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Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs by Henry Purcell, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and George Frideric Handel / Patricia Petibon, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: José de Nebra: Vendado es amor, no es ciego; Henry Le Bailly: Yo soy la locura (Passacalle de La Folie); Anonymous: Cachua, improvisation on a melody recogida by Baltasar Martínez Compa...
Performers: Almada, Lincoln; Grare, Joël; Greenlaw, Kevin [Baritone vocal]; Hamon, Pierre; Mascardi, Evangelina; Petibon, Patricia; Rodriguez, Josias
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: ; La Cetra

Admired for her remarkable creative imagination and exemplary musicianship, soprano Patricia Petibon, in her newest album for Deutsche Grammophon, offers a treasure-trove of fascinating Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Martinskirche in Basel, Switzerland (02/2012)....continue...

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zaïs, Hippolyte et Aricie orchestral suites / LÆOrfeo Baroque Orchestra

1 CD / Delta Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zaïs, ballet héroïque - Orchestral Suite; Hippolyte et Aricie, tragédie en musique
Performers: Gaigg, Michi
Conductors: Gaigg, Michi
Ensemble: ; LÆOrfeo Baroque Orchestra

In 1733, when Jean-Philippe Rameau staged his first opera at the age of 50, no one thought that the composer would come up with 20...continue...
Recording information: Kapelle der Landesmusikschule Ried, Ried im Innkreis, Ö (03/05/2010-03/07/2010)....continue...

Baroque Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo; L' Incoronazione di Poppea; George Frederick Handel: Serse; Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Dixit Dominus; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Water Mu...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Auger, Arleen; Bianchini, Chiara [Violin]; Brosse, Jean-Patrice; Caens, Thierry; Daniels, David; Deletre, Bernard; Desrochers, Isabelle; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Hantai, Jerom...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Norrington, Roger; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Reyne, Hugo; ; Christie, William; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Niquet, Hervé; Cohën-Akenine, Patri...
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Folies Françoises; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players; Trio Sonnerie

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Rameau: Symphonies for Two Harpsichords / Pierre Hantaï, harpsichord; Skip Sempé, harpsichord

1 CD / Mirare / 2012-09-12

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes; Platée; Zoroastre; Dardanus; Zoroastre (Pieces de clavecin); Les Paladins; Pygmalion; Hippolyte et Aricie; L'Agaçante, for harpsichord, violin & vi...
Performers: Hantai, Pierre [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Sempe, Skip

The numerous instrumental pieces or symphonies found in the dramatic works of Rameau are remarkably effective when played on the harpsichord. The composer himself, with...continue...
Recording information: théâtre d'Arras (12/2011)....continue...

Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire / Marc Minkowski - Les Musiciens du Louvre

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zaïs; Castor et Pollux; Les Fêtes d'Hébé; Dardanus; Le Temple de la Gloire; Les Boréades; La Naissance d'Osiris; Platée; La Poule, for 3 violins, v...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

First Choice features top artists - in the first batch, Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Anna Netrebko,...continue...
Recording information: Théâtre de Poissy, Salle Molière (06/2003)....continue...

Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles - Selections of French Baroque music by dÆAnglebert, Rameau, Moulinié & Corrette

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2012-07-10

Works: Etienne Moulinié: Mariage de Pierre de Provence avec la belle Maguelonne; Anonymous, French: La Magnotte / La petite Jeanneton / Les 6 visages; La Caroline, Le Sabotier; Jean-Baptiste Lully: P...
Performers: Richard, Arnaud; Warnier, Eugénie
Conductors: Dumestre, Vincent; Lazarevitch, François; Sempe, Skip; ; Haas, Frederick; Pichon, Raphaël
Ensemble: ; Ausonia; Café Zimmermann ; Capriccio Stravagante; Le Poème Harmonique ; Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

The event known as "Les grandes eaux Musicales de Versailles 2012," when all the fountains are working and accompanied by music, is presented by the...continue...
Includes la provencalle (anonymous) / tambourin des fêtes d by various composers....continue...

