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The haute-contre voice has these days faded from general musicological discussion to such a degree that it doesn’t even get an entry in the big-name music dictionary sitting on this particular critic’s shelf. Yet in the French Baroque and Classical period, from Lully and Rameau to Gluck, this high tenor voice – sitting in the alto range, but unlike the countertenor voice appearing to have been achieved largely without employing falsetto – was the one for which many of the leading heroic and amatory roles were penned, and could perhaps be seen as an important stepping stone towards the tenor voice eventually pinching the lead roles being from countertenors. All of which makes tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen’s “Haute-Contre Trilogy” a fascinating addition to the catalogue.
This second volume of the trilogy (following a first devoted to Louis Gaulard Dumesny, for whom Lully created many of his main roles) sees him and his ensemble turn their attentions to Rameau’s favourite singer, Pierre de Jéliote (1713-1797), who made his sung stage debut in 1733 at the Concert Spirituel, before retiring from singing in 1765 to instead join the King’s Orchestra as a violinist and guitarist. Repertoire-wise, there’s all sorts to enjoy. Inevitably, Rameau’s operas feature strongly, with offerings from Les Boréades, Castor et Pollux, Hippolyte et Aricie, Les Fêtes d’Hébé and Platée.
However we’ve very much been given the full 360-degree tour of de Jéliote’s landscape, with Dauvergne, Colin de Blamont, Mondonville, Rebel and Francoeur also on the bill. Van Mechelen himself is clear-toned and agile, bringing gentle poetry to the clearly amatory airs; and while it’s a light voice, it’s not without its power when he chooses, and you’ll by turns hear it all across Rebel’s multi-faceted Muses, je viens encor. That particular air equally showcases the sensitive, crisply light and fleet-footed support from A Nocte Temporis, with some especially enjoyable woodwind playing, across both their tutti and chamber-textured moments; and indeed the icing on the programming cake overall are the solo ensemble moments punctuating the album at regular intervals – not least the overture to Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie with which it begins. © Charlotte Gardner/Qobuz
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Hippolyte et Aricie (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Reinoud Van Mechelen, Countertenor - A Nocte Temporis, Ensemble - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Reinoud Van Mechelen, Countertenor - A Nocte Temporis, Ensemble - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Les fêtes grecques et romaines (François Colin de Blamont)
Reinoud Van Mechelen, Countertenor - A Nocte Temporis, Ensemble - François Colin de Blamont, Composer - Jean-Louis Fuzelier, Lyricist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Antoine Houdar De La Motte, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - François Rebel, Composer - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist - Jean-Louis-Ignace de La Serre, Lyricist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist - Charles-Louis Mion, Composer - Jean-Louis-Ignace de La Serre, Lyricist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Charles-Antoine Leclerc de La Bruere, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Jacques Autreau, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist - Pierre de Jéliote, Composer - Jean Baptiste Delanoue, Lyricist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Voltaire, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Marie Leclair, Composer - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Antoine Dauvergne, Composer - Louis de Cahusac, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Antoine Dauvergne, Composer - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Pierre-Joseph Bernard, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist - Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondoville, Composer
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist - Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondoville, Composer
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist - Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondoville, Composer
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist - Pierre-Montan Berton, Composer - François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, Lyricist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Pierre Laujon, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist - Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, Composer
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Louis de Cahusac, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Louis de Cahusac, Lyricist - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Reinoud Van Mechelen, MainArtist - A Nocte Temporis, MainArtist - Antoine-César Gautier de Montdorge, Lyricist
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
Album review
The haute-contre voice has these days faded from general musicological discussion to such a degree that it doesn’t even get an entry in the big-name music dictionary sitting on this particular critic’s shelf. Yet in the French Baroque and Classical period, from Lully and Rameau to Gluck, this high tenor voice – sitting in the alto range, but unlike the countertenor voice appearing to have been achieved largely without employing falsetto – was the one for which many of the leading heroic and amatory roles were penned, and could perhaps be seen as an important stepping stone towards the tenor voice eventually pinching the lead roles being from countertenors. All of which makes tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen’s “Haute-Contre Trilogy” a fascinating addition to the catalogue.
This second volume of the trilogy (following a first devoted to Louis Gaulard Dumesny, for whom Lully created many of his main roles) sees him and his ensemble turn their attentions to Rameau’s favourite singer, Pierre de Jéliote (1713-1797), who made his sung stage debut in 1733 at the Concert Spirituel, before retiring from singing in 1765 to instead join the King’s Orchestra as a violinist and guitarist. Repertoire-wise, there’s all sorts to enjoy. Inevitably, Rameau’s operas feature strongly, with offerings from Les Boréades, Castor et Pollux, Hippolyte et Aricie, Les Fêtes d’Hébé and Platée.
However we’ve very much been given the full 360-degree tour of de Jéliote’s landscape, with Dauvergne, Colin de Blamont, Mondonville, Rebel and Francoeur also on the bill. Van Mechelen himself is clear-toned and agile, bringing gentle poetry to the clearly amatory airs; and while it’s a light voice, it’s not without its power when he chooses, and you’ll by turns hear it all across Rebel’s multi-faceted Muses, je viens encor. That particular air equally showcases the sensitive, crisply light and fleet-footed support from A Nocte Temporis, with some especially enjoyable woodwind playing, across both their tutti and chamber-textured moments; and indeed the icing on the programming cake overall are the solo ensemble moments punctuating the album at regular intervals – not least the overture to Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie with which it begins. © Charlotte Gardner/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:29:14
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Reinoud Van Mechelen A Nocte Temporis - Reinoud Van Mechelen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Area: France
- Genre: Classical Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder Mélodies
- Period: Baroque Music
2021 Alpha Clasics / Outhere Music France 2021 Alpha Classics / Outhere Muisc France & A Nocte Temporis
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