Rameau: Les Boréades [Highlights]

1. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Overture
   Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
   with English Baroque Soloists
   Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
   
   
2. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 1. Scene 1. Suivez la chasse, allez
   Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
   with Anne-Marie Rodde, Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists
   Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
   
   
3. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 1. Scene 4. Danse: Si l'hymen a des chaînes
   Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
   with Anne-Marie Rodde, English Baroque Soloists
   Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
   
   
4. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 1. Scene 4. Gavotte: Rondeau vif La troupe volage
   Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
   with Anne-Marie Rodde, English Baroque Soloists
   Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
   
   
5. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 1. Scene 4. Gavottes: Contradanse en rondeau
   Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
   with English Baroque Soloists
   Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
   
   
6. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 2. Scene 1. Charmes trop dangereux
   Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
   with Philip Langridge, English Baroque Soloists
   Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
   
   
7. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 2. Scene 6. Chantez le dieu qui nous éclaire
   Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
   with Philip Langridge, Gilles Cachemaille, John Aler, Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists
   Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
   
   
8. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 2. Scene 6. Nos peuples, dieu du jour, t'offrent de nouveaux jeux
   Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
   with Gilles Cachemaille, English Baroque Soloists
   Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
   
   
9. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 2. Scene 6. Gavottes: C'est la liberté
   Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
   with Gilles Cachemaille, English Baroque Soloists
   Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
   
   
10. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 2. Scene 6. Air un peu plus gai: Comme un Zéphir qui vole et jamais ne s'engage
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with English Baroque Soloists, Martine March
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
11. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 2. Scene 6. Air andante et gracieux
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
12. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 2. Scene 6. Ecoutez l'amour qui vous presse
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with John Aler, English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
13. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 3. Scene 3. Menuets
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
14. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 3. Scene 3. Jouissons de nos beaux ans
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with John Aler, English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
15. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 3. Scene 3. Gavottes
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
16. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 3. Scene 4. Borée en fureur
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with Philip Langridge, Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
17. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 3. Scene 4. Entracte - Suite des Vents
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
18. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 4. Scene 4. Entrée
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
19. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 4. Scene 4. Gavottes pour les Heures et les Zéphirs
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
20. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 4. Scene 4. Rigaudons: Parcourez la terre
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
21. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 4. Scene 4. Airs très gais
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
22. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 4. Scene 4. Mon pouvoir doit servir au bonheur des humains
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with Philip Langridge, English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
23. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 4. Scene 4. Volez, que l'amour vous seconde!
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
24. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 5. Scene 1. Obéissez, quittez vos cavernes obscures
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with Jean-Philippe Lafont, English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
25. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 5. Scene 4. Quel éclat!
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with Jean-Philippe Lafont, English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
26. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 5. Scene 5. Que ces moments sont doux
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with Philip Langridge, Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
27. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 5. Scene 5. Que l'amour embellit la vie
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with Philip Langridge, English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    
28. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique Act 5. Scene 5. Contredanses très vives
    Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
    with English Baroque Soloists
    Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
    
    

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Average customer rating: Outstanding and different Rameau Love it! Fantastic! Rameau, Minkowski: an intelligent concert! A beautiful bit of late Baroque Color

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Tracks:

1. Ouverture
2. Scene Funebre
3. Air Tendre
4. Tambourins I & II
5. Air Tendre Pour Les Muses
6. Contredanse
7. Air Gracieux
8. Gavottes I & II
9. Orage
10. Prelude
11. La Poule
12. Musette
13. Ritournelle
14. Riguadons I & II
15. Danse Des Sauvages
16. Entre De Polymnie
17. Chaconne

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding and different Rameau.......2007-07-31

I am not sure if Minkowski put more his strong personality on it, it sounds with colorful voice around and looks so individually. However, it doesn't mean I don't like it. By contraries, it's so beautiful for me to forget any doubt its original. I must pick up to describe, the *Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique*, its tempo is slower than other version, but so romantic to attract me to listen again and again. Besides, Minkowski shows strong rhythm expression, to listeners enjoy a good experience of Rameau. I put it into the one of my best collection.