Splendeurs de lÆorgue français (vol. 2) - Couperin, Lebegue, Marchand, Jullien, Rameau, Daquin, Dandrieu, Corrette / Olivier Vernet, organ

1 CD / Ligia Digital / 2012-06-12

Works: Louis Couperin: Prélude for organ ("Il faut jouer cecy d'un mouvement fort lent"); Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue: Elévation for organ in B flat major; Louis Marchand: Troisième livre ...
Performers: Meckler, Cedrick; Vernet, Olivier [Organ]

This second volume devoted to great French organs features an organ made in 1750 by Jean-André Silbermann for the town of Soultz. In 1991 the...continue...

The Galileo Project / works by Bach, Monteverdi, Purcell, Rameau, Telemann, Vivaldi et al.

2 CD / Tafelmusic / 2012-03-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins in A major, Op. 3/5; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Phaeton; Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 1; Orfeo; Tarquinio Merula: Ciaccona, for ensemble; Michelangelo Galilei...
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne
Ensemble: ; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Explore the fusion of the arts, science and culture in the 17th and 18th centuries in this imaginative DVD and CD commemorating Galileo's first public...continue...
Personnel: Alison Mackay (programming)....continue...

Le Triomphe de L'Amour: Songs by Grétry, Luly, Rameau, Campra, Rebel et al. / Sandrine Piau, soprano

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-03-27

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L' amant jaloux; Le tableau parlant; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Acis et Galatée; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Anacréon; Les fêtes de Ramire; Les Paladins; Les...
Performers: Correas, Jerome; Nicolet, François; Piau, Sandrine; Roumailhac, Juliette
Conductors: Correas, Jerome
Ensemble: Les Paladins (France)

A renowned figure in the world of Baroque music, French soprano Sandrine Piau performs regularly with such celebrated conductors as William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Christophe...continue...
Recording information: Royaumont Abbey, France (10/2011)....continue...

Une fête Baroque! / Anne Sofie von Otter; Sandrine Piau; Natalie Dessay; Philippe Jaroussky; Patricia Petibon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Opéra-ballet; Hippolyte et Aricie, Tragédie lyrique; Dardanus, Tragédie lyrique; Platée, Ballet-bouffon; Castor et Pollux, Trag&e...
Performers: Azzaretti, Jael; Benichou, Olivier; Bertin, Pascal; Billiet, Jeroen; Claycomb, Laura; Degand, Stephanie-Marie; Degout, Stephane; Deshayes, Karine; Dessay, Natalie; Fierro, Sydney; Haidan, Delphine; H...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle
Ensemble: Le Concert dÆ Astree

Paris's Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Le Concert d' Astree, under its founder and conductor Emmanuelle Haim gave a concert entitled Fetes Baroques to celebrate its 10th...continue...
Recording information: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France (12/19/2011)....continue...

Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire / Marc Minkowski

1 Super Audio CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2011-05-10

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Naïs; Castor et Pollux; Les fêtes d'Hébé; Dardanus; Le temple de la gloire; Les Boréades; La naissance d'Osiris; Platée on Junon jalouse, opera; No...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Recording information: Théâtre de Poissy, Salle Molière (06/2003)....continue...

Rameau: Operas / Christie, Rousset, Bonney, Gens, De Niese [11 DVD]

11 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-04-26

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Boréades; Castor et Pollux; In convertendo; Les Indes galantes; Les Paladins; Zoroastre

This collection of five operas, and a rarely performed grand motet, offers a glimpse into the magnificent output of one of the leading French composers...continue...
Run Time: 1145 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Span...continue...

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Surprises de l'Amour

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2011-03-08

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Surprises de l'Amour, opéra-ballet
Performers: Trocellier, Pierre
Conductors:
Ensemble: A Deux Violes Esgales

Alpha continues its exploration of the baroque repertoire in this recording of a transcription by Hesse of Rameau’s Surprises de l’Amour. These transcriptions (for two...continue...
Recording information: Chapelle de l'Hôpital Notre-Dame du Bon-Secours, Paris (09/2009)....continue...

Rameau: Les Paladins

2 CD / Coviello / 2010-11-05

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Paladins
Conductors: Junghanel, Konrad

Rameau’s Les Paladins (1760), while subtitled “Comédie lyrique in three acts,” is actually a virtuosic mixture of serious and comic operatic traditions (comédie lyrique...continue...
Recording information: Duisburg opera house (03/30/2010-04/06/2010)....continue...

