Rameau - La Guirlande ~ Zéphyre / Daneman, Méchaly, Ockenden, Decaudaveine, Agnew, Baloza, Cappella Coloniensis, Christie

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Though entitled acte de ballet, these two works are really small operas, since the action is carried on mainly by recitatives and arias. However, there is also a profusion of dances: courtly, gracious, stately as well as lively, sometimes in sets amounting to entire suites. They supplement the chorus's commentary on the action and reflect the characters' mood and state of mind. Both works have idyllic, pastoral settings and very flimsy librettos, the first about love among shepherds and shepherdesses, the second between gods, goddesses, and nymphs. It is Rameau's music that infuses these contrived, artificial characters and situations with vibrant life and human emotions, and it is beautiful, with an unfailing crystalline purity, whether expressing joy, pleading, or nostalgia. The orchestra sets and underlines mood and atmosphere with evocative tone-painting; the winds not only imitate whole choirs of birds, but illustrate sighs and emotions; hunting horns herald the goddess Diana. The performance is exemplary, the sound transparent but not thin, and the dances have a supple, lilting rhythm. The singers negotiate their florid arias with ease and communicate tenderness, passion, remorse, anguish, and forgiveness. In La Guirlande, countertenor Paul Agnew and soprano Sophie Daneman are outstanding; in Zéphyre, whose three parts are all sung by sopranos, the wind-god's voice is much brighter than that of the nymph he courts. Described as among Rameau's lesser works, these two pieces seem to have been neglected unjustly. --Edith Eisler

Rameau - La Guirlande ~ Zéphyre / Daneman, Méchaly, Ockenden, Decaudaveine, Agnew, Baloza, Cappella Coloniensis, Christie, Music, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Cappella Coloniensis, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Sophie Daneman, Paul Agnew, Rebecca Ockenden, Sophie Decaudaveine, François Bazola, Gaëlle Méchaly, Ballet, Baroque Ballet, Classical, Classical Music, Opera/Operetta, Orchestral & Symphonic

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Rameau - La Guirlande ~ Zéphyre / Daneman, Méchaly, Ockenden, Decaudaveine, Agnew, Baloza, Cappella Coloniensis, Christie Jean-Philippe Rameau , Cappella Coloniensis , Les Arts Florissants , William Christie , Sophie Daneman , Paul Agnew , Rebecca Ockenden , Sophie Decaudaveine , François Bazola , and Gaëlle Méchaly Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rameau | Rameau, Jean Philippe | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Christie, William | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rameau - Les Fetes d'Hebe / Daneman, Connolly, Fouchecourt, Agnew, Felix, Les Arts Florissants, Christie Rameau: Les Surprises de l'Amour Charpentier - Actéon / Visse · Mellon · Laurens · Feldman · Paut · Les Arts Florissants · Christie Charpentier - Medee / Hunt, Padmore, Deletre, Zanetti, Salzmann, Les Arts Florissants, Christie Rameau: Castor & Pollux ASIN: B000059QUY Release Date: 2001-07-03