Love it!.......2006-11-10

Love it, love it, love it. Have not stopped playing it since it arrived and haven't gotten sick of it yet either. I bought it because I heard just one track briefly on the radio - bit of a gamble but it paid off. Great to drive to! Love the fast violin playing and the french horns. Rameau was one cool dude. Can't wait to share it with my dad. Am even wondering if I could wire the garage for sound so we can listen to Rameau while working there over Christmas! (Sorry this is not a high brow, classical music critic kind of review with lots of technical observations - I'm just a passionate classical music lover speaking from the heart).

Fantastic!.......2006-07-15

Great,I heard this piece on ABC Classic fm yesterday,the 14th of July....Amazon is a day late.Thank you to the programmer,they often use the savage dance as a theme.I must have this CD the thumping tympani and the tambourine really brightens up my day.I didn't even know there was a fugal bassoon movement!
The true french baroque is far better than any thing Handel could wright or borrow.Vivre Rameau!Beautifully played by all,the tempo and ornamentation's are perfect in all parts.Vivre Les Musciens du Louvre!Vivre Motorola for having a camera on their phones so I don't have to remember how to spell in french.
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Rameau, Minkowski: an intelligent concert!.......2006-04-14

Minkowki dedicated this album to his father, Dr. Alexandre Minkowski. The symphony imaginaire recorded live, is for him a personal intimate selection. This is intelligent, sensitive and extremely well played music by Rameau.
I stumbled upon this recording after being impressed by the last Bartoli recording with Les Musiciens du Louvre. Happy me!
The SACD is worth it.

A beautiful bit of late Baroque Color.......2005-09-12

I plan to give copies of this CD to my friends whose musical taste froze 35 years ago and who think of Baroque music as just so much "sewing machine music". Rameau was an imaginative instrumental colorist, and these dance pieces, taken from several of his operas and ballets, show him at his best in that regard.
While the conceit of calling this a "symphony" may seem strange, the pieces are arranged to form a nice sequence and, most importantly, are engagingly played by this early music ensemble. The interpretation is lively and the playing stylish. The sonics are detailed without being analytical.
I would recommend this to anyone as an introduction to the joys of French Baroque, but would encourage a follow-up purchase of one of the full operas.

Average customer rating: Fulfilling Overview of the Baroque Era in Music and Words An Excellent Introduction to the Music of the Baroque Era

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Customer Reviews:

Fulfilling Overview of the Baroque Era in Music and Words.......2005-05-09

Yet another great bargain-priced package from Naxos effectively provides an overview of the rich Baroque period with two discs containing more than 2 ½ hours of music and a comprehensive, 140-page primer booklet. Compiled by music historian Clive Unger-Hamilton, the collection is well-chosen to represent the many different facets of the era without recycling the more obvious candidates like Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons". The quality of the playing and singing is top-notch throughout, and the program contains quite a smorgasbord of pieces from dramatic opera arias to harpsichord pieces (sometimes played on authentic instruments, other times on modern grands) to full-blown choruses. Standout tracks include Allegri's "Miserere mei" with an ethereal boy treble soloist; two arias sung by soprano Ingrid Kertesi, in particular, Almirena's lament, "Lascia ch'io pianga" from Handel's "Rinaldo"; and a lovely "When I am laid in earth" from Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" performed by soprano Kym Amps. The choral pieces can be astounding from Bach's "St Matthew Passion (BWV 244)" performed by the large Hungarian Festival Chorus and full symphony orchestra to the eight voices that wrap themselves around "For unto us a child is born" from Handel's "Messiah".

The booklet itself provides great value as you listen to the selections. There is a well written 85-page essay by Unger-Hamilton, who manages to encapsulate an enormous amount of information about this period which leaves a novice like me with a more solid basis of understanding the music of the Baroque era. In fact, what is quite valuable is that Unger-Hamilton provides a specific historical reference for each piece on the recording in his essay. There is also a very helpful glossary and an intriguing timeline which covers musical milestones relative to similar milestones in history, arts and architecture and literature. Moreover, there is an alphabetical list of the key Baroque composers and an accompanying map of Europe with important music centers and the composers associated with these cities. The thoughtful presentation of this package really makes the $8.98 price tag one of the great bargains here.

