Rameau: Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de L'Amour

The cast boasts two more excellent hautes-contre in Aaron Sheehan and Jeffrey Thompson…Brown, using the new critical edition by Thomas Soury, conducts the Opera Lafayette Orchestra and Chorus... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2019 More…

Release Date: 11th Jan 2019
Catalogue No: 2110393
Label: Naxos

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Rameau: Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour, ou Les Dieux d'Égypte

Claire Debono (soprano), Ingrid Perruche (soprano), Jeffrey Thompson (tenor) & Francois Lis (bass)
The New York Baroque Dance Company, Kalanidhi Dance, The Sean Curran Company & Opera Lafayette
Ryan Brown

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Les Fêtes de l’Hymen et de l’Amour was Rameau’s first exploration of the world of Egyptian mythology. Its libretto called for magic, gods and extraordinary natural effects to which he responded with one of his most comprehensively brilliant scores, blending a gallant and pastoral inspiration of extreme refinement with powerful vocal and orchestral writing. In his use of a fluid and continuous flow of music, in the theatrical deployment of choruses, and in the blurring of the distinction between recitatives and airs, Rameau entered a new and pioneering stage of development. The score heard in this performance is the authoritative version.

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March 2019

The cast boasts two more excellent hautes-contre in Aaron Sheehan and Jeffrey Thompson…Brown, using the new critical edition by Thomas Soury, conducts the Opera Lafayette Orchestra and Chorus with both vigour and sensitivity. I wish I could be more enthusiastic about the balance of the recording: the orchestra sometimes fades away alarmingly, and the timpani are much too prominent. But overall this is well worth acquiring.

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