Critic and Criticised
Donald Macleod traces Rameau’s final years, including the reception to his final stage work and his pursuit of a pay rise.
Donald Macleod traces Rameau’s final years, including the reception to his final stage work and his pursuit of a pay rise. This was a period when Italian music was becoming popular in Paris, with heated debates causing a great divide amongst music lovers and Rameau feeling that his music was now perceived as old-fashioned.
In convertendo (excerpt)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie, director
Acante et Céphise (Overture)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, director
Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin (excerpt)
Bertrand Cuiller, harpsichord
Les Paladins (Overture)
La Chapelle Harmonique
Valentin Tournet, conductor
Les Paladins (Je vole, Amout, from Act 2)
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Les paladins
Jérôme Correas, director
Pieces de Clavecin (La rappel des oiseaux)
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
Castor et Pollux (excerpt)
Colin Ainsworth (Castor), tenor
Florian Sempey (Pollux), baritone
Emmanuelle de Negri (Télaïre), soprano
Philippe Talbot (un Spartiate), tenor
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon, director
Produced by Luke Whitlock
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