Legros, haute-contre de Gluck Reinoud Van Mechelen & A Nocte Temporis

• Jean-Benjamin de La Borde (1734 - 1794): Thétis et Pelée:
• 1 Borde: Thétis et Pelée: Ouverture 02:30
• 2 Borde: Thétis et Pelée, Act I: Que mon destin est déplorable 03:19
• 3 Borde: Thétis et Pelée, Act III: Ciel ! en voyant ce temple redoutable 05:19
• Pierre-Montan Berton (1727 - 1780): Sylvie:
• 4 Berton: Sylvie: Conduisez ces captifs 02:54
• 5 Berton: Sylvie: Air pour les cyclopes 01:46
• 6 Berton: Sylvie: Air gracieux 01:59
• Jean-Claude Trial (1732 - 1771): La fête de Flore:
• 7 Trial: La fête de Flore: Amour, si tu te plais à ma douleur mortelle 03:11
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787): Iphigénie en Aulide, Wq. 40:
• 8 Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide, Wq. 40: Ouverture 03:23
• Iphigénie en Aulide, Wq. 40, Act II:
• 9 Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide, Wq. 40, Act II: J'obtiens l'objet que j'aime 02:55
• Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act I:
• 10 Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act I: Accablé de regrets 03:51
• 11 Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act II: Ballet des ombres heureuses 03:40
• 12 Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act II: Quel nouveau ciel pare ces lieux ! 03:56
• 13 Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act III: Malheureux, qu'ai-je fait… J'ai perdu mon Eurydice 04:23
• François-Joseph Gossec (1734 - 1829): Alexis et Daphné:
• 14 Gossec: Alexis et Daphné: Loin de ces bois charmants à regret entraîné 02:21
• 15 Gossec: Alexis et Daphné: Vers le sommet de la montagne 02:50
• André-Modeste Gretry (1741 - 1813): Céphale et Procris, Act II:
• 16 Gretry: Céphale et Procris, Act II: Parais, mortel amoureux 02:54
• Céphale et Procris:
• 17 Gretry: Céphale et Procris: Ballet des Nymphes de Diane 03:32
• 18 Gretry: Céphale et Procris: Contredanse 01:17
• Céphale et Procris, Act II:
• 19 Gretry: Céphale et Procris, Act II: Déesse des beaux jours 02:16
• Joseph Legros (1739 - 1793): Hylas et Églé:
• 20 Legros: Hylas et Églé: C'est ici que j'ai vu pour la première fois 02:06
• Niccolò Piccinni (1728 - 1800): Atys, Act II:
• 21 Piccinni: Atys, Act II: Ô funeste amitié ! Confiance accablante ! 06:08
• Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782): Amadis de Gaule, W.G 39:
• 22 Bach: Amadis de Gaule, W.G 39: Largo 02:04
• Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46, Act II:
• 23 Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46, Act II: Quel langage accablant pour un ami qui t'aime ! 03:34
• Total Runtime 01:12:08

Info for Legros, haute-contre de Gluck

Der Tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen beschließt seine Trilogie über den hautes-contre mit "Legros, haute-contre de Gluck". Joseph Legros (1739-1793) war ein Sänger an der Pariser Oper, der für seine außergewöhnlichen musikalischen Fähigkeiten, seinen großen Stimmumfang und seine brillanten hohen Töne bekannt war. "Seine Zeitgenossen schätzten an ihm, dass seine Stimme nicht gezwungen wirkte und dass sein Geschmack weniger manieriert war als der seiner Vorgänger. Seine Aussprache war perfekt und sein Gesicht gefällig, auch wenn er keine allzu anmutige Figur machte und seine Bühnenpräsenz zu wünschen übrig ließ", schreibt Benoit Dratwicki vom Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, das Partner dieser Reihe ist... Legros hat das Interesse moderner Komponisten an der Haute-contre-Stimme neu geweckt. Die ersten, die für ihn schrieben, waren La Borde, Trial und Berton. Dann folgten Gossec (Alexis et Daphné) und Grétry (Céphale et Procris). Die Ankunft von Gluck in Paris im Jahr 1774 markiert einen Wendepunkt in der Karriere von Legros: Er macht sich einen Namen in Orphée et Eurydice, erregt Aufsehen in Iphigénie en Aulide und Iphigénie en Tauride... Die Titelrollen in Amadis de Gaule von J. C. Bach und Piccinnis Atys waren die letzten Rollen, in denen er glänzte. Mit Legros verschwand allmählich die Haute-Contre-Stimme und machte dem "echten Tenor" Platz, einer kraftvolleren Stimme, die jedoch Schwierigkeiten hatte, die hohen Lagen des alten Repertoires zu bewältigen...

