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Trio Sonnerie, Nancy Argenta
Portrait of Love
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (35) - Disc #1
1. La Sonnerie De Sainte Genevieve Du Mont De Paris
2. Dans Les Jardins Enchantes De Cythere
3. Air: Sous Les Loix De La Jeune Flore
4. Tandis Que Les Amours
5. Rien N'est Si Beau
6. Air: Qu'a Votre Gloire Tout Conspire
7. L'Amour Charme
8. Air: Charmant Vainqueur
9. Le Charme
10. L'Enjouement
11. Les Graces
12. Le Je-Ne-Scay-Quoy
13. La Vivacite
14. La Noble Fierte
15. La Douceur
16. L'Et Caetera
17. La Feste Champetre
18. La Virginite
19. La Pudeur
20. L'Ardeur
21. L'Esperance
22. La Fidelite
23. La Perseverance
24. La Langueur
25. Les Dominos (La Coquetterie)
26. Les Vieux Galants
27. Les Coucous Benevoles
28. La Jalousie Taciturne
29. Desespoir (La Frenesie)
30. L'Ame En Peine
31. 'Je Ne Verrai Donc Plus Enee!'
32. Air: O Toi Deesse De Cithere!
33. Infidele Pourquoi Quitez Vous Ce Rivage?
34. Air: Tirans De L'Empire De L'Onde
35. Air: Qu'il Est Dangereux

CD Details

All Artists: Trio Sonnerie, Nancy Argenta
Title: Portrait of Love
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Release Date: 9/8/1998
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Short Forms, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Instruments, Keyboard, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 713746093228

CD Reviews

Excellent introduction to French Baroque music

David Leeson | 04/28/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Over the past year I have discovered and fallen in love with French Baroque music, and with Harmonia Mundi's superb recordings thereof. "A Portrait of Love" is an excellent introduction to both. Trio Sonnerie provides a sampling of the most popular genres and composers, including cantatas by Clerambault and Monteclair, a trio sonata and a harpsichord suite by Francois Couperin, and two viol pieces by Marin Marais, including my personal favourite, "La Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont À Paris." This CD also introduces you to the most common theme in secular French Baroque music: love, its pleasures, and its pains. "Le Mort de Didon," for example, depicts Dido, Queen of Carthage, lamenting over the departure of her beloved Aeneas, and Monteclair's cantata for solo soprano makes an interesting contrast with Purcell's opera on the same mythological subject. Both the playing and the singing on this CD sound superb to my (admittedly untrained) ear, and the recording is up to Harmonia Mundi's usual high standards. If you would like to sample the sounds of the French Baroque, this is the place to start. If you have already discovered the French Baroque, this will make a fine addition to your collection: Trio Sonnerie's version of the eponymous "Sonnerie" is especially intense and interesting. If you enjoy this recording, I encourage you to check out other releases from Harmonia Mundi, an independent French label that advertises itself, truthfully, as "The Best in Classical Music." HM has recordings to suit any budget, from full-price new releases, to its mid-price "Suite" line, to its bargain-price "Musique d'abord" line. Musique d'abord is especially good value, offering older recordings by superb performers like William Christie's Les Arts Florissants at half the price of a new release. I have over three dozen discs from Harmonia Mundi, and I've loved every one of them."