Rameau - Suites from Platée & Dardanus / PBO · McGegan

Jean-Philippe Rameau (Artist), Nicholas McGegan (Artist), Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 4, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Conifer
• ASIN: B000006O5V
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,372 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ouverture

2. Air Pantomime - Fièrement

3. Rigaudons

4. Contredanse (En Rondeau)

5. Passepieds

6. Tambourins

7. Air De Ballet (Mouvement De Chaconne)

8. Passepieds

9. Orage

10. Air, Pour Des Fous Gais

11. Air, Pour Des Fous Tristes

12. Menuet

13. Airs

14. Loure - Grave

15. Musette - Gracieux

16. Tambourins (Rigaudons)

17. Chaconne

18. Ouverture

19. Air Gracieux Pour Les Plaisirs

20. Tambourins

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This suite of dances from Dardanus and Platée is an ideal introduction to Rameau. Though his operas are full of articulate use of language and are, in their own polite way, theatrically charged, French baroque opera required periodic dance interludes, which is what is included here. Unlike 19th-century French opera, the dance music in these 18th-century works is often among the most fascinating in the entire opera, full of rich, unorthodox scoring and so packed with ideas underneath the mellifluous exterior that each interlude often seems like a miniature concerto for orchestra. Conductor Nicholas McGegan's natural rhythmic effervescence makes him ideal for this music--he should record more of it, much more--and his Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra copes handily with the substantial difficulties posed by a composer who thought each melodic strand should have a strong mind of its own. --David Patrick Stearns

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Rameau - Suites from Platée & Dardanus / PBO · McGegan by MCGEGAN, NICHOLAS

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another fine rameau outing for Mcgegan, March 14, 2004

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This review is from: Rameau - Suites from Platée & Dardanus / PBO · McGegan (Audio CD)

This is another in a series of Rameau opera and ballet recordings Nicolas McGegan with the Philharmonia Barqoue orchestra. They all are played with verve, attention to detail and flawless execution. Plus, (and this is a little less tangible, I admit) they are imbued with a certain joie de vivre and sense of humour that seems to belie the image of the dour authentic instrument groups that take themselves a wee bit too seriously.