Portraits de la Folie

1. Der lächerliche Printz Jodelet - Sinfonia
2. Les Fêtes vénitiennes - Air de la Folie "Accourez hâtez-vous"
3. Sémélé - Ne cesse point de m'enflammer
4. Sémélé - Descendez cher amant
5. Sémélé - Aussitôt le bruit du tonnerre. Est-il un destin plus heureux
6. Concerto in G Major, S. 214 - I. Vivace
7. Concerto in G Major, S. 214 - II. Largo
8. Concerto in G Major, S. 214 - III. Allegro
9. From silent shades and the Elysian groves, Z. 370
10. Ground in F Minor
11. Don Quixote, Z. 578 - From Rosie Bow'rs
12. Ah, crudel! nel pianto mio, HWV. 78 - Sinfonia
13. Ah, crudel! nel pianto mio, HWV. 78 - Adagio. Aria "Ah! crudel nel pianto moi"
14. Ah, crudel! nel pianto mio, HWV. 78 - Recitativo "Non sdegnerai d'amar chi t'ama tanto"
15. Ah, crudel! nel pianto mio, HWV. 78 - Aria "Di quel bel ch'il ti diede"
16. Ah, crudel! nel pianto mio, HWV. 78 - Recitativo "Balena il cielo e il turbine che passa"
17. Ah, crudel! nel pianto mio, HWV. 78 - Aria "Per trofei di mia costanza"
18. Suite No. 5, Pièces en trio pour les Flûtes, Violons, & Dessus de Viole - Caprice in E Minor
19. Le Carnaval et la Folie - Air de la Folie "Abandonnons le soin du monde"
20. Les Elémens - Air pour l’Amour. Rondeau
21. Le Carnaval et la Folie - Gavotte en rondeau. Air de la Folie "Souffrez que l’Amour vous lie"

Having been relegated to a moral space of exclusion and fear in the Middle Ages, madness subsequently became a major social phenomenon: brought under control and personified as ‘Folly’ in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it provided scope for social and moral criticism, leading composers and librettists to give it a prominent place on the operatic stage. Here Stéphanie d’Oustrac and the Amarillis ensemble present its multiple facets, from seduction to passionate love, from despair to joy, revealing the underlying truths of humanity in the Baroque era.