Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Charpentier: Médée (1995)

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Title: Charpentier: Médée
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Erato
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 3:14:35
Total Size: 987 MB
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Charpentier's Médée gets this writer's vote for the greatest opera of the entire French Baroque era. In their retelling of the Medea legend, Charpentier and his librettist Corneille combine all the grace, charm, and artifice typical of the French Baroque era with truly gripping drama. William Christie and Les Arts Florissants give a thrilling performance with a fabulous cast featuring stellar high tenor Mark Padmore and "La Divina" Lorraine Hunt (yes, she is the Maria Callas of 18th-century opera) in the role that made her a Baroque superstar. -- Matthew Westphal