In Celebration / William Christie

6 CD / Erato / 2010-10-26

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Sigismondo d'India: Alme luci beate / Io vi lascio mie scorte, madrigal for 5 voices; Sospir che del bel patto, madrigal (from Madrigali a cinque voci,...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Auvity, Cyril; Bardon, Patricia; Bayley, Clive; Berg, Nathan [Baritone Vocal]; Beuron, Yann; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bontoux, Bertrand; Bostridge, Ian; Cavallier, Nicolas; ...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: ; Les Sacqueboutiers; Les Saqueboutiers de Toulouse; Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble

Le Concert Spirituel: Au temps de Louis XV

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2010-10-12

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6/4; Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture, suite for viola da gamba, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in D major, TWV 55; Concerto for recorder, viola da gam...
Performers: Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Hamon, Pierre; Hantai, Marc; Mate, Balazs; Minasi, Riccardo; Onofri, Enrico; Savall, Jordi; Zebley, Charles
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations

The Concert spirituel was one of the first public concert series in existence. The concerts began in Paris in 1725 and ended in 1790. The...continue...
Recording information: Collégiale de Cardona (Catalogne) (02/16/2010-02/19/2010)....continue...

Jean Philippe Rameau: Pygmalion, acte de ballet (1748)

1 CD / Centaur / 2010-09-06

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pygmalion; La Dauphine, for harpsichord in G minor; L' Impatience, cantata for countertenor, viol & continuo
Performers: Richman, James; Vidal, Mathias; Wissick, Brent
Conductors: Richman, James

The story is based on the myth of Pygmalion as told in Ovid's Metamorphoses. In Rameau and de Sovot's version, the sculptor Pigmalion creates a...continue...
Recording information: St. George's Episcopal Church, New York, NY (09/22/2007-09/25/2007)....continue...

Rameau: Anacréon, Le berger fidèle / Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Anacréon, acte de ballet; Le Berger fidèle, cantata for tenor, 2 violins & continuo
Performers: Gens, Véronique
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc

Although Rameau's creative career spanned six decades, he only turned to opera later in life. His dramatic output all dates from the last 30 years...continue...
Recording information: Cité de la Musique, Salle des concerts, Paris, France (11/1995)....continue...

Opera 2010

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-06-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Gioachino Rossini: La donna del lago; Antonio Vivaldi: Griselda; Orlando finto pazz...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Brightman, Sarah; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Ciofi, Patrizia; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Diana; Daniels,...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Ettinger, Dan; Müller, Eduardo; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Muti, Riccardo; Langrée, Louis; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Bicket, Harry; Bateman, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Harding...

Following the enormous success of the album 'Opera 2009', EMI Classics releases Opera 2010. With 40 tracks, and over 21/2 hours of operatic arias and...continue...

Rameau: Cintegabelle

1 Super Audio CD / Alpha Productions / 2010-04-13

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes Galantes; Platée; Zoroastre; Hippolyte et Aricie; Les Boréades; Dardanus; Castor et Pollux; Les Fêtes d'Hébé
Performers: Bernhardt, Vincent [Organ]; Caget, Henri-Charles; Rechsteiner, Yves

A new collection devoted to the organ! This instrument is not just about producing sounds - it occupies a place in space, and in architecture....continue...
Recording information: Cintegabelle, France (10/2008)....continue...

Ombre De Mon Amant: French Baroque Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-03-02

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée, H 491; Concert à quatre parties de violes, H. 545; Auprès du feu l'on fait l'amour, air for soprano & continuo, H. 446; Concert à quatre part...
Performers: Collobert, Laurent; Lenaerts, Thibaut; Lopez, Marduk Serrano [Vocals]; Loughlin-Smith, Michael; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

'Ombre de mon amant' is Anne Sofie von Otter's first recording of these French Baroque Arias - graceful, temperamental tunes which will delight her fans...continue...
Recording information: Paris, Église Notre-Dame du Liban (09/2008)....continue...

