Rameau - Zoroastre / Padmore · Berg · Mechaly · Panzarella · Lecroart · Bazola · Bonnet · Revidat · Les Arts Florissants · Christie

Rameau - Zoroastre / Padmore · Berg · Mechaly · Panzarella · Lecroart · Bazola · Bonnet · Revidat · Les Arts Florissants · Christie

Rameau - Zoroastre / Padmore · Berg · Mechaly · Panzarella · Lecroart · Bazola · Bonnet · Revidat · Les Arts Florissants · Christie
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Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau
Conductor: William Christie
Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants
Performer: Mark Padmore
Performer: Nathan Berg
Performer: Gaëlle Méchaly
Performer: Anna Maria Panzarella
Performer: Matthieu Lecroart
Performer: François Bazola
Performer: Eric Martin-Bonnet
Performer: Stephanie Revidat
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-04-15
Music Label: Erato
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Ouverture
  2. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 1. Prélude. � l'heureux Abramane
  3. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 1. Air vif. En rondeau. Non, je ne puis assez punir
  4. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 1. Et nos dieux et le peuple
  5. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 2. Princesse, avec Phaerès
  6. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 1. Sc�¨ne 2. Duo. Unissons nos fureurs. Des Bactriens l'ingrate entra�®nait
  7. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 1. Sc�¨ne 2. Dieux terribles
  8. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 1. Sc�¨ne 2. On approche, quittons ces lieux
  9. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 1. Sc�¨ne 3. Rassurez-vous
  10. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 3. � tous nos tendres soins
  11. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 3. Reviens, c'est l'amour qui t'appelle
  12. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 3. Air tendre en rondeau
  13. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 3. L'amour pour un c�ur qui l'implore
  14. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 3. Gavotte tendre
  15. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 3. Cher Zoroastre, hélas!
  16. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 3. Air gracieux. Non, non, und flamme volage
  17. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 3. Les rayons du soleil
  18. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 4. C'est vous, chère �rinice? Scène 5. Hélas! Tout fuit, tout m'abandonne. Scène 6. D
  19. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 1. Scène 6. ...Ch�ur des Furies: Tremble, tremble
  20. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Entracte. Ouverture
  21. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 1. � mes tristes regards
  22. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 2. Dans cet asile favorable
  23. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 2. Du charme des plaisirs
  24. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 2. Symphonie. Esprits du feu. Scène 3. Aux accents de ma voix
  25. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 3. Conjuration. Où suis-je?
  26. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 3. Sarabande
  27. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 3. 1re Gavotte gaye - 2e Gavotte
  28. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 3. Zoroastre, vole à la gloire
  29. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 3. Secondez l'ardeur qui me presse
  30. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 4. Ch�ur de Démons. En vain l'innocence crie
  31. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 4. Juste ciel! quelle barbarie! Scène 5. Barbare!
  32. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 5. Air vif. Je confondrai dans ma fureur
  33. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 6. Hélas! je bravais son courroux
  34. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 6. Séjour impénétrable. Scène 7. Le ciel, qu'ont attendri mes pleurs
  35. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 7. �clatez, transports d'allégresse
  36. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 7. Entrée des Peuples. Air majestueux
  37. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 7. Ah! que l'absence est un cruel tourment!
  38. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 7. 1er Menuet - 2e Menuet
  39. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 7. Ariette. Non, ce n'est pas toujours pour ravager
  40. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 7. 1re Rigaudon - 2e Rigaudon
  41. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 7. Cessez de redouter des prêtres criminels
  42. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Scène 7. Qu'il triomphe des autres dieux
  43. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 2. Entracte
Music CD 2
  1. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 3. Scène 1. Ritournelle. Arrêtez, modérez cette fureur extrême
  2. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 3. Scène 1. Un c�ur fier qui brise sa chaîne
  3. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 3. Scène 2. Osons achever de grands crimes
  4. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 3. Scène 3. Sommeil, fuis de ce séjour. Scène 4. L'aurore vermeille. Duo. Pour la fête la plus
  5. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 3. Scène 5. Sommeil, fuis de ce séjour
  6. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 3. Scène 5. Entrée de peuples différents
  7. Zoroastre, tragédie en musique: Acte 3. Scène 5. Mille rayons brillants. Duo. Tout se ranime. � lumière vive et pure
  8. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 3. Sc�¨ne 5. Loure
  9. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 3. Sc�¨ne 5. Ariette. Accourez, jeunesse brillante
  10. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 3. Sc�¨ne 6. Entr�©e des Montagnards
  11. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 3. Sc�¨ne 6. Ariette. Sur nos coeurs �©puise tes armes
  12. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 3. Sc�¨ne 6. H�¢tons notre bonheur
  13. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 3. Sc�¨ne 6. Duo. Je vous jure. Sc�¨ne 7. Dieux, armez-vous. Sc�¨ne 8. Am�©lite! Elle expire, �´ Ci
  14. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Pr�©lude. Sc�¨ne 1. Cruels tyrans
  15. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 2. Votre ennemi triomphe. Sc�¨ne 3. Du jour le plus serein
  16. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 5. Supr�ªme auteur des maux. On attaque ta gloire
  17. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 5. ��puisons le flanc
  18. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 5. Princesse, tout m'annonce
  19. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 5. Duo. Ministres redout�©s
  20. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 6. �� ta voix nous quittons sans peine
  21. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 6. Les biens que notre main dispense
  22. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 6. Air grave
  23. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 6. Vengez-vous, cessez de souffrir
  24. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 6. Portons les coups les plus terribles
  25. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 6. Air vif
  26. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 6. La flamme le consume. Quel bonheur
  27. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 6. Air tr�¨s vif
  28. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 6. Ah! nos fureurs ne sont point vaines. Sc�¨ne 7. Cours aux armes
  29. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 4. Sc�¨ne 8. Courez aux armes
Music CD 3
  1. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 1. Pr�©lude. Quel tourment!
  2. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 1. Il approche. Sc�¨ne 2. C'est ��rinice!
  3. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 3. Elle court d'ab�®me en ab�®me. Sc�¨ne 4. Jour funeste! Sort inflexible!
  4. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 4. Que la fi�¨re ��rinice. Sc�¨ne 5. Que tout c�¨de, que tout fl�©chisse
  5. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 6. Par un dernier revers
  6. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 7. Ballet. Air majestueux
  7. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 7. Duo. Que ces noeuds sont charmants!
  8. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 8. Ariette gracieuse. L'Amour vole
  9. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 8. 1er Gavotte - 2e Gavotte
  10. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 8. Air en rondeau [v, 7]
  11. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 8. Entr�© des Bergers [v, 8]
  12. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 8. Air un peu gai et bien piqu�© [11, 3]
  13. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 8. Air l�©ger [I, 3]
  14. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 8. 1re Gavotte en rondeau - 2e Gavotte [I, 3]
  15. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 8. Air grave [IV, 5]
  16. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. Sc�¨ne 8. Tambourin en rondeau [III, 6]
  17. Zoroastre, trag�©die en musique: Acte 5. fin. Ariette. Vole, lance de nouveaux feux. R�©cit et Choeur. Vole, Amour

