Rameau - Castor & Pollux

Rameau - Castor & Pollux

Rameau - Castor & Pollux
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Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau
Conductor: William Christie
Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants
Performer: Claire Brua
Performer: Mark Padmore
Performer: Sandrine Piau
Performer: Rene Schirrer
Performer: Veronique Gens
Performer: Agnes Mellon
Performer: Jerome Correas
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1993-04-22
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Prologue: Ov - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  2. Prologue, Scene I: 'Venus, O Venus' - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  3. Prologue, Scene I: Sym - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  4. Prologue, Scene I: 'Je Vous Revois, Belle Deesse' - Rene Schirrer
  5. Prologue, Scene II. Gavottes: 'Renais, Plus Brillante' - Mark Padmore
  6. Prologue, Scene II. Primier Menuet: 'Naissez, Dons De Flore' - Mark Padmore
  7. Prologue, Scene II. Deuxieme Menuet: 'D'un Spectacle Nouveau'/Ov (Reprise) - Claire Brua
  8. Act One, Scene I: 'Que Tout Gemisse' - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  9. Act One, Scene II: 'Ou Courez-voux?' - Agnes Mellon/Veronique Gens
  10. Act One, Scene III: 'Tristes Apprets, Pales Flambeaux' - Agnes Mellon
  11. Act One, Scene IV: 'D'ou Partent Ces Cris Nouveaux?'/'Eclatez, Fieres Trompettes' - Jerome Correas/Agnes Mellon/Adrian Brand/Jean-Claude Sarragosse
  12. Act One, Scene IV: Deuxieme Et Troisim Airs De Athletes - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  13. Act One, Scene V: 'Je Remets A Vos Pieds Ces Depouilles Sanglantes' - Agnes Mellon/Jerome Correas
  14. Act One, Scene V: Premier Airs Des Athletes - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
Music CD 2
  1. Act Two, Scene I: 'Nature, Amour, Qui Partagez Mon Coeur' - Jerome Correas
  2. Act Two, Scene II/Scene III: 'Le Souverain Des Dieux' - Jerome Correas/Agnes Mellon/Mark Padmore
  3. Act Two, Scene IV: 'Ma Voix, Puissant Maitre Du Monde' - Rene Schirrer/Jerome Correas
  4. Act Two, Scene V: 'Connaissez Notre Puissance' - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  5. Act Two, Scene V: 'Qu'Hebe De Fleurs' - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  6. Act Two, Scene V: Deuxieme Air Pour Hebe Et Ses Suivantes/'Voici Des Dieux' - Sophie Daneman
  7. Act Three, Scene I: 'Rassemblez-vous, Peuples'/Scene II - Veronique Gens/Jerome Correas/Agnes Mellon
  8. Act Three, Scene III: 'Son Char A Recule Tout A Coup A Mes Yeux' - Agnes Mellon
  9. Act Three, Scene IV: 'Sortez D'esclavage'/Premier Air Des Demons - Jerome Correas/Agnes Mellon/Veronique Gens
  10. Act Three, Scene IV: 'Brisons Tous Nos Fers'/Deuxieme Air Des Demons - Les Arts Florissants
  11. Act Three, Scene V: 'Tout Cede A Ce Heros Vainqueur' - Veronique Gens
Music CD 3
  1. Act Four, Scene I: 'Sejour De L'eternelle Paix' - Howard Crook
  2. Act Four, Scene II: 'Qu'il Soit Heureux Comme Nous' - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  3. Act Four, Scene II: 'Ici Se Leve L'aurore' - Sandrine Piau
  4. Act Four, Scene II: 'Sur Les Ombres Fugitives' - Sandrine Piau
  5. Act Four, Scene II: Autant D'amours que De Fleurs' - Sandrine Piau
  6. Act Four, Scene II: 'Fuyez, Fuyez, Ombres Legeres'/Scene III: 'Rassurez-vous, Habitants Fortunes... - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  7. Act Four, Scene III:'Rassurez-vous, Habitants Fortunes'/Scene IV: 'Revenez, Revenez Sur Les... - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  8. Act Five, Scene I: 'Castor Revoit Le Jour' - Veronique Gens
  9. Act Five, Scene II: 'CIel Est Donc Touche' - Howard Crook/Agnes Mellon
  10. Act Five, Scene III: 'Vivez, Heureux Epoux'/'Peuples, Eloignez-vous' - Howard Crook
  11. Act Five, Scene IV: 'Eh Quoi! Tous Ces Objets Ne Peuvent T'attendrir?'/'Qu'ai-je Entendu! Quel Bruit - Howard Crook/Agnes Mellon
  12. Act Five, Scene V: 'Les Destins Sont Contents' - Rene Schirrer/Agnes Mellon/Howard Crook/Rene Schirrer
  13. Act Five, Scene VI: 'Mon Frere... O Ciel!/'Palais De Ma Grandeur Ou Je Dicte Mes lois/'Palais D - Rene Schirrer/Agnes Mellon/Howard Crook/Jerome Correas
  14. Act Five, Scene VII: 'Tant De Vertus Doivent Pretendre'/Entree Des Astres. Gigue - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  15. Act Five, Scene VII. Ariette: 'Brillez, Brillez, Astres Nouveaux' - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
  16. Act Five, Scene VII. Chaconne: 'Que Les Cieux, Que La Terre Et L'Onde' - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie

Music reviews of Rameau - Castor & Pollux

Music Review: Serene and beautiful Rameau
Rating: 5 Stars

Castor et Pollux may not be Jean-Philippe Rameau's greatest operas, although it is a very fine opera, but it is certainly Rameau's most beautiful. The orchestral music is rich and full of life and colour, as always. The tunes are very good - we have the usual range of music here, from toe-tappers to sublimely beautiful arias.
The aria "Tristes appr?ts, p?les flambeaux?", sung by T?la?re (Agn?s Mellon), Acte I, Sc?ne III, is one of the most beautiful and, indeed, sublime Baroque opera arias I've ever heard. Here this and you'll want to buy this opera.

The cast is strong - Howard Crook, Agn?s Mellon, V?ronique Gens, Sandrine Piau, Mark Padmore, Claire Brua and Sophie Daneman (before the wobbly vibrato heard in later recordings set in) - and Les Arts Florissants directed by William Christie are in top form.

A must for lovers of Rameau and those curious about Baroque opera.

Hopefully, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants will revisit this work on DVD soon.

Description of Rameau - Castor & Pollux

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. It 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 a man who rescues his slain brother in the underworld amid the usual romantic conflicts. The cast catches a number of early-music notables at the beginning of their careers, including Howard Crook, V?ronique Gens, Sandrine Piau, and Mark Padmore. Indeed, when this set was first issued in 1993, one never imagined that it would come to be regarded as something close to a dream cast. --David Patrick Stearns

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