Rameau, Jean-Philippe > Cantata/Oratorio

Rameau: Les Amants Trahis / Guilmette, Sly, Beauséjour

1 CD / Analekta / 2013-04-23

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Thétis, cantata for bass, violin & continuo; Les Amants trahis, cantata for 2 soloists, viol & continuo; Aquilon et Orithie, cantata for bass, violin & continuo; Le Berger ...
Performers: Beausejour, Luc; Guilmette, Helene; Sly, Philippe [Bass Baritone]
Conductors: Beauséjour, Luc

As Rameau wrote in his treatise on harmony, "A good musician should surrender himself to all the characters he wishes to portray, and like a...continue...
Recording information: Église St-Augustin de Mirabel, Quebec, Canada (10/2012)....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...

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts

1 CD / Centaur / 2010-04-02

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin en concerts; La Cupis, for harpsichord, violin & viol (Pièces de clavecin en concerts); La Marais, for harpsichord, violin & viol (Pièces de ...
Performers: Kelley, Frank
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Ensemble: Boston Museum Trio

Frank Kelley has sung major opera roles in the US and Europe, and has been filmed in the Peter Sellars’ productions of Mozart’s Cosi fan...continue...
Recording information: Slosberg Auditorium, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA....continue...

Rameau: Orphée; Clérambault: Orphée; Charpentier, Lambert, bouvard, etc / Auvity, et al

1 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2008-04-08

Works: François Bouvard: Plus je vous vois, for voice & continuo; Michel Lambert: Par mes chants tristes et touchants; Vous ne sçauriez mes yeux; Vos mespris chaque jour; François Couperin:...
Performers: Auvity, Cyril
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Ensemble: L'yriade

Cyril Auvity is being hailed as a rising young tenor. This disc is a nice portrait of Orfeo's myth viewed by French baroque composers such...continue...

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Le Berger Fidèle, Thétis & pièces en concerts

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Hubert Le Blanc: Défense de la basse de viole, contre les entreprises du violon & les prétentions du violoncel; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Cinquième concert, for harpsichord, violin (or flu...
Performers: Buet, Alain; Deshayes, Karine
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Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Monsieur Croche

Rameau, Campra: French Cantatas / Harvey, Hyde, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-04-07

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Amants trahis; Aquilon et Orithie; Thétis; Deux paysans "Air à boire"; André Campra: Cantates françoises, Book 1
Performers: Harvey, Peter; Hyde, Philippa
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Ensemble: London Baroque

Rameau's cantatas are early works in which he experimented with the forms and styles which he would later incorporate into his operas. Both Aquilon and...continue...

Lully, Rameau: Scènes d'Opéras en forme de Suites / Alabau

1 CD / Temperaments / 1998-08-01

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Cadmus et Hermione, LWV 49; Alcidiane, ballet, LWV 9; Alceste, LWV 50; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie; Les fêtes d'Hébé; L' Impatience, cantata for coun...
Performers: Michel Alabau

Festspieldokumente - Haydn, Rameau, et al / Simoneau

1 CD / Orfeo / 1997-07-11

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: English Canzonettas for voice & keyboard, Book 1, H. 26a/25-30; Original Canzonettas Book 2, H 26a; George Frederick Handel: Te Deum in D major, HWV 283 "Dettingen"; As When the D...
Performers: Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]; Werba, Erik [Piano]