An Excellent Introduction to the Music of the Baroque Era.......2005-04-04

This is one of a series of the 'Discover ...' 2 CD sets -- at super-budget price -- from Naxos that makes use of complete movements of music from the era in question. It is accompanied by an excellent booklet - a thick one! - with an explanatory essay that gives background on the music as well as blow-by-blow descriptions of the music being presented. All the selections (from such composers as Monteverdi, Handel, Bach, Scarlatti, Schütz, Purcell, Corelli, Pachelbel, Charpentier, et al.) are from Naxos's extensive library of recorded music and as far as I can tell all the performances are top-notch.

In addition there is a Timeline of the Baroque Era that includes material about the music, history, art, architecture and literature of the times. There is a map of Europe that shows where various composers lived and worked. There is a list of composers (more than just those whose music provides the audio examples) with their dates and locations. There is a glossary of common musical terms. There is also an extensive list of music suggested for further listening. I can easily imagine this set being the springboard for a newcomer to baroque music to begin a lifetime of enjoyment of these and similar works.

The presentation is thoughtfully done and the whole thing is in a slipcase that will preserve the CDs as well as the booklet for years to come.

Scott Morrison

Average customer rating: Some of the best Rameau, but... Rameau: Orchestral Suites (vol. 1) Lively, spirited introduction to the French Baroque

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Tracks:

1. La naissance d'Osiris (Suite For Orchestra): Overture
2. La naissance d'Osiris (Suite For Orchestra0: Musette
3. La naissance d'Osiris (Suite For Orchestra): Premier et deuxieme gavotte
4. La naissance d'Osiris (Suite For Orchestra): Rondeau graceiux
5. La naissance d'Osiris (Suite For Orchestra): Air de musette
6. La naissance d'Osiris (Suite For Orchestra): Premier et dexieme tambourin
7. La naissance d'Osiris (Suite For Orchestra): Air gracieux
8. La naissance d'Osiris (Suite For Orchestra): Musette tendre
9. La naissance d'Osiris (Suite For Orchestra): Marche gaye
10. La naissance d'Osiris (Suite For Orchestra): Premiere et deuxieme gavotte
11. La naissance d'Osiris (Suite For Orchestra): Air majesteux et gracieux
12. La naissance d'Osiris (Suite For Orchestra): Air vif
13. La naissance d'Osiris (Suite For Orchestra): Contredanse
14. Abaris ou les Boreades (Suite And Dances): Overture
15. Abaris ou les Boreades (Suite And Dances): Menuet
16. Abaris ou les Boreades (Suite And Dances): Allegro
17. Abaris ou les Boreades (Suite And Dances): Entree
18. Abaris ou les Boreades (Suite And Dances0: Rondeau vif
19. Abaris ou les Boreades (Suite And Dances): Contredanse en rondau
20. Abaris ou les Boreades (Suite And Dances): Premier et deuxiemen rigaudon
21. Abaris ou les Boreades (Suite And Dances): Gavaotte pourles Fleures et les Zephirs
22. Abaris ou les Boreades (Suite And Dances): Premiere et deuxieme contredanse

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Baroque opera in France was very different from the Italian "opera seria" form that prevailed elsewhere in Europe at the same time. While the Italian tradition preferred a succession of detachable arias that provided a showcase for star singers, French opera consisted of an equal measure of song and dance, with the vocal parts integrated into a much more continuous musical structure. Rameau's ballet music is the finest of the period--it has a really physical quality of movement, and the most interesting and pronounced rhythmic definition. All of which is a complicated way of saying that it really sets your toes tapping. Check it out; with excellent performances and a budget price, you've nothing to lose. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Some of the best Rameau, but..........2007-07-11

I prefer Bruggen's interpretations and recordings whenever possible.

The Naxos recordings here are a little on the dull side, from a sound-quality and energy/vitality perspective. Bruggen's are richer and more dance-like - they are simply more musical performances.

Rameau: Orchestral Suites (vol. 1).......2006-07-15

Rameau: Orchestral Suites (vol. 1)~ Jean-Philippe Rameau is simply put it a wonderful and stupendous recording from one of the masters of French Baroque music. The Baroque time period was an amazing time for music in my opinion and produced such great composers such as Bach, Vivaldi, Purcell to mention a few. Whilst not being as accomplished as Bach, Rameau is right on par with composers such as Vivaldi and Purcell. The book-let is well done with a wonderful painting on the front and the essay on Rameau is well written and not over-long or verbose. I highly recommend this splendid recording to fans of Baroque music and to people that fancy good music in general and give this 5 out of 5 stars.

