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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU - LE BAROQUE EN FRANCE - OPERA BALLET

Rameau

Klassik zum Entspannen

CLASSIC BEAUTY

Folk Song (After "Dumka" from Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81/B.155, No. 2)

Rameau: La Pantomime

Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: I. Prélude

Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: II. Allemande

Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: V. La Triomphante

Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: III. Courante

Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: IV. Sarabande

When I am laid, am laid in earth, May my wrongs create
No trouble, no trouble in thy breast;
Remember me, remember me, but ah! forget my fate.
Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.

Dido's Lament - by Henry Purcell (sung by Laurie Ann Haus)

Händel: Sarabande Piano Meditation (After Sarabande from Suite in D Minor, HWV 437)

Sarabande Piano Meditation (After Sarabande from Suite in D Minor, HWV 437)

Liszt Variation (After Im Rhein, im schönen Strome, S. 272, Arr. for Piano by Florian Christl)

At a time of gathering momentum, ALPHA is rereleasing 14 seminal recordings in a collection called, quite simply, ALPHA
COLLECTION.
This series brings together the finest Baroque recordings from the Alpha and ZZT catalogues: discs singled out for honours,
emblematic artists of music from that period, recordings that marked the discography...
This is also the occasion to discover or rediscover universally known works as well as world premiere recordings of rarities.
In the framework of these rereleases, the performers have been interviewed and bear witness to their view of the work and
their recording several years later, and their fascinating remarks are taken up in the booklets (all trilingual: French, English,
German).

RAMEAU - Pièces De Clavecin, 1724 - Le Rappel Des Oiseaux by Blandine Rannou

Chaconne de Arianne et Bacchus (1696) de Marin Marais (1656-1728)

Classical Collections The Masters, Vol. 7

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 - Allegro moderato

On their Navona debut AGE OF INDULGENCE, early music ensemble Les Délices presents an exquisite compendium of unique and rare instrumental music from the last generation of French Baroque composers. The album’s repertoire shines a spotlight on lesser-known – yet powerfully skilled – composers active in the most important circles of mid- and late-eighteenth century Parisian musical society.

The instrumental works on the album are elegantly detailed with many of the dominant French and European musical ideas of the era, including several of the genres that lay at the core of Baroque music. Conveyed in the immaculate performances of Les Délices’ acclaimed instrumentalists, AGE OF INDULGENCE is a sophisticated look back to a rich crossroads in the history of French music.

The two quartets from François-André Philidor’s l’Art de la Modulation (1755) found on the album – Sinfonia V and Sinfonia I – are defined by fast, unexpected harmonic shifts, creating a sense of exploration and surprise. The warmth and ease that opens Sinfonia V quickly gives way to diminished harmonies, chromaticism, and jaunty modulations, before the quartet ends with a playful, virtuosic theme and variations.

In Sinfonia I, the opening interplay between oboe and violin presents piquant chromatic inflections and plangent melodic intervals abound. The momentary calm of sonorous drones follows some disquieting melodic augmentations, with the peace soon ended by wistful departures and chromatic shocks that arrest the listener. The closing Gavotte pops and crackles with excitement.

The ensemble’s performance of Sonata Seconda, Op. 2 captures the essential style of composer Michel Blavet, who was renowned for combining incredible refinement and expression with a virtuoso technique inspired by the Italian violin school. While the opening prelude has a sensitive air with particularly French sensibilities, the sonata ultimately reflects Italian extroversion in its middle and concluding passages.

Echoing the spirit of chamber arrangements of excerpts from Jean-Philippe Rameau’s operas, AGE OF INDULGENCE presents adapted selections from the composer’s operatic oeuvre with Extraits d’operas. The ensembles arrangements include selections from Rameau’s Les Fêtes de l’Hymen (1747); the 1744-version of Dardanus; and Les Boréades (1763). Though Les Boréades was never produced in the 18th century, the surviving score contains remarkable music and suggests a fanciful staging. Its Entrée de Polymnie replete with cascades of flowing scales and layered suspensions that approach the sublime.

AGE OF INDULGENCE provides snapshots for the most important trends in French composition in the eighteenth century. We hear the unique characteristics of the French Baroque, namely lush harmonies, and ornate melodic embellishments, as well as intricate counterpoint and virtuosic instrumental writing suggestive of German and Italian trends, respectively.

The album’s works are made more poignant when one considers the composers on the album were among the final generation of Baroque composers. Their music pays tribute not only to earlier generations of French artists, but also bids farewell to the Baroque Era itself.

http://navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6098/

Age of Indulgence

Extraits d'Operas "Tambourins from Dardanus"  |  Les Délices

A two bass versionof Henry Purcell's "Music for a While" 

I play both parts, one on double bass, the other on my Wal fretless.

Music for a While - Henry Purcell ( Arrangement by Martin Elliott)

Castor et Pollux (1754 version) (Disc 2)

Jean-Philippe Rameau / Gavotte from 'Castor et Pollux' (Aradia Ensemble)

This re-release of orchestral suites from two stage works by Jean-Phillippe Rameau (1683-1764) marks the first occasion on which Jeanne Lamon the Tafelmusik Orchestra, Toronto's award-winning period instrument orchestra, recorded music of the French baroque.  The two suites featured on this CD are drawn from Rameau's epic five-act "tragedie en musique" Dardanus, and from the less familiar "opera-ballet" Le Temple de la Glorie.

Dardanus: Overture

Vivaldi Variation (Arr. for Piano from Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 156 by F. Christl)

A keyboard masterpiece by the greatest English composer Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695). Performed by Anton Batagov (piano) in 2013.
This piece could have been the ultimate soundtrack for any postmodern movie.
Michael Nyman's music from THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT written 30 years ago is a contemporary meditation on this GROUND. I love Nyman's version but I think the original Purcell's piece sounds even fresher today ...

Henry Purcell: Ground in C minor

RAMEAU : CONCERTS MIS EN SIMPHONIE

VERSION ORCHESTRÉE DES PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN (1741)
COLL. RAMEAU, VOL II
Paru en mai 2009

Rameau - Premier Concert - La Coulicam

Henry Purcell: Rondo from Abdelazer

Extrait des Pièces de Clavecin en Concert - "La Forqueray" (5ème Concert) de Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

Anna Besson - Flûte
Louis Creac'h - Violon
Jean Rondeau - Clavecin
Robin Pharo - Viole de Gambe

Son - Camille Frachet

Jean-Philippe Rameau / Gavotte from 'Castor et Pollux' (Aradia Ensemble)

Kirill Zakharov