Many more Rameau operas are available on recordings than there were a generation ago, but new ones are surfacing all the time. A splendid example is Achante et Céphise, composed in 1751 to mark the birth of Louis XV's grandson. The work received its modern debut only in 2012, and this recording by the newly allied historical performance group Les Ambassadeurs - La Grand Écurie, and director Alexis Kossenko is the world premiere. The commercial success of the album may seem unexpected for an unknown Rameau opera, in a ...
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Many more Rameau operas are available on recordings than there were a generation ago, but new ones are surfacing all the time. A splendid example is Achante et Céphise, composed in 1751 to mark the birth of Louis XV's grandson. The work received its modern debut only in 2012, and this recording by the newly allied historical performance group Les Ambassadeurs - La Grand Écurie, and director Alexis Kossenko is the world premiere. The commercial success of the album may seem unexpected for an unknown Rameau opera, in a seemingly oxymoronic genre ("pastorale-héröique"), with a preposterous story involving two lovers under the competing spells of an evil genie and a good fairy, but the music shows Rameau absolutely at the top of his powers, bringing a vast range of musical genres into the tale. There is a profusion of sparkling dances, overtures and interludes that may be fugal or otherwise show sophistication, arioso recitatives that move the action along urgently, arias that could easily stand alone in...
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Add this copy of Rameau: Achante Et Cephise to cart. $22.46, new condition, Sold by Importcds rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sunrise, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2021 by Erato.
Add this copy of Rameau: Achante Et Cephise to cart. $34.43, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2021 by Erato.