Essential Baroque

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Gloria, RV 589; Concerto for Flute in D major 'Il gardellino', Op. 10/3; Guitar Concerto in D major, RV 93; Guitar Concerto in C major, RV 425; Concerto for lute an...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Armand, Georges; Asperen, Bob van; Bailes, Anthony; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brosse, Jean-Patrice; Curtis, Alan; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ferras, Christian [Violin]...
Conductors: ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Menuhin, Yehudi; Malcolm, George; Armand, Georges; Barbirolli, John; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Brown, Iona; Linde, Ha...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; Consortium Musicum; Early Music Consort of London; Linde Consort

Tragédiennes Vol 2 - Opera Arias / Gens, Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-07-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Orfeo ed Euridice; Antonio Sacchini: Dardanus; Odipe à Colone; Renaud; Niccolò Piccinni: Didon, opera; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Andromaqu...
Performers: Gens, Veronique
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les talens lyriques

Following up her critically-lauded Tragediennes album (winner of Gramophone and Echo Kassik Awards), French soprano Veronique Gens has recorded a sequel, continuing the first album's...continue...

Rameau: Que les mortels servent de modéle aux dieux... / Haas, Warnier, Richard, Ausonia

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2009-05-12

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zaïs; Zoroastre, tragédie en musique; Daphnis et Églé, pastorale héroïque
Performers: Glodeanu, Mira; Haas, Frederick; Richard, Arnaud; Warnier, Eugénie
Conductors: Haas, Frederick
Ensemble: Ausonia

'Zoroastre' and 'Zais', written around the same time (1749 and 1748), have been treated like two poles. On the one hand, 'Zoroastre' is the darkest...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Rameau: Suites from Les fêtes d'Hébé and Les Indes galantes / Aulos Ensemble

1 CD / Centaur / 2009-03-01

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les fêtes d'Hébé; Les Indes galantes
Performers: Krueger, Christopher; Lutzke, Myron; Quan, Linda; Schachman, Marc
Conductors:
Ensemble: Aulos Ensemble

Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles / Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-11-25

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Roland; Persée, LWV 60; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Naïs; Zaïs; Acanthe et Céphise, ou La sympathie, opera; Henry Desmarest: Vénus et Adonis; Christoph Willi...
Performers: Alexiev, Evgueniy; Andersen, Ditte; Auvity, Cyril; Essade, Marie-Helene; Gillot, Delphine; Gonzales-Toro, Emiliano; Haller, Salome; Lenormand, Marie; Mallas-Godlewska, Ewa; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rostand,...
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques

200 Ans de musique à Versailles

20 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Antoine Boësset: Air qui produit tant de choses si belles; Ne délibérons plus; Jamais n'aurray-je le pouvoir; Plaignez la rigueur de mon sort; Suis-je pas misérable?; Ennuis...
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Antonini, Claire; Auvity, Cyril; Bazola, François; Bolton, Florence; Brossard, Cecile; Buet, Alain; Champion, Romain; Chauvin, Julien; Crocquenoy, Karine; Crossley-Mercer, Edwin; ...
Conductors: Schneebeli, Olivier; Stryncl, Marek; Niquet, Hervé; Cohën-Akenine, Patrick; Christie, William; Suhubiette, Joel; Pierlot, Philippe [Gamba]; ; Coin, Christophe; Minkowski, Marc; Rousset, C...
Ensemble: Accentus; Ausonia; Cambini Quartet; Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Jacques Moderne Ensemble; La Parnasse Français; Le Cercle de l'Harmonie; Le Concert spirit...

In October 2007, the Centre Musical de Baroque de Versailles celebrated its 20th anniversary, together with the best French musicians around. To complete this anniversary,...continue...

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Orchestral Works

1 CD / Glossa Cabinet Import / 2008-10-28

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Acanthe et Céphise, ou La sympathie, opera; Les fêtes d'Hébé
Conductors: Brüggen, Frans

Cabinet - Rameau: Acante et Céphise, Les Fetes d'Hebé / Brüggen, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2008-10-04

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Acante et Céphise; Les fêtes d'Hébé
Conductors: Brüggen, Frans
Ensemble: Orchestra of the 18th Century

Rameau: Pygmalion, Nélée et Myrthis / William Christie, Les Arts florissants, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-08-12