Music reviews of Rameau - Zoroastre / Padmore · Berg · Mechaly · Panzarella · Lecroart · Bazola · Bonnet · Revidat · Les Arts Florissants · Christie

Music Review: Spectacular in every sense of the word
Rating: 5 Stars

Rameau couldn't help being a musical revolutionary. Perhaps the fact he was so far ahead of his time explains the extraordinary freshness his music seems to have in ours. Parisian audiences at the 1749 premiere of "Zoroastre", his fourth "tragedie lyrique", were just as puzzled as they had been at his first, "Hippolyte et Aricie", sixteen years earlier and the reception was lukewarm. Undeterred, the composer completely refashioned the opera in 1756 to produce the version presented here. It turns out to be a masterpiece. One of the things the original audience found hard to accept was the novelty of the story, which is derived neither from Clasical mythology nor Italian romantic epic. The opera is set in ancient Bactria, then part of the Persian empire, now part of modern Afghanistan. It concerns the efforts of the prophet Zoroaster to introduce a new religion celebrating goodness and light and to win the hand of Princess Amelite, heiress to the throne of the kingdom. Ranged against him are the evil sorcerer and tyrant Abramane, who derives his magic from the demonic forces of the old religion, and Erinice, another princess in love with Zoroaster, whose anguished dilemma whether to kill the hero or warn him of Abramane's plots make up a good deal of the drama. As Graham Sadler explains at length in the booklet notes, contemporaries immediately recognized the libretto as an allegory of the ideals of freemasonry, leading many later critics to decribe the opera as Rameau's "Magic Flute" (the similarity between the names Zoroastre and Sarastro is no coincidence), though you won't find any of the high jinks of Papageno More fancifully the opera has been described as Rameau's "Parsifal", a valid comparison if it refers to the way the struggle between light and darkness is reflected in the composer's orchestration, some of his most extraordinary. In the enchanter Abramane "Zoroastre" also has one of Baroque opera's most memorable villains, who expresses the Machiavellian credo that "Tous les succes sont legitimes" (success justifies every crime). The writers of the "Penguin Guide to Music" pay Rameau a backhanded compliment when they claim that in the dark music he wrote for Abramane he was clearly "taking a leaf out of Gluck's book." "Zoroastre" comes at least a decade before Gluck's reforms. Finally, the libretto affords a great opportunity for all the spectacle, ballets and choruses you would expect from a French Baroque opera : the wedding ceremonies, coronations, religious initiations and demonic sacrifices give ample scope for the composer's musical imagination.

