Donald Macleod devotes his final programme to Rameau's final opera Les Boreades, which had to wait almost 300 years for its first staging.
Donald Macleod devotes his final programme on Rameau to the composer's final opera Les Boreades, an astonishing work that, incredibly, had to wait almost 300 years for its first staging.
Alphise ...... Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Semire ...... Anna-Maria Panzarella (soprano)
Une Nymphe ...... Jael Azzaretti (soprano)
Abaris ...... Paul Agnew (tenor)
Calisis ...... Toby Spence (tenor)
Boree ...... Laurent Naouri (baritone)
Borilee ...... Stephane Degout (baritone)
Apollon ...... Nicolas Rivenq (baritone)
Opera National de Paris
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor).
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Dardanus: Overture
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Archiv 4634762.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Hippolyte et Aricie: Rossignols amoureux (Act V Finale)
Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Choir: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- HYPERION : CDA67447.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Dardanus: Prologue (excerpts)
Singer: Mireille Delunsch. Singer: Françoise Masset. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Archiv 4634762.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Dardanus: Act I Scene 3 (excerpt)
Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Singer: Laurent Naouri. Singer: Russell Smythe. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Archiv 4634762.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin (excerpts)
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Hyperion 67597.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Dardanus: Act IV Scene 1
Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Archiv 4634762.
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Broadcasts
- Fri 23 Nov 200712:00BBC Radio 3
- Fri 23 Nov 200720:45BBC Radio 3
- Fri 22 Aug 200812:00BBC Radio 3
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