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pygmalion; Nélée et Myrthis ou Les Beaux jours de l'amour, ballet
Performers: Correas, Jerome; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Mellon, Agnès [Soprano Vocal]; Michel-Dansac, Donatienne; Pelon, Caroline; Piau, Sandrine; Semellaz, Francoise
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Rameau: Pigmalion, Grands motets / Niquet, Fouchécourt, de Reyghere, Piau, Gens, Le Concert Spirituel, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pygmalion; Le Temple de la Gloire, fête lyrique; Deus noster refugium, grand motet for soloists, chorus, 2 oboes, violin, viola & continuo; Quam dilecta, grand motet for s...
Performers: de Reyghere, Greta; Desrochers, Isabelle; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Fournie, Nicole; Gens, Veronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Imboden, Stephan; Lamy, Herve [Tenor Vocals]; Piau, Sandrine; Sa, Marcos Lour...
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus

Rameau: Ouvertures / Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-09

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les fêtes de Polymnie; Les Indes galantes; Zaïs; Castor et Pollux; Naïs; Platée; Les fêtes d'Hébé; Zoroastre, tragédie en musique; Darda...
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques

Christophe Rousset directs Les Talens Lyriques in this award-winning recording illustrating the orchestral development and diversity of Rameau's overtures over a period of almost three...continue...

Rameau: Operatic Arias / Brown, Fouchécourt, Lafayette

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée; La guirlande; Castor et Pollux; Naïs; Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour ou Les Dieux d'Égypte, ballet héroïque; Dardanus; Zoroastre, trag&...
Conductors: Brown, Ryan

This recording of airs from Rameau's heroic ballets and lyric tragedies features the renowned haute-contre Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, one of the main exponents of the French...continue...

Rameau: The Complete Keyboard Music Vol 1 / Stephen Gutman

1 CD / Toccata / 2007-04-10

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord; Pièces de clavecin; Pièces de clavecin en concerts, for harpsichord, violin (or flute) & viola da gamba (o...
Performers: Gutman, Stephen

Rameau was one of the great composers for the keyboard. But because pianists have not adopted his harpsichord music as they have that of the...continue...

Airs Baroques Français / Patricia Petibon, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée; Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour ou Les Dieux d'Égypte, ballet héroïque; Les Indes galantes; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David et Jonathas, trag...
Performers: Petibon, Patricia
Conductors: Cohën-Akenine, Patrick
Ensemble: Les folies françoises

Virgin Classics presents Patricia Petibon, the rising French soprano, in her debut recital of virtuoso arias from major French works of the seventeenth and eighteenth...continue...

Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Suite / Brüggen

1 CD / Philips / 2006-11-14

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes
Conductors: Brüggen, Frans
Ensemble: Orchestra of the 18th Century

"I found the playing on this disc absolutely splendid. Frans Bruggen is a director who almost invariably finds something fresh and individual to say about...continue...

In dulci jubilo - Baroque Music for Christmas / Baird, et al

1 CD / Centaur / 2006-10-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (French); Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); Vous qui d&...
Performers: Baird, Julianne
Conductors:
Ensemble: Aulos Ensemble

"Julianne Baird and her frequent collaborator, the period-instrument group The Aulos Ensemble, offer some of the fruits of their many Christmas concerts together in a...continue...

Maurice Hewitt conducts Rameau / L'Ensemble Hewitt

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2006-09-01

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin en concerts; Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin; Les Indes galantes
Performers: Joachim, Irène; Malvasio, Raymond; Maurane, Camille
Conductors: Hewitt, Maurice
Ensemble: Maurice Hewitt Orchestra; Yvonne Gouverné Chorus

Maurice Hewitt was born in Asnieres on October 6, 1884 and died in Paris on November 7, 1971. A violin student at the Paris Conservatory,...continue...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthems (4); Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Alcina, HWV 34; Jeremiah ...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Andre, Maurice; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Blyt...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Pau...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Ag...

Tragédiennes - Gens, Rousset, Les Talen Lyriques

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Armide, LWV 71; André Campra: Le carnaval de Venise; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie; Castor et Pollux; Les fêtes de Polymnie; Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de M...
Performers: Gens, Véronique
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les talens lyriques

"This fascinating recital, filled with rarities from the French Baroque/Classical period, is comprised of a series of monologues by tragic heroines: they're enraged, submissive, and...continue...

