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Special offer. Rameau: Les Indes Galantes
Ana Quintans (soprano), Julie Roset (soprano), Emmanuelle de Negri (soprano), Mathias Vidal (tenor), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Guillaume Andrieux (baritone), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (bass-baritone), La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
With the extra music for Amour in the Prologue, this is a welcome complement to the Budapest recording (with mostly French soloists) conducted by György Vashegyi.
Special offer. Rameau: Les Indes Galantes
Ana Quintans (soprano), Julie Roset (soprano), Emmanuelle de Negri (soprano), Mathias Vidal (tenor), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Guillaume Andrieux (baritone), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (bass-baritone), La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
With the extra music for Amour in the Prologue, this is a welcome complement to the Budapest recording (with mostly French soloists) conducted by György Vashegyi.
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The premiere of Rameau's first ballet opera Les Indes Galantes in 1735 was a resounding success that silenced the choir of critics who accused the composer of writing too complicated music for the time being. In the following years, the Paris Opera repeatedly put the work on the programme, with Rameau, as usual at the time, making changes, additions or cuts almost every time, including in 1761 for the last series of performances during his lifetime. Valentin Tournet and the ensemble La Chapelle Harmonique opted for this version for their recording, which can score points not least with an excellent cast of young voices.
Contents and tracklist
- La Chapelle Harmonique, Ana Quintans, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Julie Roset, Emmanuelle de Negri, Alexandre Duhamel, Valentin Tournet, Mathias Vidal, Guillaume Andrieux
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Awards and reviews
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International Classical Music Awards2022Nominated - Baroque Vocal
June 2021
With the extra music for Amour in the Prologue, this is a welcome complement to the Budapest recording (with mostly French soloists) conducted by György Vashegyi.
23rd May 2021
Exquisitely sung (the soloists are mostly French), the several entrées may lack a linear dramatic narrative, but the orchestral depiction of earthquakes, volcanoes and sea storms is spectacular. Tournet reveals Rameau’s astounding orchestration in all its glory.