After triumphant recordings of Handelian opera seria and other Italian material, soprano Sandrine Piau, France's voice of the Baroque, turns her attention to repertory that is very little known outside of France. Even in their homeland, Piau writes in the CD booklet, these arias and instrumental music are merely "not exactly virgin territory." The composers range from familiar except for opera (Rameau, Charpentier) to middling obscurities (André Grétry, André Campra) to complete unknowns (Charles-Simon Favart and the ...
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After triumphant recordings of Handelian opera seria and other Italian material, soprano Sandrine Piau, France's voice of the Baroque, turns her attention to repertory that is very little known outside of France. Even in their homeland, Piau writes in the CD booklet, these arias and instrumental music are merely "not exactly virgin territory." The composers range from familiar except for opera (Rameau, Charpentier) to middling obscurities (André Grétry, André Campra) to complete unknowns (Charles-Simon Favart and the collaborative composer team -- isn't that reason enough to buy the CD right there? -- of François Francoeur and François Rebel). And much of it turns out to have been awaiting only the presence of sympathetic interpreters. The music spans a little more than a century, with the opera Renaud by transplanted Florentine Antonio Sacchini having had its premiere in Paris in 1783. But the commonalities are more important than the march of styles. Piau summarizes them aptly: "The apparent...
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Add this copy of Le Triomphe De L'Amour to cart. $25.39, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Naive.