Reinoud van Mechelen, Tenor
A Nocte Temporis

A nocte temporis
Latin translation of the French expression “depuis la nuit des temps”, which means “from time immemorial”. A nod towards the past, towards what is changing, and especially also towards what remains unchanged.

After several years of activity as a soloist with conductors such as William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Hervé Niquet, Christophe Rousset, and many others, Reinoud Van Mechelen founds his own ensemble in 2016. His goal is to present historically informed music as well as to emotionally touch an as large audience as possible. For this purpose he surrounds himself with musicians who share this passion with him and who are ready to take up this challenge.

In 2016 he records with a nocte temporis a program dedicated to Bach arias for tenor and flute for the label Alpha Classics (Outhere). In the 16/17 season, they will present this program during concerts in many cities, including Warsaw, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Pavia.

Reinoud Van Mechelen
Since he completed his master studies in 2012 at the Conservatoire Royal in Brussels (class of Dina Grossberger), Reinoud Van Mechelen has established himself on the international stage.

In 2007 he caught attention at the Académie Baroque Européenne in Ambronay under the baton of Hervé Niquet. In 2011 he was a member of the "Jardin des Voix" of William Christie and Paul Agnew and became soon a regular soloist of Les Arts florissants. With Les Arts florissants he has performed 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 Philharmonie in Paris, the Opéra Comique and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.

At the same time he is a guest with international 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, European Union Baroque Orchestra.

In 2014 Reinoud Van Mechelen performed his first Evangelist in J.S. Bach's Johannespassionwith the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. The season after he made his debut in a title role in an opera by Rameau, Dardanus, at the Opéra national de Bordeaux.

In 2016/17 he will be debuting at the Zürich Opera in Charpentier's Médée(Jason) under the baton of William Christie. He will go a significant way ahead in extending his repertoire performing in concert Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Gérald (Lakmé) with the Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio.

Reinoud Van Mechelen has tooken part in several CD and DVD produktions. In 2016 he is recording his first solo CD for Alpha Classics (J. S. Bach Program, release scheduled in fall 2016).



A nocte temporis
Latin translation of the French expression “depuis la nuit des temps”, which means “from time immemorial”. A nod towards the past, towards what is changing, and especially also towards what remains unchanged.

After several years of activity as a soloist with conductors such as William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Hervé Niquet, Christophe Rousset, and many others, Reinoud Van Mechelen founds his own ensemble in 2016. His goal is to present historically informed music as well as to emotionally touch an as large audience as possible. For this purpose he surrounds himself with musicians who share this passion with him and who are ready to take up this challenge.

In 2016 he records with a nocte temporis a program dedicated to Bach arias for tenor and flute for the label Alpha Classics (Outhere). In the 16/17 season, they will present this program during concerts in many cities, including Warsaw, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Pavia.

Reinoud Van Mechelen
Since he completed his master studies in 2012 at the Conservatoire Royal in Brussels (class of Dina Grossberger), Reinoud Van Mechelen has established himself on the international stage.

In 2007 he caught attention at the Académie Baroque Européenne in Ambronay under the baton of Hervé Niquet. In 2011 he was a member of the "Jardin des Voix" of William Christie and Paul Agnew and became soon a regular soloist of Les Arts florissants. With Les Arts florissants he has performed 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 Philharmonie in Paris, the Opéra Comique and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.

At the same time he is a guest with international 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, European Union Baroque Orchestra.

In 2014 Reinoud Van Mechelen performed his first Evangelist in J.S. Bach's Johannespassionwith the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. The season after he made his debut in a title role in an opera by Rameau, Dardanus, at the Opéra national de Bordeaux.

In 2016/17 he will be debuting at the Zürich Opera in Charpentier's Médée(Jason) under the baton of William Christie. He will go a significant way ahead in extending his repertoire performing in concert Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Gérald (Lakmé) with the Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio.

Reinoud Van Mechelen has tooken part in several CD and DVD produktions. In 2016 he is recording his first solo CD for Alpha Classics (J. S. Bach Program, release scheduled in fall 2016).

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