Debussy and Rameau
As part of the commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of Debussy's death, Hannah French asks what it was about Rameau that inspired the composer's "Hommage a Rameau".
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Claude Debussy
Hommage a Rameau
Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.![]()
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Castor et Pollux (Act 3 Sc 4: Sarabande pour Hebe)
Ensemble: Pygmalion. Director: Raphaël Pichon.![]()
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Castor et Pollux (Act 1, Sc 1: L'hymen couronne votre soeur)
Ensemble: Pygmalion. Director: Raphaël Pichon.![]()
Claude Debussy
Pelleas et Melisande (Act 2, Sc 1: Une fontaine dans le parc)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.![]()
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Iphigenie en Aulide (Act 1: Les voeux dont ce peuple m'honore; Air)
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon. Director: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.![]()
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
La Guirlande (Sc 6 'Vole, Amour'; Contredanse)
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.![]()
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Les Indes galantes (Air pour les sauvages)
Ensemble: La Chapelle Royale. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.![]()
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Hippolyte et Aricie (Act 1: Overture; Choeur des Nymphes)
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Director: Marc Minkowski.![]()
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Les fetes de Polymnie (Air grave et majestueux)
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.![]()
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Suite in A minor, RCT 5: Sarabande
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.![]()
Claude Debussy
Hommage a Rameau
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.![]()
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Castor et Pollux (Act 1: Overture)
Ensemble: Pygmalion. Director: Raphaël Pichon.
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- Sun 18 Mar 201814:00BBC Radio 3
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