Title: Reines
Artist: Veronique Gens
Label: Alpha
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 3701624512050
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-04-10
Number of Discs: 1

After Passion (ALPHA747), Veronique Gens reunites with Louis-Noel Bestion de Camboulas’ ensemble Les Surprises to celebrate a type of role intrinsically linked to 17th- and 18th-century French baroque opera: queens! “Operatic queens are powerful women, often torn between duty and passion, with a fundamentally complex psychology. They display a range of emotions to match the theatre’s dramatic and scenic effects; they also demand above all music that is by turns intense and sophisticated.” writes Benot Dratwicki of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, a partner in this project. With Veronique Gens, one could not dream of a better embodiment of these women’s destinies set to music by the most famous composers of the time (Rameau, Rebel, Dauvergne, Royer, Desmarest, Salomon, Stuck, Destouches, Francoeur…), many of whom have been unjustly forgotten.

Tracks:
1.1 Polyxne-Tremblement de Terre
1.2 Hippolyte Et Aricie-Quelle Plainte en Ces Lieux M’appelle?
1.3 Hercule Mourant-Marche Funbre
1.4 Hercule Mourant-Dieu, Grand Dieu, Sois Sensible (Air Et Chur)
1.5 Scanderberg-Ouverture
1.6 Mde Et Jason-Prte Porter D’horribles Coups (Air Et Chur)
1.7 Renaud, Ou la Suite D’armide-Ah! Ne Puis-Je Savoir
1.8 Renaud, Ou la Suite D’armide-O S’garent Mes Pas? (Air Et Chur)
1.9 Renaud, Ou la Suite D’armide-Dans Notre Empire (Chur Et Danse Des Dmons)
1.10 Renaud, Ou la Suite D’armide-Tremble, Armide (Air Et Chur)
1.11 Callirho-Premier Air Pour Les Sacrificateurs
1.12 Zade, Reine de Grenade-Tyrans Des Curs
1.13 Callirho-Deuxime Air Pour Les Sacrificateurs
1.14 Canente-Sombre Desse Du Silence
1.15 Work(S)-Chur Du Sommeil
1.16 Mlagre-Quel Charme Me Retient
1.17 Mlagre-Gouffres Qui Conduisez
1.18 Dardanus-Air Tendre
1.19 Zoroastre-Amour, Cruel Amour
1.20 Acanthe Et Cphise-Menuet
1.21 Dardanus-Air TRS Vif
1.22 Jepht-Rigaudons
1.23 Jepht-Canarie