Rameau - Overtures / Les Talens Lyriques, Rousset [Original recording remastered]

Jean-Philippe Rameau (Composer), Christophe Rousset (Conductor), Les Talens Lyriques (Orchestra), Enrico Gatti (Performer), Patrick Cohen-Akenine (Performer), Myriam Gevers (Performer), Galina Zinchenko (Performer), Patrick Beaugiraud (Performer), Guy Van Waas (Performer), Marie-Ange Petit (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Enrico Gatti, Patrick Cohen-Akenine, Myriam Gevers, Galina Zinchenko, Patrick Beaugiraud, et al.
• Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques
• Conductor: Christophe Rousset
• Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau
• Audio CD (October 9, 2007)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: L'Oiseau-Lyre
• ASIN: B000QFAH70
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,330 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rameau Overtures by Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset, February 20, 2010

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M. Levitt "classical music buff" (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rameau - Overtures / Les Talens Lyriques, Rousset (Audio CD)

This is an absolutely dazzling collection of Jean Philippe Rameau's (Opera) Overtures by Les Talens Lyriques, conducted by Christophe Rousset on the L'Oiseau Lyre label.

The overtures themselves are marvelous, wonderfully orchestrated and colorful Baroque period works featuring all sorts of brass, winds, string instruments, and drums.

Les Talens Lyriques is a period ensemble formed by harpsichordist/ conductor Christophe Rousset, and is one of the very finest Baroque
instrumental period ensembles I've been priviliged to hear.

Rousset himself is said to have a reputation for seeking out unusual, neglected repertoire. This is a companion disc to ASIN # B000004CYY
of Rameau's Overtures by Les Talens Lyriques, also conducted by
Christophe Rousset, that won the Gramophone Award in 1996.

Rameau not only was a major Baroque composer, but wrote a book on harmony that established him as a major theorist. Based on this recording, he also was a master of orchestration. This CD is as
exciting a discovery as I've had in many a year.

There are 17 cuts on this CD. Timing is 69:46.

Strongly recommded!!