This is not the first time the opera has appeared on disc. Twenty years ago, Sigiswald Kujiken and La Petite Bande recorded it for Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. Though that version (not currently available) was both excellently played and sung, it was never completely satisfactory. Its remote beauty was never very convincing as drama. Kujiken was obviously far more at home with the ethereal music of the good spirits than with the rowdiness of the demons. Christie, on the other hand, is absolutely gripping and gives us an all-round vision of the opera. By my count this is his ninth recording of a stage work by Rameau and this depth of experience certainly shows here, right from the opening bars, another of Rameau's innovations since he discarded the traditional prologue in favour of an overture illustrating the concepts behind the opera. Pounding chords representing both a thunderstorm and Abramane's oppressive hold over the people of Bactria give way to luminous music evoking the liberation and enlightenment Zoroastre will bring.The listener is immediately drawn into the drama by the muscular playing of Les Arts Florissants, who manage to combine a sense of forward propulsion with alertness to every orchestral detail. Christie's reading is grittier, never afraid to sacrifice a little smoothness for the sake of theatricality. This is seen to best effect in Act Four, where Abramane conjures up demons and the spirit of vengeance in order to destroy his hated rival. In Christie's hands, this powerful scene with its weird harmonies is as vivid as Rubens' painting of the Last Judgement on the cover. The same grittier approach applies to the young, mostly unknown cast. One of the other problems with the Kujiken recording was that because they were both sweet-toned it was difficult to tell the two rival soprano princesses apart. That doesn't happen here, not that the singing of Gaelle Mechaly as Erinice or Anna Maria Panzarella as Amelite is not beautiful and, when necessary, sweet, but you really hear the bitterness and torment in Erinice's voice and the determination in Amelite's. Mark Padmore is equally good as the ardent visionary Zoroastre, proving that the cruelly high writing for "haute contre" does not necessarily make for an effeminate hero. Bass Nathan Berg clearly relishes playing the evil Abramane, injecting the role with a mixture of gleeful malevolence and youthful dynamism. Christie also helps the drama along by shifting a few of the dances and arias to an appendix. Highly recommended to all lovers of French opera. A spectacular recording in every sense of the word.
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While Freemasonry's secrecy has always aroused distrust, its enlightened principles and belief in virtue, liberty, fraternity, and equality have attracted large numbers of intellectuals and artists; one of its most famous adherents was Mozart. However, his opera The Magic Flute was not the first to be inspired by its teachings but was preceded in 1749 by Rameau's Zoroastre. Its initial reception was so cool that Rameau and his librettist, Louis de Cahusac (a prominent Mason) undertook extensive revisions. The new version was produced--by coincidence or fate?--in 1756, the year of Mozart's birth, and became a great success. The opera is based on the struggle between good and evil, light and darkness, enlightenment and ignorance, personified by Zoroastre, the Persian religious reformer, and Abramane, an ambitious sorcerer, servant of the Evil Spirit. The human element (strengthened in the second version) is represented by two princesses, rivals for the Bactrian throne and Zoroastre's love; since one of them is in league with Abramane, the outcome is not in doubt. As in the Magic Flute, the music's the thing, and it is great, creating character, atmosphere and contrast, painting almost visible images of disasters, ceremonies, and celebrations. The vocal writing is extremely difficult, florid, wide in tonal and expressive range; the tenor and soprano parts lie extremely high, the basses' extremely low. Secco and accompanied recitatives melt into each other and into meltingly beautiful lyrical and stirringly dramatic arias and ensembles. But perhaps it is the choruses, underlining, supporting, and commenting on the action, and the orchestral sections, including many wonderful ballets, that are most impressive. Rameau uses the instruments to evoke light and shade, joy and sorrow, hope and despair, juxtaposing and combining winds and strings for utmost color and contrast, and the players and choristers do full justice to his demands. Among the soloists, the sopranos' often unvibrated tone tends to get shrill; the men are all superb; Padmore stands out in the punishingly difficult role of Zoroastre. --Edith Eisler

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