Lively, spirited introduction to the French Baroque.......2002-12-01

Rameau at his best. Flutes, tambourines and strings in wonderful arrangement. Oboes in the slow movements played with infinite precision. Tubas and horns adding contrast. Embellishment with the greatest of delicacy. Rhythm is created by stress on the strings and overlay of the other instruments. A tribute to the 18th century and the royal court of Louis XV. Here, the ensemble Capella Savaria, led by Mary Terey-Smith, a Hungarian who became an accomplished academician in the United States and Canada, uses original instruments to create the authentic sound of the royal court in Baroque France. This is supposed to be "opera", but it is far from the "operas" two centuries hence and, controversally, the Italian operas of the day. The libretto is not disclosed nor is it significant. Polyphony is restrained but very much evident in multi-instrument dialogues and duets. The interplay of the flutes with the strings and other instruments is very satisfying. It all culminates in a rousing finale in 6/8 time.

Average customer rating: RAMEAU - MINKOWSKI & Les Musiciens du Louvre: sur le Ouvre posthume

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RAMEAU - MINKOWSKI & Les Musiciens du Louvre: sur le Ouvre posthume.......2006-12-28

Before Rameau (1683-1764) there was instrumentation; after Rameau, there was orchestration. Then came Mozart, Beethoven, von Weber, Berlioz, Fry, Lizts, Gottschalk, Wagner, Lèfébure-Wélly, Franck, Bruckner, Mahler, and the rest is part of the world's music history.

In the beginning, Rameau was an expert organist intensely interested with the exploration of new instrumental possibilities in music which he had already explored with organ music both as an instrumentalist and composer. He treated the organ as a great symphonic instrument rather than a polyphonic instrument. What we have here is what we call now "homophonic" music. He was not the only one to enter this form of thinking and composing; indeed there were others, but that does not take any away from his enormous accomplishments and advances in music theory.

Rameau was throughly contemporary with François Couperin Le Grand (1668-1733), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Giussepe Tartini (1692-1770), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) and many other very well known composers of the early and mid 1700's. There is no doubt that for the most part all of the above knew in great detail about each other's whereabouts and current musical developments; assimilation of each other's theoretical and compositional ideas and forms was a widely accepted practice during that time period.

Rameau as a matter of fact did not discover anything whether in music and/or instrumental sound acoustics but formally stated sound and acoustic "combinations" which if and when executed by composer and instrumentalists added to the clarity of the whole.

As our old friend Mr. Plato (428-347 BC) remarked (I hope more than once), the foundation of anything in this universe (music included) in itself is indifferent to the existence of our universe. Indeed, indifferent to our minds and evanescent existence. Put it another way, music would exist even if musicians and/or we the listeners did not. I know this could be a debatable philosophical point for some but that's a theme for another discussion somewhere else.

With his compositions Rameau explored first at the organ and then with opera, ballet and overtures orchestral and musical methods, and acoustic forms which in the end provided other musicians/composers in general with highly idealized representations of the real world, whatever the real world of acoustics in reality can be said to be.

There is so much music (of all kinds), and composers which to this date knowingly or not, having adopted and assimilated Rameau's dictums have achieved such a mastery of acoustic "combinations" with effects of space, sonority, tone placement, antiphony, echo, silence, etc., etc, that have made this a wonderful world. One that Rameau re-discovered and which now-a-days is an integral and essential part of recognized music theory.

Rameau wrote a number of "treatises" and books on music theory; the two most important are "Traité de l'harmonie" and "Gènération harmonique." In these two studies he described or "explicated" exhaustively all known to him blends of timbres/tones, space and reverberation combinations; to this day no musician could do without them! His main point was that melody and harmony are not independent of each other. These musical combinations were known by many, but Rameau was the first to write about them and put them to practice in a formal fashion - again - as far as we know now.

I may add here that organists in general knew what Rameau knew; organistis knew very well how to score and employ acoustics and concomitant specific reverberation times and silences to obtain desired sound effects with their organ compositions. J.S. Bach was a master of this technique incidentally. It was and still is part of every good organist to "have the knowledge" and the skills to partake with organ music in such way; we also intuitively know when an organist is not for whatever reason applying these acoustic principles during a performance, generally to everybody's dislike.

