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Concert de Danse: Rameau, Rebel, Lully | Accent ACC24346

Concert de Danse: Rameau, Rebel, Lully

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Label: Accent

Cat No: ACC24346

Barcode: 4015023243460

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 22nd June 2018

Contents

Artists

Howard Crook (tenor)
La Petite Bande

Conductor

Sigiswald Kuijken

Works

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine

Medee
» Que me peut demander la Gloire

Lalande, Michel-Richard de

L'Amour flechi par la Constance
» Tant au'a dure la nuit

Lully, Jean-Baptiste

Acis et Galatee
» C'est en vain
Armide
» Overture
» Passacaille

Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Daphnis et Egle (excerpts)
La Guirlande
» Ranimez vous
Les Fetes d'Hebe
» L'objet qui regne

Rebel, Jean-Fery

La Fantaisie
Les Plaisirs champetres

Artists

Howard Crook (tenor)
La Petite Bande

Conductor

Sigiswald Kuijken

About

The 18th century was a time when deportment and noble behaviour were essential for people of quality. Dance formed a major part of all social ceremonies and theatrical presentations. Nowhere was dancing more highly regarded than in France, where ballets de cour assumed great importance, and the Lullian tragedie en musique had its counterpart in the ballet en action of the opera-ballet. The Fantaisie (1729) and Plaisirs champêtres (1734) of Jean-Féry Rebel, reflecting the differing personalities of their prima ballerinas Camargo and Salle, have been called ‘choreographic symphonies’. Bucolic pastimes were a favourite subject for these courtly entertainments: Rameau’s ‘heroic pastoral’ Daphnis et Eglé (1753) is represented by a large number of movements which illustrate its rich orchestration and expressive depth.

“Sigiswald Kuijken’s Petite Bande play with brisk rhythmicality, clean-cut precision and an engaging stylishness, at the same time not ignoring dynamic contrast. Howard Crook rises to the pathos of Acis’s air in Lully’s ‘heroic pastoral’, but is heard at his best in ornate fast-moving airs by Rameau.” – Gramophone

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