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Lully: Les Divertissements de Versailles»rank: 72639by: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Sophie Daneman, Paul Agnew
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Rameau - Les Grands Motets / Daneman, Rime, Agnew, Rivenq, Cavallier, Les Arts Florissants, Christie»rank: 61769by: Jean-Philippe Rameau, William Christie, Sophie Daneman, Noémi Rime, Paul Agnew, Nicolas Rivenq, Nicolas Cavallier, Simon Heyerick, Jory Vinikour, Alix Verzier, Les Arts Florissants
0ur opinion: essential recording:Rameau's grands motets were written for concert performance; the florid solos, grand choruses and important orchestral participation are very reminiscent of French Baroque opera. The motets are, however, much more interesting to the casual listener: there is no recitative; the arias, duo and trios are full of extended melody and ornament; the choruses have an unusual amount of counterpoint (including the occasional fugue). William Christie and Les Arts Florissants perform this music with all the grace and ...
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Rameau - Castor & Pollux»rank: 125471from: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
0ur opinion: essential recording:Castor et Pollux ranks high in Rameau's output, the product of consolidated artistic successes he had with Hippolyte et Aricie and other lighter, more-dance oriented works. lt was one of the first Rameau operas recorded complete in a set by Nikolaus Harnoncourt that was sometimes so rough, it left aural splinters. This recording by Les Arts Florissants perhaps goes too far in the other direction: its suaveness sometimes threatens to negate the drama in this story of ...
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Handel - Acis and Galatea / Daneman, Petibon, Agnew, Cornwell, A. Ewing, Les Arts Florissants, Christie»rank: 22777by: Patricia Petibon, Paul Agnew, Joseph Cornwell, Alan Ewing, Andrew Sinclair, François Piolino, David Le Monnier, Anne-Marie Lasla, Hiro Kurosaki
0ur opinion: :Handel's sunny pastorale ('oratorio' seems too imposing a word) Acis and Galatea is just the thing to cheer you up if you're feeling gloomy, its bittersweet ending notwithstanding. lt gets performed and recorded these days in several different versions, ranging from Handel's chamber-scaled 1718 original (using only five soloists, who also make up the chorus) to a German-language arrangement by Mozart with four-part choir and orchestra. William Christie's version follows the one that Handel used for a 1739 revival ...
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Howells: Choral Works»rank: 138327from: Chandos
0ur opinion: :Handel's sunny pastorale ('oratorio' seems too imposing a word) Acis and Galatea is just the thing to cheer you up if you're feeling gloomy, its bittersweet ending notwithstanding. lt gets performed and recorded these days in several different versions, ranging from Handel's chamber-scaled 1718 original (using only five soloists, who also make up the chorus) to a German-language arrangement by Mozart with four-part choir and orchestra. William Christie's version follows the one that Handel used for a 1739 revival ...
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Rameau - Les Fetes d'Hebe / Daneman, Connolly, Fouchecourt, Agnew, Felix, Les Arts Florissants, Christie»rank: 29377from: Erato
0ur opinion: :Handel's sunny pastorale ('oratorio' seems too imposing a word) Acis and Galatea is just the thing to cheer you up if you're feeling gloomy, its bittersweet ending notwithstanding. lt gets performed and recorded these days in several different versions, ranging from Handel's chamber-scaled 1718 original (using only five soloists, who also make up the chorus) to a German-language arrangement by Mozart with four-part choir and orchestra. William Christie's version follows the one that Handel used for a 1739 revival ...
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Charpentier - Les Plaisirs de Versailles / Daneman, Zanetti, Petibin, Agnew, Dugardin, Gardeil, Piolino, Lalouette, Les Arts Florissants, Christie»rank: 172865by: Marc-Antoine Charpentier, William Christie, Patricia Petibon, Sophie Daneman, Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew, Steve Dugardin, Jean-François Gardeil, François Piolino, Olivier Lallouette, Monique Zanetti, Fernand Bernadi, Serge Saïtta, Sébastien Marq, Simon Heyerick, Katalin Károlyi
0ur opinion: :Handel's sunny pastorale ('oratorio' seems too imposing a word) Acis and Galatea is just the thing to cheer you up if you're feeling gloomy, its bittersweet ending notwithstanding. lt gets performed and recorded these days in several different versions, ranging from Handel's chamber-scaled 1718 original (using only five soloists, who also make up the chorus) to a German-language arrangement by Mozart with four-part choir and orchestra. William Christie's version follows the one that Handel used for a 1739 revival ...
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Mondonville - Grand Motets / Daneman, Wieczorek, Agnew, Piolino, Konigsberger, Bazola, Les Arts Florissants, Christie»rank: 170564by: Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Sophie Daneman, Maryseult Wieczorek, Paul Agnew, François Piolino, Maarten Konigsberger, François Bazola
0ur opinion: :Handel's sunny pastorale ('oratorio' seems too imposing a word) Acis and Galatea is just the thing to cheer you up if you're feeling gloomy, its bittersweet ending notwithstanding. lt gets performed and recorded these days in several different versions, ranging from Handel's chamber-scaled 1718 original (using only five soloists, who also make up the chorus) to a German-language arrangement by Mozart with four-part choir and orchestra. William Christie's version follows the one that Handel used for a 1739 revival ...
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Coward: The Noël Coward Songbook»rank: 190739from: EMI Classics
0ur opinion: :Handel's sunny pastorale ('oratorio' seems too imposing a word) Acis and Galatea is just the thing to cheer you up if you're feeling gloomy, its bittersweet ending notwithstanding. lt gets performed and recorded these days in several different versions, ranging from Handel's chamber-scaled 1718 original (using only five soloists, who also make up the chorus) to a German-language arrangement by Mozart with four-part choir and orchestra. William Christie's version follows the one that Handel used for a 1739 revival ...
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Charpentier - La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers / Petibon, Daneman, Zanetti, Agnew, Gardeil, Les Arts Florissants, Christie»rank: 171579by: Marc-Antoine Charpentier, William Christie, Patricia Petibon, Monique Zanetti, Katalin Károlyi, Sophie Daneman, Paul Agnew, Jean-François Gardeil, Steve Dugardin, Les Arts Florissants
0ur opinion: :The myth of 0rpheus--the divine musician who went to Hades to rescue his bride Eurydice from the dead and whose song actually persuaded Pluto to release her--has been irresistible to operatic composers from Monteverdi to 0ffenbach. 0ne of the happiest rediscoveries of the Baroque revival is this lovely one-act chamber opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, which combines the gentle lilt typical of French Baroque music with the beautiful melodies and delicious suspensions in which Charpentier excelled. Charpentier diverged from the ...
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