We must add here that Archangelo Corelli, Giuseppe Tartini and J.S. Bach for example scored "in scordatura" for string instruments, especially for viola da gambas but also for violins. Scoring "in scordatura" basically produces the same acoustical effects and results as those organists obtained with their organs;"in scordatura" in plain musical language means "mis-tuning." Scoring in this manner was a common practice during the 1600 and 1700's because it produced acoustical effects of the desired kind, that is, natural sound effects.

Never-the-less, Rameau was apparently the first one to write and compose music following "natural" sound combinations without the need for scordatura. This is Rameau's legacy for the ages.

He was (again, probably) the first to describe, justify and explain harmonic practice in music whithin a coherent system derived from the "nature" of sounds. It had been there all the time and Rameau just "nurtured" the idea. Again, we have here another example of "nature" and "nurture." Remember Mr. Plato's dictum?

Very few composers before Rameau had conciously exposed and/or utilized that knowledge aside for the ocassional "in scordatura." We must resort here to Nikolaus Harnoncourt's "The Musical Dialogue - Thoughts on Monteverdi, Bach and Mozart" and Paul Bekker's "The Orchestra" to fully understand the inner works of this process. I highly recommend lecture of these two capital books as well as Dr. Philip Gossett's English translation of Rameau's "Traité de l'harmonie."

With this SACD Marc Minkowski and his Les Musiciens de Louvre amply succeed in the representation of Rameau's orchestral music.

Rameau never wrote a symphony as such; let's consider that for a moment. At about the same time J.S. Bach was calling some of his compositions "Symphonias", but it was not ultil his son Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714-1788) threw away the traditional polyphonic media (instrumentation) or subordinated them to the dominant idea of harmonic development that a "formal" symphonic form appeared; we call this "homophonic" music incidentally.

There were no symphonies until that time (C.P.E. Bach's time) but only "concertos" of the "grosso" kind. Concerti grossi (Italian for big concerts) were a popular form of Baroque music whereby an orchestra ensemble passed musical material between an small group of soloists (the concertino) and the full orchestra (the ripieno).

That's the main reason for the added title to this SACD: "...un symphonie imaginaire." This SACD is about symphonies; symphonies which were never formally scored by Rameau. We are asked here and now to think about this music as being an imaginary symphony...or pieces of symphonies, or opera...ballets. Indeed not an easy proposition but, just after the first few bars of the the first track we realize that Rameau had a new perspective in music; his music was all about orchestration.

Did Minkowski and his group succeed in their mission? Obviously the answer is a resounding yes! Minkowski and his musicians created these imaginary symphonies out of some orchestral music originally written for operas and ballets, and some specific overtures. These were orchestral parts composed during the last thirty years of Ramaeau's life. Previously he had only composed keyboard music mostly for organs.

Presently, the question might be as follows: where do we begin with this SACD?

The instruments: the instruments are all original period instruments
and tuned to a prevalent a'= 415 Hz (so it's stated in the notes and my chromatic tuner corroborates exactly that) and that's very different than today's a'= ~ 440 Hz. The instrument's sound in this recording is different, totally different, and the tuning of the strings bespeaks well of the mastery of this orchestra's players. Remarkable, it's all I can say!

Minkowski, the conductor. There is no doubt in my mind that he, along with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Andrew Manze, is the dominant figure in Baroque music at the present time. You can not do better than this or these if we include the other two conductors.

The musicians. What can I say about them? That they have perfect pitch? Yes. That they play all the notes? Yes. That their string instruments had to be re-strung to a'= 415 Hz instead of playing "in scordatura"? I think so. Can they play in harmony? This is a great rendition of musical harmony at it's purest form.

I think Rameau with this music and specially it's orchestration showed to the future the shape of things to come. This was the beginning of the end of the Baroque and the start of a new era.

There are no words that could possibly describe the level of excellence which is achieved in this and the other Baroque recordings this conductor and musical group have been involved with. We do know this is the normal state of affairs with Minkowski and the musicians that subordinate to him. This is absolutely perfect.

The sound, again, Archiv has produced another SACD reference recording. It's a true 5.1 DTS recording which means the sound will be coming out of six speakers if played in an SACD player. The total surround sound is as real as one could get and much better and more realistic than the same version in just plain stereo. In my opinion the SACD is far superior than the stereo version.

