Rameau - Zoroastre / Padmore ? Berg ? Mechaly ? Panzarella ? Lecroart ? Bazola ? Bonnet ? Revidat ? Les Arts Florissants ? Christie
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Composer: Jean-Philippe RameauConductor: William Christie
Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants
Performer: Mark Padmore
Performer: Nathan Berg
Performer: Ga?lle M?chaly
Performer: Anna Maria Panzarella
Performer: Stephanie Revidat
Performer: Matthieu Lecroart
Performer: Francois Bazola
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-04-15
Music Label: Erato
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Ouverture - William Christie
- Prelude: A L'heureux Abramane
- Air Vif. En Rondeau: Non, Je Ne Puis Assz Punir
- Et Nos Dieux Et Le Peuple
- Princesse, Avec Phaeres
- Duo: Unissons Nos Fureurs/Des Bactriens L'Ingrate Entrainait
- Dieux Terribles
- On Approche, Quittons Ces Lieux
- Rassurez-vous
- A Tous Nos Tendres Soins
- Reviens, C'est L'amour Qui T'appelle
- Air Tendre En Rondeau
- L'amour Pour Un Coeur Qui L'implore
- Gavotte Tendre
- Cher Zorastre, Helas!
- Air Gracieux: Non, Non, Une Flamme Volage
- Les Rayons Du Soleil
- C'est Vous, Chere Erinice?/Helas! Tout Fuit, Tout M'abandonne/Dieux Protecteurs De L'innocence
- Choeur Des Furies: Tremble, Tremble
- Ouverture - William Christie
- A Mes Tristes Regards
- Dans Cet Asile Favorable
- Du Charme Des Plaisirs
- Symphonie/Esprits Du Feu
- Conjuration/Ou Sui-Je?
- Sarabande
- 1re Gavotte Gaye/2e Gavotte
- Zoroastre, Vole A La Gloire
- Secondez L'ardeur Qui Me Presse
- Choeur De Demons: En Vain L'innocence Crie
- Juste Ciel! Quelle Barbarie!
- Barbare!/Air Vif: Je Confondrai Dans Ma Fureur
- Helas! Je Bravais Son Courroux
- Sejour Impenetrable
- Eclatez, Transports D'Allegresse
- Entree Des Peuples: Air Majestueux
- Ah! Que L'absence Est Un Cruel Torment!
- 1re Menuet/2e Menuet
- Ariette: Non, Ce N'est Pas Toujours Pour Ravager
- 1re Rigaudon/2e Rigaudon
- Cessez De Redouter Des Pretres Criminels
- Qu'il Triomphe Des Autres Dieux
- Entracte - William Christie
- Ritournelle/Arretez, Moderez Cette Fureur Extreme
- Un Coeur Fier Qui Brise Sa Chaine
- Osons Achever De Grands Crimes
- Sommeil, Fuis De Ce Sejour/L'aurore Vermeille/Duo: Pour La Fete La Plus Belle/Air: De Notre Flamme Mutuelle
- Sommeil, Fuis De Ce Sejour
- Entree De Peuples Differents
- Mille Rayons Brillants/Duo: Tout Se Ranime/O Lumiere Vive Et Pure
- Loure
- Ariette: Accourez, Jeunesse Brillante
- Entree Des Montagnards - William Christie
- Ariette: Sur Nos Coeurs Epuise Tes Armes
- Hatons Notre Bon Heur
- Duo: Je Vous Jure/Dieux, Armez-Vous/Amelite! Elle Expire, O Ciel!/Nous Perissons
- Prelude/Cruels Tyrans
- Votre Ennemi Triomphe/Du Jour Le Plus Serein
- C'en Est Donc Fait, Perfide/Duo: O Dieux! Quelle Douleur Mortelle!
