Rameau, Jean-Philippe > Opera/Operetta

A Cavalier's Tour Through Baroque Europe - works by Roman, Fux, Corrette, Vivaldi, De Fesch, Avondano et al. / Concerto Grosso Berlin

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Johan Helmich Roman: Overture in G minor, BeRI43; Johann Joseph Fux: Rondeau à 7; Michel Corrette: Methode pour... violoncelle, op. 24; Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto, for recorder, oboe, 2...
Performers: Schoder, Marie Friederike [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Concerto Grosso Berlin

From the time of the Renaissance, young men would take educational tours to improve their language skills, visit famous monuments, and learn foreign customs. Many...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem (02/19/2012-02/23/2012)....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...

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...

A Portrait

3 CD / Accent Import / 2012-07-03

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Giovanni Pergolesi: Livietta e Tracollo; La Serva Padrona; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Requiem...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Claessens, Huub; Demeyere, Ewald; Groop, Monica; Hermans, Elisabeth; Isokoski, Soile; Jacobs, Rene; Kuijken, Sara; Laki, Krisztina; Mackie, Neil; Mechelen, Werner van; Oelze, Christia...
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La Petite Bande

Rameau: Dardanus; Le Temple De La Glore / Tafelmusic Baroque Orchestra

1 CD / Tafelmusic / 2012-05-29

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dardanus, tragédie en musique; Le Temple de la Gloire, fête lyrique
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne
Ensemble: ; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
... If you have been interested in hearing only the instrumental music from these stage works, there's...continue...
Recording information: George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts (09/25/2001-09/27/2001)....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...

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie / Padmore, Panzarella, Hunt / William Christie

3 CD / Erato / 2012-03-27

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

One of two wonderful Erato reissues this month with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, both featuring the late great Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. "Majestic fury..."...continue...
Recording information: Salle Wagram, Paris (10/06/1996-10/13/1996)....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...

True North Harp Duo - works by Mendelssohn, Rameau and Franck / Lynne Aspnes & John Wickey, harps

1 CD / Soundset / 2011-12-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; On Wings of Song; Song without words, Op. 67/4 (Presto); Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dardanus; César Franck: Prelude, Fugue and Variation for Or...
Conductors:
Ensemble: True North Harp Duo (Harp duo)

With a rich and orchestral sound, impeccable ensemble and innovative programming the harp duo of Lynne Aspnes and John Wickey performs throughout the U.S. and...continue...
Recording information: Tempest Studios, Tempe, AZ (2010)....continue...

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platee / Minkowski, Agnew, Delunsch, Beuron [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-10-25

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Beuron, Yann; Delunsch, Mireille; Le Texier, Vincent; Naouri, Laurent
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

The creative team that triumphed with the Théâtre du Châtelet production of Offenbach's La Belle Hélène, turned their talents to Platée in this Opéra de...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: French, English, Ger...continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

L'Orchestre de Louis XV: Rameau: Orchestral Suites / Jordi Savall

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2011-08-09

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes Galantes, suite; Naïs, suite; Zoroastre, suite; Les Boréades, suite
Performers: Kraemer, Manfredo; Onofri, Enrico
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: ; Le Concert des Nations

Following the success of the albums L'orchestre de Louis XIII (Philidor) and L'orchestre du Roi Soleil (Lully), Jordi Savall explores another dynastic opus, this time...continue...
Recording information: Collégiale de Cardona, Catalogne (01/11/2011-01/14/2011); Grand Salle de l'Arsenal de Metz, France (01/11/2011-01/14/2011); Collégiale de Cardona, Catalogne (02/19/201...continue...

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie / Minkowski, Fouchécourt, Gens

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-07-12

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Performers: Middenway, Marion; Zilberajch, Aline
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Hippolyte et Aricie was Rameu's earliest surviving opera, a tale of Phaedra's incestuous love for her stepson, Hippolyte. Marc Minkowski's recording is well cast, with...continue...
Recording information: Opéra Royal, Versailles (06/1994)....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...

Music by Masonic Composers

1 CD / Gega New / 2011-04-12

Works: Francesco Geminiani: Sonata for cello & continuo no 3 in C major, Op. 5/3; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée; Pièces de clavecin; Johann Christian Bach: Concerto for cello & orchestra in C min...
Performers: Nikolov, Ventseslav [Cello]; Tcharaktchieva, Ruzhka

Bulgarian cellist Ventseslav Nikolov and pianist Ruzhka Tcharaktchieva perform a concert of works by Masonic composers who lived during the last three centuries....continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, Bulgarian National Radio (04/2010-05/2010)....continue...

