Lully: Armide

Lully’s Armide was his last tragédie en musique, staged a few months before a deadly accident with his conducting staff. Armide is the crowning achievement of his collaborations with librettist Philippe Quinault and remains famous for its intoxicating passacaille and beautiful recitatives. In 1983, Philippe Herreweghe gave the very first recording of this Baroque masterpiece in his first effort for Erato. It is here made available digitally for the first time.