Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau (2014)
performed by
Benedetta Mazzucato (contralto), Cyril Costanzo (bass), Daniela Skorka (soprano), Emilie Renard (mezzo-soprano), Victor Sicard (baritone), Zachary Wilder (tenor), Les Arts Florissants Orchestra, William Christie (conductor)
composed by
André Campra, Antoine Dauvergne, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Nicolas Racot de Grandval
This ebullient release makes an ideal introduction to the French music of the middle 18th century, which is very easy to kill off with stodgy performances. The title Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau has several connotations. It refers to the musical surroundings of the preeminent composer of the day, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and to Le Jardin des Voix, an ensemble of young singers connected with the French Baroque specialist ensemble Les Arts Florissants and its American-French director, William Christie. Yet again the title ...
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This ebullient release makes an ideal introduction to the French music of the middle 18th century, which is very easy to kill off with stodgy performances. The title Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau has several connotations. It refers to the musical surroundings of the preeminent composer of the day, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and to Le Jardin des Voix, an ensemble of young singers connected with the French Baroque specialist ensemble Les Arts Florissants and its American-French director, William Christie. Yet again the title alludes to a garden where the present program was performed live, and which is the subject of a booklet-length prose piece, included, by French fiction writer Adrien Goetz. The live performance was partially staged, but it transfers quite well to the recorded medium, with its various sound effects intact and the enthusiasm of the young singers admirably putting the music across. Devotees of this music will be interested to hear the new generations of performers coming down the pike. Those...
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