Jean Philippe Rameau: Orchestral Suites Vol. 2

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-03-03

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Naïs (Suite from the Pastorale-héroïque); Zoroastre (Suite from the Tragédie en musique)
Conductors: Brüggen, Frans

Recording information: Utrecht (Vredenburg), Netherlands (09/1998/11/2000)....continue...

Rameau: Platee / Minkowski

2 CD / Erato / 2010-10-26

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée
Performers: Cocset, Bruno; Zylberajch, Aline
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc

Recording information: Studio 103, Radio France, Paris, France (12/1988)....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

Rameau: Le Temple de la Gloire, Suites; Grétry: Ballet Music from Operas; Charpentier: Médée Suites

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-07-06

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Le Temple de la Gloire; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L'Epreuve Villageoise; La Caravane du Caire; Cephale; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée
Performers: Goff, Thomas; Leppard, Raymond

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London, UK (1966)....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...

Early Music Up Late

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-04-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto in B flat major for Violin, 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso Continuo; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël, H9; Wolfgang ...
Performers: Andersson, Tommie; Baird, Julianne; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bindi, Jean-Louis; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Carmignola, Giuliano; Chateauneuf, Paula; Cordier, David; Costa, Neal Peres da; Dollman, Ben...
Conductors: Dyer, Paul; Minkowski, Marc; Hogwood, Christopher; Rifkin, Joshua; ; Goebel, Reinhard; Brüggen, Frans; Marcon, Andrea; Peelman, Roland; Walker, Antony; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: ; Bach Ensemble; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble of the Classic Era; Gabrieli Consort; Musica Antiqua Köln ; The English Concert; The Song Company

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...

Cardio Classics, Vol. 2

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-01-19

Works: Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto Alla rustica; Concerto in F major for strings, RV141; Recorder Concerto in C major, RV443; Magnificat; R...
Performers: Andersson, Tommie; Doherty, Diana; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Edwards, Jane; Foster, John [Trumpet]; Kenny, Yvonne; Kent, Linda; Lacey, Genevieve; O'Donnell, John; Parle, Nicholas; Rathbone, Hele...
Conductors: Dyer, Paul; Walker, Antony; ; Rosen, Albert
Ensemble: ; Chacona; Ensemble Battistin; Guitar Trek

Start your 2010 resolutions afresh with this great new CD of high-energy classics! Australia's finest artists will inspire you to new feats of fitness and...continue...

Cantates Françaises, Vol. 1: Jacquet de la Guerre & Clérambault

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-10-27

Works: Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Jephté, cantata; Pièces de clavecin; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie; Louis-Nicolas Clérambault: L'Amour et Bacchus, cantata; La Triomp...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; Flint, Karen; Heimes, Laura; Streetman, Curtis
Conductors: Flint, Karen
Ensemble: Brandywine Baroque

111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Joha...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Benson, Clifford; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bielecki, Andre; Ble...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Chung, Myung-W...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Concerto Köln ; English Baroque Soloists; English Consort; Gabrieli Consort; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ...

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a...continue...

Bext Adagio Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Ave Maria; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48; Ave Verum, Op. 65; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Cantique de J...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Boufil, Paul; Bouillat, Jean-Louis; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Collot, Delphine; Cornwe...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Haitink, Bernard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferro, Gabriele; Paavo, Järvi; Guadagno, Anton; Lomba...
Ensemble: ; Capella Bavariae; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble instrumental de Genève ; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; La Orfanelle della Pieta; Le Concert d'As...

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular melodic works composed for the human voice and is programmed for a relaxed listening experience. This...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...

Rameau: Les Boréades / William Christie/Opéra National de Paris, Bonney, Agnew [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-04-28

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Boréades
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Azzaretti, Jael; Bonney, Barbara; Degout, Stephane; Naouri, Laurent; Panzarella, Anna Maria; Rivenq, Nicolas [baritone]; Spence, Toby
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants; Paris National Opera Orchestra

Written in 1763, this opera was abandoned in rehearsal, for reasons still unclear. Rameau died the following year and the work disappeared from public view...continue...
Run Time: 218 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanis...continue...

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

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

Rameau: Zoroastre / Dupont; Gillot; Letestu; Rousset/Drottningholm Theatre [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-10-28

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zoroastre
Performers: Alexiev, Evgueniy; Andersen, Ditte; Arvidson, Lars; Bundgaard, Sine; Dahlin, Anders; Panzarella, Anna Maria; Schwartz, Marcus; Theruel, Gerard
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Drottningholm Court Theatre Chorus; Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra

Making full use of Drottningholm Theatre's unique 17th century Baroque theatre machinery, as well as his deep creative understanding of the profound drama of the...continue...
Run Time: 227 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Dolby 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, It...continue...