The Best Baroque Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-04-04

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; The Water Music; Handel - Bourée; Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Armand, Georges; Asperen, Bob van; Bailes, Anthony; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brosse, Jean-Patrice;...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Willcocks, David; Wallez, Jean-Pierre; Menuhin, Yehudi; Linde, Hans-Martin; Malcolm, George; Barbirolli, John; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Lepp...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Ambrosian Singers; Bath Festival Orchestra; Camerata Lysy; Early Music Consort of London; English Chamber Orchestra; Linde Consort; Menuhin Festival Orchestra; ...

This splendid compilation contains many fine performances by artists well known for Baroque repertoire, including Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in...continue...

Dances of Poland / Wanda Landowska

1 CD / Testament / 2005-12-13

Works: Michal Kleofas Oginski: Polonaise for piano in A minor "Farewell to the Fatherland"; Polonaise for piano in G major; Jacob Polonais: Gagliardi, for harpsichord; Wanda Landowska: Bourrée d'Auverg...
Performers: Landowska, Wanda

"Testament restores two of Wanda Landowska's most treasurable and long-out-of-print albums. One is a 1951 collection of Polish dances, originally titled "Landowska plays for Paderewski"...continue...

Rameau: Ballet Suites / Goodman, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-09-20

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée; Pygmalion; Dardanus
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: European Union Baroque Orchestra

The music for 'Platee' is so vivid and full of abrupt changes of mood that it seems to suggest its own choreography, and 'Dardanus' is...continue...

Rameau: Les Indes Galantes / Valerie Gabail; Nicolas Rivenq; Paul Agnew & Others [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2005-08-16

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Azzaretti, Jael; Cavallier, Nicolas; Gabail, Valerie; Panzarella, Anna Maria; Petitbon, Particia
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

William Christie and Les Arts Florissants propel this exuberant prouction of jean-Philippe Rameau's second opera to great heights. Andrei Serban's extravagant, highly baroque staging presents...continue...
Run Time: 244 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Rameau - Une Symphonie imaginaire

1 Super Audio CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-07-12

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zaïs; Castor et Pollux; Les fêtes d'Hébé; Dardanus; Le temple de la gloire; Les Boréades; La naissance d'Osiris; Platée; Nouvelles suites de pi...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

"This live, extended remake is cunningly paced, stunningly played and impressively recorded. This must now be the best Rameau 'starter' disc, one I'd have driven...continue...

Rameau - Une Symphonie imaginaire

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-06-14

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Naïs; Castor et Pollux; Les fêtes d'Hébé; Dardanus; Le temple de la gloire; Les Boréades; La naissance d'Osiris; Platée; Nouvelles suites de pi...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

"Minkowski's excerpts are shrewdly chosen, combining some of the most theatrically arresting music (the overture from 'Zias', the aforementioned funeral scene from 'Castor et Pollux')...continue...

For Your Life - For April Showers

1 CD / Decca / 2005-03-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; John Baston: Concerto for flute/recorder, strings & continuo, no 2 in...
Performers: Boskovsky, Willi; Gallois, Patrick [Flute/Conductor]; Gililov, Pavel; Jones, Philip; Kuchl, Rainer; Maisky, Mischa; Petri, Michala; Pinnock, Trevor; Schiff, Andras; Wilbraham, John
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Sillito, Kenneth; Boskovsky, Willi; Rousset, Christophe; Marriner, Sir Neville; Pinnock, Trevor; Melkus, Eduard; Schiff, Andras; Schreier, Peter; Chung, Myung-Whun; Böhm, K...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Boskovsky Ensemble; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Eduard Melkus; English Baroque Soloists; Les Talens Ly...

Rameau: Règne Amour / Sampson, Skidmore, Ex Cathedra

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-06-01

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes, opéra-ballet; Les Paladins, comédie lyrique; Platée ou Junon jalouse, opera; Zoroastre, tragédie en musique; Dardanus, trag&eacut...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Sampson, Carolyn; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Skidmore, Jeffrey
Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Choir and Baroque Orchestra

"Skidmore has been making a name for himself in both Renaissance and baroque literature, and here he leads a splendid show. He marshals a period-instrument...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...