Jean-Féry Rebel: Les Élémens; Rameau: Castor et Pollux [Hybrid SACD] [HYBRID SACD]

Jean-Philippe Rameau (Composer), Jean-Fery Rebel (Composer), Michi Gaigg (Conductor), Orfeo Baroque Orchestra (Orchestra)

Product Details

• Orchestra: Orfeo Baroque Orchestra
• Conductor: Michi Gaigg
• Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau, Jean-Fery Rebel
• Audio CD (July 29, 2008)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD
• Label: Phoenix Edition
• ASIN: B0017SETYC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #237,599 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Phoenix Edition
On May 1st, 2008 the Phoenix Edition label was established. The label's concept targets a market similar to that of Capriccio's. This approach is led by Johannes Kernmayer, who served as artistic director at Capriccio for many years.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, indeed, November 19, 2008

By	Mithradates (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

I guess I need to upgrade my system to fully appreciate the SACD, but this hybrid plays very well on an old-style CD player. I bought this for Rameau's "Castor & Pollux" suite, but Rebel's "Les Elemens" turns out to be a jaw-dropping, marvelously grotesque bonus. I've played the disc seven times in four days, and I'm not tired of it yet.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTICLLY BIZARRE!, August 7, 2008

By	J. Poss "Jeff3948" (Pahrump, Nevada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

WOW! What a performance of the bizarre Rebel masterpiece, "Les Elemens" and Rameau's "Castor et Pollux" suite. This group's passion for the music and the joy they get from it really comes through here. Their phasing shapes and enhances the musical lines beautifully. The first movement called "La Cahos" depicts the formation of the universe out of chaos. "Las Cahos" is the first free orchestral composition in the history of music! Here is an except from the notes of the recording of Rebel "Les Elemens", "Rebel begins the introduction to 'Les Elemens' with a cord that must have been ear splitting for contemporary listeners. All the tones from the initial key are played at the same time in a polyphonic cluster of dissonances."

I listened to the SACD surround layer and the recording is superb. The soundscape was extremely life-like with a nice amount of reverberation and ambiance to give this historical instrument group a lush sound. There are other recordings of Rebel's Les Elemens by The Academy of Ancient Music, Musica Antiqua Köln and Les Musiciens du Louvre and they are all very good and each is very different, but none of them have the beauty and realism of Super Audio technology. This is a must have SACD.