Credits:

Wilms / Dabringhaus / Berakdar

Description:

The Mede, Charpentier's only lyric tragedy, is a vivid story with vivid character music, and is still performed today thanks to the revival of the work by Christie and Les Arts Florissants in 1984. The recording was made shortly after the founding of Les Arts Florissants, and it is surprising to hear the highest level of performance right from the start. Charpentier's music for the story of Mede (Medea), who kills her own son out of revenge against the man who abandoned her, makes effective and dramatic use of chromatic scales and modulations. The tension-filled performance by Christie, Leszar Florissant, and the great singers has not faded. King International