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La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers
by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
edited by John S. Powell
☼ = video of a recent performance by the
Catacoustic
Consort
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Overture
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Act 1, sc. 1
1. Air and Chorus
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2. Dance entry
of Nimphes
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3. Enone's
and Artheuze's duet
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Dance
entry of Nimphes (repeated)
4. Euridice's Air
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Act 1, sc. 2
5.
Euridice's Death
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6.
Orpheus's Lament
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7. Dance
entry of Despairing Nymphs
and Shepherds
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8.
Orpheus's Récit
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9.
Apollo and Orpheus
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10.Orpheus
and Chorus
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Dance
entry of Despairing Nymphs
and Shepherds (repeated) |
Act 2, sc. 1
11.
Prelude and Trio
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Act 2, sc. 2
12.
Prelude
13.
Orpheus's Air
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14. Trio of Criminals
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15. Orpheus's second
Air
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16. Chorus of Furies
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17. The Phantoms
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Act 2, sc. 3
18.
Pluto's Récit
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19.
Orpheus's Air
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20.
Persephone's
Récit
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21. Chorus of
Happy Shades, Criminals, and
Furies
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22.
Orpheus's Air
(cont.)
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23. Pluto's Air
24. Persephone's
second Récit
25. Chorus of Happy
Shade, Criminals, and
Furies
26. Orpheus's Air
(cont.)
27. Pluto and
Persephone
28. Chorus of Happy
Shades Criminals, and
Furies
29.
Orpheus's Air
(cont.)
30. Pluto's Second Air
31.
Orpheus's Récit |
Act 2, sc. 4
32. Chorus of Happy Shades,
Criminals, and
Furies
33.
Dance entry of Phantoms |
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Introduction by
John S. Powell
Jean Raoux
(c. 1718-1720) |
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