Discographie

Psyche

Composer : Jean-Baptiste, Lully Matthew Locke

Inspired by Psyche by Lully, Molière, Corneille and Quinault, Locke's Psyche was a veritable artistic firework display: seeking to rival the continental operas in splendor, it greedily blended theater, song, dance, scenery and spectacular machines. Sébastien Daucé has done a wonderful job of reconstructing this essential masterpiece in the history of the birth of English opera.

  • France Musique

Tracklist

  1. Disque 1
  2. Psyche, Act I: Overture
  3. Psyche, Act I Scene 1: A symphony of recorders and soft musick
  4. Psyche, Act I Scene 1: Great Psyche, goddess of each Field and Grove (Pan & Nymphs)
  5. Psyche, Act I Scene 1: A rustick dance of Sylvans & Dryads
  6. Psyche, Act I Scene 1: Symphony of rustick musick representing an eccho
  7. Psyche, Act I Scene 1: Song of Ecchoes "Great Psyche shall find no such pleasure as here"
  8. Psyche, Act I Scene 1: Dance for Ambition, Power, Plenty and Peace
  9. Psyche, Act I Scene 1: Entry of Envy
  10. Psyche, Act I Scene 1: Song of Envy & Furies "Envy 'gainst Psyche"
  11. Psyche, Act I Scene 1: Entry of the Princes Nicander & Polynices
  12. Psyche, Act I Scene 1: Symphony at the descending of Venus in her chariot drawn by doves
  13. Psyche, Act I Scene 1: With kindness I your pray'rs receive (Venus)
  14. Psyche, Act I Scene 1: Symphony at the ascending of Venus in her chariot drawn by doves
  15. Psyche, Act II: Curtain tune. The temple of Apollo Delphicus
  16. Psyche, Act II Scene 1: Song of procession in the temple "Let's to Apollo's Altar now repair"
  17. Psyche, Act II Scene 1: Son of Latona (Chief Priest)
  18. Psyche, Act II Scene 1: Dance of Priests
  19. Psyche, Act II Scene 1: To Apollo, our Celestial King (Chief Priest & his attendants)
  20. Psyche, Act II Scene 1: Ceremony for Apollo
  21. Psyche, Act II Scene 2: Entry for Despairing Lovers
  22. Psyche, Act II Scene 2: Break, break distracted heart (Four Despairing Lovers)
  23. Psyche, Act II Scene 2: Intermède. Plainte italienne (extr. from Lully's Psyché)
  24. Disque 2
  25. Psyche, Act III: Curtain tune
  26. Psyche, Act III Scene 1: Dance of Cyclops
  27. Psyche, Act III Scene 1: Song of Vulcan "Ye bold Sons of Earth"
  28. Psyche, Act III Scene 1: Song at the Treat of Cupid & Psyche "All joy to fair Psyche"
  29. Psyche, Act III Scene 2: Warlike dance with a consort of loud martial musick
  30. Psyche, Act III Scene 2: Song and dance of the Salij "Let us loudly rejoice"
  31. Psyche, Act III Scene 2: Song of Praesul "Great God of War"
  32. Psyche, Act III Scene 2: Warlike dance
  33. Psyche, Act III Scene 2: While we to Mars (Praesul)
  34. Psyche, Act III Scene 2: Venus & Mars meet in the Air in their chariots; his drawn by horses, and hers by doves
  35. Psyche, Act III Scene 2: Song of Venus & Mars "Great God of War"
  36. Psyche, Act III Scene 2: Entry of Furies
  37. Psyche, Act IV Scene 1: Curtain tune. A stately garden belonging to the magnificent palace
  38. Psyche, Act IV Scene 1: Entry for Cupids
  39. Psyche, Act IV Scene 1: Song for Cupids "Let old Age"
  40. Psyche, Act IV Scene 1: Dance of the statues, leaping from their pedestals
  41. Psyche, Act IV Scene 2: Stay, stay (God of the River & two Nymphs to Psyche)
  42. Psyche, Act IV Scene 2: Symphony at the descending of Venus
  43. Psyche, Act V: Curtain tune. Burning ruins of buildings, the throne of Pluto, and a great number of Devils & Furies
  44. Psyche, Act V Scene 1: To what great distresses (Devils & Furies)
  45. Psyche, Act V Scene 1: Dance of the Furies
  46. Psyche, Act V Scene 1: Entry of Pluto
  47. Psyche, Act V Scene 1: Refrain your tears (Pluto)
  48. Psyche, Act V Scene 1: Psyche, draw near (Proserpina & Pluto)
  49. Psyche, Act V Scene 1: Be gone, fair Psyche (Proserpina & Pluto)
  50. Psyche, Act V Scenes 2 & 3: Symphony at the descending of Apollo and the Gods
  51. Psyche, Act V Scene 3: Assemble all the ye Heavenly Quire (Apollo)
  52. Psyche, Act V Scene 3: On Earth by unkindness (Three Elysian Lovers)
  53. Psyche, Act V Scene 3: Symphony at the descending of Jupiter, Cupid & Psyche
  54. Psyche, Act V Scene 3: Dance for Six Elysian Princes
  55. Psyche, Act V Scene 3: Behold the God (Mars)
  56. Psyche, Act V Scene 3: Rustick musick of Mænades & Ægipanes
  57. Psyche, Act V Scene 3: Grand chorus and dance, with all the instruments "All joy to this Celestial Pair"