:
• 25Ô déplorable choix02:11
• Acte II, Scène 5:
• 26Iras-tu, Curiace ?00:34
• 27Victime de l'amour03:23
• 28Non, je te connais mieux01:29
• 29Par l'amour02:20
• 30Ô Ciel !00:38
• 31Cœur insensible02:02
• Acte II, Scène 6:
• 32Ne tardons plus00:47
• Acte II, Scène 7:
• 33Mon père !00:17
• 34Seigneur, en ce moment funeste02:15
• Intermède II:
• 35Romains, Albains01:04
• 36Jurer au nom des Dieux03:12
• 37Oui, que les dieux décident01:06
• Acte III, Scène 1:
• 38Que je vous dois d'encens02:15
• Acte III, Scène 2:
• 39Mon père, ah !01:07
• Acte III, Scène 3:
• 40Vos trois fils00:22
• 41Pour ces illustres défenseurs00:45
• Acte III, Scène 4:
• 42Ô sort cruel !00:43
• 43Mes fils ne sont donc plus ?01:10
• 44Que de plus nobles fleurs01:02
• 45Daignez prendre00:55
• 46Du vainqueur célébrons00:22
• Acte III, Scène 5:
• 47Tandis qu'un fils victorieux00:44
• 48Resté seul, n'osant plus00:49
• 49Ô noble appui00:56
• Acte III, Scène 6:
• 50Du vainqueur célébrons02:03
• 51Divertissement02:17
• 52Gavotte02:15
• Acte III, Scène 7:
• 53Où suis-je ?03:04
• 54Rome est libre00:16
• 55Les dieux, de l'univers03:29
• Total Runtime01:25:11

Info for Antonio Salieri: Les Horaces

Christophe Rousset and his Talens Lyriques release the first world recording of Antonio Salieri’s Les Horaces, which they recreated at Versailles in 2016!

To bring this score to life again, Christophe Rousset gathers a dream vocal cast: tenor Cyrille Dubois, Judith van Wanroij, Julien Dran or Jean-Sebastien Bou embody the fate of the characters inspired by the fratricidal struggle of Horatius and Curiatius in Ancient Rome, dramatically revived by an already romantic Salieri in his musical boldness.

Fights, vows and great crowd scenes, the tears heroine Camilla, the Curiatius’ dilemma, or the implacable determination of old Horatius offer intense and original drama.

A rarity and an absolute discovery!

Christophe Rousset, direction
Judith Van Wanroij, Camille
Cyrille Dubois, Curiace
Julien Dran, le jeune Horace
Jean-Sébastien Bou, le vieil Horace
Philippe-Nicolas Martin, L’Oracle, un Albain, Valère, un Romain
Andrew Foster-Williams, Le Grand-Prêtre, le Grand-Sacrificateur
Eugénie Lefebvre, Une suivante de Camille
Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles
Olivier Schneebeli, direction

Christophe Rousset
the founder of the Les Talens Lyriques and an internationally renowned harpsichordist, is a musician and an orchestral conductor inspired by a passion for opera and the rediscovery of the European musical heritage.

After harpsichord studies at La Schola Cantorum in Paris with Huguette Dreyfus, followed by the Conservatoire Royal in The Hague with Bob van Asperen (winning, at the age of 22, the prestigious First Prize in the 7th Bruges Harpsichord Competition), and followed in turn by the creation of his own ensemble, Les Talens Lyriques, in 1991, Christophe Rousset has a perfect grasp of the richness and diversity of the Baroque, Classical and Preromantic repertoires.

After initially attracting attention for his extraordinary talent as a harpsichordist, he soon made his mark as a conductor, with invitations from around the world to perform with his ensemble (Opéra de Paris, De Nederlandse Opera, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Salle Pleyel, Opéra de Lausanne, Teatro Real, Theater an der Wien, Opéra Royal de Versailles, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Barbican Centre, Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Aix-en-Provence and Beaune Festivals, to name but a few venues).

Alongside this, he has continued to pursue an active career as harpsichordist and chamber musician, performing and recording on the most beautiful period instruments. His complete performances of the works for harpsichord of F. Couperin, Rameau, d’Anglebert and Forqueray and various recordings of pieces by J. S. Bach (Partitas, Variations Goldberg, Concertos for harpsichord, English Suites, French Suites, Klavierbüchlein) are considered landmarks. His most recent recording of another musical monument by the German Cantor, the 2nd book of the Well-tempered Clavier (Aparté) – a recording made in the Château of Versailles on a Joannes Ruckers harpsichord (1628) – has been awarded a number of honours, including a “Choc” from Classica magazine and CD of the week from Britain’s Radio 3. The instruments of the Paris Museum of Music have also been entrusted to him for the recording of three CDs of music by Royer, Rameau and Froberger.

Teaching is also an aspect with major importance for Christophe Rousset, who conducts and organises master classes and academies for young people (Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, CNSMDs Paris, Académie d’Ambronay, Orchestre Français des Jeunes Baroques, Jeune Orchestre Atlantique, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, the Britten-Pears Orchestra) and he devotes himself with great energy, alongside the musicians of Les Talens Lyriques, to introducing young secondary school pupils in Paris and the surrounding region to the world of music.

Christophe also has a career as guest conductor (Liceu Barcelona, San Carlo Naples, La Scala Milan, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Orquesta Nacional de España and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Orchestre du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, among other orchestras) as well as the active pursuit of musical research, with the production of critical editions and the publication by Actes Sud of a study on Rameau in 2007.

Christophe Rousset has been awarded the French honours of Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur, Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Chevalier in the Ordre national du Mérite.

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