Composers: Charles-Hubert Gervais
Compositions: Hypermnestre
Performers: Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi
Catalogue Number: GCD924007
Charles-Hubert Gervais was the younger of that generation of French Baroque composers between Lully and Rameau that included Campra, Delalande and Monteclair. Engaged as Maître de musique at the Palais Royal for Philippe d’Orléans (regent of France 1715-23) his style reflects the tastes of the Italophile court.
Composed for the Académie Royal de Musique, his opera Hypermnestre remained a staple of...
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