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Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Claude Malgoire
Alceste

Album FR 1992 on Montaigne label
Classical (Baroque)

"Alceste (1674) Ou Le Triomphe D'Alcide, tragédie lyrique en cinq actes et un prologue de Philippe Quinault (1635-1688), musique de Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)" Comes in a boxset, with: . a 3-CDs jewel case . a 140-page booklet which contains index of the tracks, credits, a synopsis of the libretto, a conversation with Jean-Claude Malgoire, a study about the Quinault - Lully team, the libretto in French and English, biographies of the performers, bibliography and a list of CDs of Théâtre des Champs Elysées collection, . a mini reproduction (48% facsimile) of the 1674 80-page original libretto. Recorded in Paris, at Théatre des Champs-Elysées, January 4 to 8, 1992. ℗ & © 1992 Disques Montaigne, Paris. Made and printed in France. Co-produced by Disques Montaigne, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (with help of Alcatel Alsthom) and Radio France, with help of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. CD 1: 55:53 - CD 2: 55:22 - CD 3: 47:27

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	Jean-Baptiste Lully , 1632-1687 FR album by
	Jean-Claude Malgoire ob, *1940 FR directed by, interviewee, album by
	Jean-Philippe Lafont voc, baritone vocals, alcide or hercule
	Olivier Lallouette , baritone vocals, eole - cléante - homme désolé
	François Loup voc, b, *1940 CH baritone vocals, lycomède - pluton
	Jean-François Gardeil voc, *1955 FR baritone vocals, straton
	Gregory Reinhart voc, *1951 US bass vocals, caron
	Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius , chorus
	Laurent Lucas , edited by, montage
	Raymond Buttin , engineer, ingénieur du son
	Dominique Druhen , FR interviewer, j.c. malgoire
	Philippe Quinault , *1635 FR libretto by
	Buford Norman , *1945 FR liner notes, libretto by, translation, liner notes, translation
	La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy , orchestra
	François Léonard recorded by, enregistrement
	Colette Alliot-Lugaz , *1947 FR soprano vocals, alceste
	Sophie Marin-Degor voc, *1966 soprano vocals, céphise - la gloire
	Miriam Ruggeri voc, soprano vocals, nymphe de la seine
	Véronique Gens voc, *1966 FR soprano vocals, proserpine - femme affligée - nymphe de la marne - nymphe des tuileries
	Claudine Le Coz voc, soprano vocals, thétis - diane - nymphe de la mer
	Howard Crook voc, *1947 US tenor vocals, admète
	Douglas Nasrawi voc, US tenor vocals, alecton - apollon
	Gilles Ragon voc, FR tenor vocals, lychas
	Michel Dens voc, 1911-2000 FR tenor vocals, phérès

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