Acis et Galatée

"'Acis et Galatée' is the last completed opera in Lully's distinguished output ... Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques are old hands at Lully's stage works - this is their 10th - and sound stylistically spot on. The orchestra is warn and caressing, the choir clear and agile, and Rousset draws lovely timbre and line from them throughout. Cyril Auvity's delicate 'haute-contre' gives Acis a fitting sense of vulnerability, and as Galatea Ambroisine Bré's combination of tonal depth and hard sheen bring edge to her disdain and power to her mourning ... Although there's little to choose between ... perhaps the greater beauty and stlistic assurance of the Rousset just carries the day".