- Qu'une Double Porte D'airain/Supreme Auteur Des Maux/On Attaque Ta Gloire
- Epuisons Le Flanc
- Princesse, Tout M'annonce
- Duo: Ministres Redoutes
- A Ta Voix Nous Quittons Sans Peine
- Les Biens Que Notre Main Dispense (La Vengeance)
- Air Grave
- Vengez-vous, Cessez De Souffrir
- Portons Les Coups Les Plus Terribles
- Va, Cours, J'arme Les Mains
- Air Vif
- La Flamme Le Consume/Quel Bonheur
- Air Tres Vif
- Ah! Nos Fureurs Ne Sont Point Vaines/Cours Aux Armes
- Courez Aux Armes
- Prelude/Quel Tourment!
- Il Approche/C'est Ernice!
- Elle Court D'Abime En Abime/Jour Funeste! Sort Inflexible!
- Que La Fiere Erinice/Que Tout Cede, Que Tout Flechisse
- Par Un Dernier Revers
- Ballet: Air Majestueux
- Duo: Que Ces Noeuds Sont Charmants!
- Ariett Gracieuse: L'Amour Vole
- 1re Gavotte/2e Gavotte
- Air En Rondeau (V, 7)
- Entree Des Bergers (V,8)
- Air Un Peu Gai Et Bien Pique (II, 3)
- Air Leger (I, 3)
- 1re Gavotte En Rondeau/2e Gavotte (I, 3)
- Gigue Vive (III, 6)
- Air Grave (IV, 5)
- Tambourin En Rondeau (III, 6)
- Ariette: Vole, Lance De Nouveaux Feux/Recit Et Choeur: Vole, Amour
Music reviews of Rameau - Zoroastre / Padmore ? Berg ? Mechaly ? Panzarella ? Lecroart ? Bazola ? Bonnet ? Revidat ? Les Arts Florissants ? Christie
Music Review: A fantastic recording of this great opera.
Rating: 5 Stars
Now this is something special.
Many will not know this great work and it has only been recorded once [?] before, correct me if I am wrong, and that was in the 1970s. So this recording will be welcomed by all lovers of the music of Jean-Philippe Rameau. What we have here is the revised [by the composer] 1756 version of the work, which featured a number of changes/improvements to acts 2, 3 and 5.
The cast of this recording is ideal and it features some well known names in the world of French Baroque music, namely: Mark Padmore, Nathan Berg, Ga?lle M?chaly and the wonderful Anna-Maria Panzarella. The tessitura of the voices is unusual. Rameau features one haute-contre in the role of Zoroaster himself, very stylishly sung by Mark Padmore. All the other men's roles, five in all, are for basses. The two female roles, Am?lite and ?rinice are sung by sopranos. Zoroastre is always out on his own, with a voice somewhat between that of the other men and the two ladies.
The chorus, which has some significant music is, as with all Les Arts Florissants recordings, very well balanced and not to large or too small.
The orchestra of Les Arts Florissants is large here. Rameau required 2 flutes, 4 oboes, 2 clarinets, 4 bassoons (surely Rameau's favourite woodwind instrument!), 2 horns, various percussion, strings and basso continuo. Rameau gives the orchestra a lot to do and, as with all of Rameau's operas, the orchestra plays almost continuously throughout the work.
Zoroastre has associations with Freemasonry and in some ways it is similar to Mozart's Die Zauberfl?te in its depiction of the struggle between good and evil. The work is powerful it is one of Rameau's finest achievements. I only hope that Les Arts Florissants revisits this work soon (this CD recording, released in 2002, was the last recording made for the now hapless ERATO by William Christie and his ensemble), it is my hope that Les Arts Florissants under the direction of maestro William Christie, or, perhaps, Mr. Paul Agnew, makes a DVD recording of this great work.
This Zoroastre recording is one of the finest recordings of the music of Jean-Philippe Rameau I've ever heard.
Description of Rameau - Zoroastre / Padmore ? Berg ? Mechaly ? Panzarella ? Lecroart ? Bazola ? Bonnet ? Revidat ? Les Arts Florissants ? Christie
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 EislerAll Works by Rameau CDs
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