I would not hesitate for a moment in recommending this SACD or any other that Minkowski and his musicians throw at us. Please hit us again and again with recordings of this caliber.

FINAL WORDS: B U Y I T - NOW.

Average customer rating: See this at BAM in June!

Les Boreades Rameau , Bourdy , Monteverdi Choir , and Ebs Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rameau - Les Fetes d'Hebe / Daneman, Connolly, Fouchecourt, Agnew, Felix, Les Arts Florissants, Christie Rameau: Castor & Pollux Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Rameau - Dardanus / Ainsley, Gens, Naouri, Delunsch, Courtis, Kozena, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Minkowski Charpentier - Medee / Hunt, Padmore, Deletre, Zanetti, Salzmann, Les Arts Florissants, Christie ASIN: B000009INY Release Date: 2002-08-12

Tracks:

1. Ouverture/Overture/Ouverture
2. Scene/Szene I "Suivez La Chasse, Allez"
3. Scenes/Szenen Ii, Iii, Iv (Debut) "La Chasse A Mes Regards N'offre Plus Rien D'a
4. Scene/Szene Iv: Danse "Si L'hymen A Des Chaines (Semire) Gavottes
5. Scene/Szene Iv "C'est Dans Cet Aimable Sejour"
6. Scene/Szene Iv: Rondeau Vif "La Troupe Volage" Gavottes
7. Scene/Szene Iv "Un Horizon Serein"
8. Contredanse En Rondeau
9. Scene/Szene I "Charmes Trop Dangereux"
10. Scene/Szene Ii "J'apercois Ce Mortel"
11. Scene/Szene Iii, Iv "Avec Eclat Paraissez A Mes Yeux"
12. Scene/Szene V "Boree, A La Clarte Dont Brillaient Mille Eclairs"
13. Scene/Szene Vi "Chantez Le Dieu Qui Nous Eclaire"
14. Scene/Szene Vi "Nos Peuples, Dieu Du Jour, T'offrent De Nouveaux Jeux"
15. Scene/Szene Vi: Gavottes "C'est La Liberte" (Borilee)
16. Scene/Szene Vi "Comme Un Zephir Qui Vole Et Jamais Ne S'engage"
17. Scene/Szene Vi" Air Andante Et Gracieux
18. Scene/Szene Vi "Ecoutez L'amour Qui Vous Presse"
19. Scene/Szene Vi: Air Andante
20. Scene/Szene Vi "C'est Des Dieux Qu'on Doit Apprendre"
21. Scene/Szene Vi: Loure
22. Scene/Szene Vi: Gavotte Vive - Gavotte
23. Scene/Szene Vi "Ciel, Quels Accords Harmonieux"
24. Scene/Szene Vi "Espere Tout De Ce Trait Enchante"
25. Scene/Szene I, Ii "Songe Affreux, Image Cruelle"
26. Scene/Szene Iii "Triomphe Hymen, L'amour T'applle"
27. Scene/Szene Iii "Dans Cees Beaux Lieux"
28. Scene/Szene Iii: Air Un Peu Plus Gai "Eh! Pourquoi Se Defendre?"
29. Scene/Szene Iii: Menuets
30. Scene/Szene Iii "Jouissons De Nos Beaux Ans"
31. Scene/Szene Iii: Gavottes
32. Scene/Szene Iii: Aimez, Aimez A Votre Tour
33. Scene/Szene Iv "Regnez, Belle Alphise"
34. Scene/Szene Iv "Boree En Fureur"
35. Entracte: Suite Des Vents
36. Scene/Szene I, Ii "Nuit Redoutable!"
37. Scene/Szene Iii "Nous N'implorons Que Vous"
38. Scene/Szene Iv: Entree
39. Scene/Szene Iv "Commandez Aux Tendres Zephis"
40. Scene/Szene Iv: Gavottes Pour Les Heures Et Les Zephirs Rigaudons
41. Scene/Szene Iv "Parcourez La Terre"
42. Scene/Szene Iv: Airs Tres Gais
43. Scene/Szene Iv "Mon Pouvoir Doit Servir Au Bonheur Des Huhmains"
44. Scene/Szene Iv: Air Pour Les Saisons Et Les Zephris
45. Scene/Szene Iv "Je Cours Flechir Un Dieu Severe"
46. Scene/Szene Iv "Volez, Que L'amour Vous Seconde!"
47. Scene/Szene I "Obeissez, Quittez, Quittez Vos Cavernes Obscures"
48. Scene/Szene Ii "Ne Suivez Plus Mes Pas, Vous Irritez Ma Peine"
49. Scene/Szene Iii "Venez Punir Son Injustice"
50. Scene/Szene Iv "Que Vois-Je?"
51. Scene/Szene Iv "Trop Superbes Rivaux"
52. Scene/Szene Iv "Quel Eclat!"
53. Scene/Szene V "Je Rends Pour Ce Heros Ma Tendresse Eclatante"
54. Scene/Szene V "Delices Des Mortels"
55. Scene/Szene V "Que Ces Moments Sont Doux"
56. Scene/Szene V: Air Andante - Pas De Deux - Menuets
57. Scene/Szene V "Que L'amour Embellit La Vie"
58. Contredanses Tres Vives