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...

Art and Music - Goya - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Daphnis et Églé, pastorale héroïque; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in F minor, K 467/L 476; François-Joseph Gossec: Grande Messe des Morts,...
Performers: Eder, Gyorgy; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Rowland, Gilbert; Tokos, Zoltan
Conductors: Terey-Smith, Mary; Fasolis, Diego; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Wordsworth, Barry; Cassuto, Alvaro; Halász, Michael; Zedda, Alberto

The artistic genius of Goya (1746-1828) was multifaceted and complex. Chief painter at the Spanish court, a master of the official portrait, he also gave...continue...

Serenity: Beautiful Choral Music [Box Set]

5 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-07-29

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Guillaume Dufay: Nuper rosarum flores, isorhythmi...
Performers: Black, Richard; Bone, Corin; Costa, Neal Peres da; Donnelly, Mark; Drury, David; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Everingham, Craig; Fraser, Anna; Greco, David; Harvey, Ray; Lang, Genevieve; Macliver, Sara; McMaho...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Weymark, Brett; Stanhope, Paul
Ensemble: ; Sirius String Quartet

With reviews describing cantillation as 'heaven on a stick' and 'an elegant and highly responsive group of singers' you cannot go past this ultimate collection...continue...

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: Zoroastre / Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques [2 DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2007-06-26

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zoroastre
Performers: Alexiev, Evgueniy; Andersen, Ditte; Arvidsson, Lars; Bundgaard, Sine; Dahlin, Anders; Panzarella, Anna Maria; Schwartz, Marcus; Theruel, Gerard
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques

Making full use of Drottningholm Theatre's unique 17th century Baroque theatre machinery, as well as his deep creative understanding of the profound drama of the...continue...
Run Time: 227 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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...

Recordings for German Radio - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-02-01

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, tragédie lyrique; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Weisse ...
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Piltti, Lea; Pitti, Lea; Raucheisen, Michael; Scheck, Gustav; Schonecke, Herbert; Schultz, Rudolf; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Wolf, Deta

The recordings of songs presented here, ranging from a Bach cantata excerpt to folk songs, were all made during World War II for the Reichsrundfunk...continue...

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dardanus

2 CD / ABC Classics / 2007-01-31

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dardanus
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Allan, Miriam; Bennett, Stephen; Bone, Corin; Fraser, Anna; Greco, David; McCusker, Kathryn; Mills, Penelope; Walker, Daniel; Whelan, Paul; Whiteley, Damian
Conductors: Walker, Antony

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...this live recording reminds us that this richly endowed and noble work must seek advocacy and exposure wherever it can. The most compelling reason...continue...

Discover - Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie / Minkowski, Fouchécourt, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-09-12

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, tragédie lyrique
Performers: Coadou, Luc; Dyck, Stephan Van; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Gens, Veronique; Georgel, Jean-Louis; Hall, Meredith; Katz, Florence; Massis, Annick; Meunier, Jean-Louis...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Ensemble Sagittarius (Vocal/Instr. Ensemble); Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

"...I think that it will be difficult to better the Minkowski performance and would easily recommend it to anyone eager to become acquainted with a...continue...

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...

Enchantment / Magdalena Kozená

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Charles Gounod: Cinq Mars; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesa...
Performers: Delgado-Boge, Claire; Gritton, Susan; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kozena, Magdalena; Marcinger, Ludovit; Martineau, Malcolm; Massis, Annick; Parat, Edwige; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Swierczewski, Michel; Goebel, Reinhard; Stryncl, Marek; McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ; Musica Florea

A richly-colored voice, a perfect technique and a vivid musical imagination: the recipe for a portrait of an exceptional artist. 'Enchantment' is a personal selection...continue...

SCENE Rameau: Nouvelle Suites / Calefax Reed Ensemble

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-04-18

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord; Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord; Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode su...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

Rameau is recognized as the Sir Isaac Newton of music. He was the first theorist to identify the construction of chords and define their organization....continue...

Rameau: Les Paladins / Topi Lehtipuu, Stephanie Dæoustrac, Laurent Naouri, Sandrine Piau [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2006-01-17

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Paladins
Performers: D'Oustrac, Stephanie; Lehtipuu, Topi; Naouri, Laurent; Piau, Sandrine; Piolino, Francois
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Run Time: 204 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...