Customer Reviews:

See this at BAM in June!.......2003-05-11

Delightful musical surprises await you in this "lost" opera by Rameau. If you are in the NYC area, do not miss the few June performances at BAM. I saw William Christie's production (dir. Robert Carsen & dance by Edouard Lock) 3 times here in Paris and it was superb.

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Rameau: Les Boréades Gardiner , and English Chamber Orchestra Manufacturer: Erato ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004VLSX Release Date: 2002-08-12

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Acte 1: Scene I "Suivez La Chasse, Allez"
3. Acte 1: Scene Iv: Danse "Si I'hymen A Des Chaines"
4. Acte 1: Gavotte: Rondeau Vif "La Troupe Volage"
5. Acte 1: Gavottes: Contredanse En Rondeau
6. Acte 2: Scene I "Charmes Trop Dangereux"
7. Acte 2: Scene Iv "Chantez Le Dieu Qui Nous Eclaires"
8. Acte 2: Scene Iv "Nos Peuples, Dieu Du Jour, T'offrent De Nouveaux Jeux"
9. Acte 2: Gavottes "C'est La Liberte"
10. Acte 2: Air Un Peu Plus Gai "Comme Un Zephir Qui Vole Et Jamais Ne S'engage"
11. Acte 2: Air Andante Et Gracieux
12. Acte 2: "Encoutez L'amour Qui Vous Presse"
13. Acte 3: Scene Iii: Menuets
14. Acte 3: Scene Iii: "Jouissons De Nos Beaux Ans"
15. Acte 3: Scene Iii: Gavottes
16. Acte 3: Scene Iv: "Boree En Fureur"
17. Acte 3: Scene Iv: Entracte Suite Des Vents
18. Acte 4: Scene Iv: Entree
19. Acte 4: Scene Iv: Gavottes Pour Les Heures Et Les Zephirs
20. Acte 4: Rigaudons: "Parcourez La Terre"
21. Acte 4: Rigaudons: Airs Tres Gais
22. Acte 4: Rigaudons: "Mon Pouvoir Doit Dervir Au Bohneur Des Humains"
23. Acte 4: Rigaudons: "Volez, Que L'amour Vous Seconde!"
24. Act 5: Scene 1: "Obeissez, Quittez Vos Cavernes Obscures"
25. Act 5: Scene Iv: "Quel Eclat!"
26. Act 5: Scene V: "Que Ces Moments Sont Doux"
27. Act 5: Scene V: "Que L'amour Embellit La Vie"
28. Act 5: Scene V: Contredanses Tres Vives

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Suites Pour Souvigny Manufacturer: Gall Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Marais | Marais, Marin | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rameau | Rameau, Jean Philippe | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rebel, Jean-Féry | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Trio Sonatas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000004A3J Release Date: 1995-10-24

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Suites pour Souvigny.......2000-11-18

A very lively and sensitive touch, a thrilling virtuosity, a musicality that will not let you go, a passionating repertoire with some original transcriptions and first releases, and one of the most beautiful organs i have ever heard! For french classical organ-music lovers a must!

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Rameau: Les Boréades [Highlights] Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Rameau | Rameau, Jean Philippe | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005EE9 Release Date: 1995-06-06

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