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1. La Guirlande: Scene 1: Ritournelle - Cappella Coloniensis Des WDR/William Christie
2. La Guirlande: Scene 1: Peut-on Etre A La Fois Si Tendre Et Si Volage? - Paul Agnew
3. La Guirlande: Scene 1: Ranimez-vous... - Paul Agnew
4. La Guirlande: Scene 1: Toi Qui Vis Mon Erreur - Paul Agnew
5. La Guirlande: Scene 1: Annonce: Mais J'entends Les Bergers Que Ta Fete Rassemble - Paul Agnew
6. La Guirlande: Scene 2: Air Gracieux - Cappella Coloniensis Des WDR/Hiro Kurosaki
7. La Guirlande: Scene 2: Hatons-nous... - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
8. La Guirlande: Scene 2: Menuets - Cappella Coloniensis Des WDR/Hiro Kurosaki
9. La Guirlande: Scene 3: Zelide, Nos Plaisirs N'ont Rien Qui Vous Amuse? - Francois Bazola/Sophie Daneman
10. La Guirlande: Scene 3: Tout Languit Dans Nos Bois... - Sophie Daneman
11. La Guirlande: Scene 4: Que Vois-je? - Paul Agnew
12. La Guirlande: Scene 5: Je Vous Revois, Belle Zelide - Paul Agnew/Sophie Daneman
13. La Guirlande: Scene 5: Annonce: Nos Bergers De L'Amour Vont Celebrer La Fete - Paul Agnew
14. La Guirlande: Scene 5: Triomphe, Triomphe, Amour - Sophie Daneman/Paul Agnew
15. La Guirlande: Scene 6: Aimons, Aimons - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
16. La Guirlande: Scene 6: (Bergers Qui Vont Offrir Leurs Guirlandes A L'Amour) - Cappella Coloniensis Des WDR/Hiro Kurosaki
17. La Guirlande: Scene 6: Sons Brillants... - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
18. La Guirlande: Scene 6: La Flute Est Des Soupirs Le Plus Tendre Interprete - Paul Agnew/Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
19. La Guirlande: Scene 6: Air Gracieux En Rondeau - Cappella Coloniensis Des WDR/Hiro Kurosaki
20. La Guirlande: Scene 6: Entree Des Patres - Cappella Coloniensis Des WDR/Hiro Kurosaki
21. La Guirlande: Scene 6: Musette - Cappella Coloniensis Des WDR/Hiro Kurosaki
22. La Guirlande: Scene 6: Gavotte (Rigaudon Gai) - Cappella Coloniensis Des WDR/Hiro Kurosaki
23. La Guirlande: Scene 6: Quand Du Dieu Des Bois - Sophie Daneman
24. La Guirlande: Scene 6: Pantomime Noble - Cappella Coloniensis Des WDR/Hiro Kurosaki
25. La Guirlande: Scene 6: Air Gracieux, Tambourins - Cappella Coloniensis Des WDR/Hiro Kurosaki
26. La Guirlande: Scene 6: Vole, Amour - Sophie Daneman/Paul Agnew/Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
27. La Guirlande: Scene 6: Contredanse - Cappella Coloniensis Des WDR/Hiro Kurosaki

Tracks:

1. Zephyre: Scene 1: Prld - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
2. Zephyre: Scene 1: Les Nymphes De Diane Approchent De Ces Leiux - Gaelle Mechaly
3. Zephyre: Scene 1: On Vient/Sous Cet Epais Feuillage/Scene 2: Chantons Le Retour De L'aurore - Gaelle Mechaly/Rebeca Ockenden/Sophie Decaudaveine
4. Zephyre: Scene 2: Gavottes - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
5. Zephyre: Scene 2: O Diane, Pourquoi Vous Separer De Nous? - Rebeca Ockenden/Sophie Decaudaveine
6. Zephyre: Scene 3: Ou Courez-vous, Nymphe Charmante? - Gaelle Mechaly/Rebeca Ockenden
7. Zephyre: Scene 3: Ou Suis-je? - Rebeca Ockenden/Gaelle Mechaly
8. Zephyre: Scene 3: L'Amour A Des Appas Toujours Victorieux - Gaelle Mechaly/Rebeca Ockenden
9. Zephyre: Scene 4: Courons, Signalons Notre Zele! - Gaelle Mechaly/Sophie Decaudaveine
10. Zephyre: Scene 5: Air - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
11. Zephyre: Scene 5: Passepieds - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
12. Zephyre: Scene 5: Que Craignez-vous D'un Dieu Que L'univers Adore? - Gaelle Mechaly
13. Zephyre: Scene 5: Air - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
14. Zephyre: Scene 5: Menuets - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
15. Zephyre: Scene 5: Gavotte - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
16. Zephyre: Scene 5: Vous Ne Devez L'eclat Des Fleurs - Gaelle Mechaly/Rebeca Ockenden
17. Zephyre: Scene 5: Sarabande/Voyez Ces Amants Heureux - Gaelle Mechaly
18. Zephyre: Scene 5: Quels Sons! Quelle Vive Lumiere!/Scene 6: Rassurez-vous, Je Cede - Gaelle Mechaly/Rebeca Ockenden/Sophie Decaudaveine
19. Zephyre: Scene 6: Qu'il Est Doux De Suivre - Rebeca Ockenden/Gaelle Mechaly
20. Zephyre: Scene 6: Sarabande - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
21. Zephyre: Scene 6: Gavottes - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
22. Zephyre: Scene 6: Amour, Sois Le Dieu De Nos Ames - Gaelle Mechaly/Rebecca Ockenden/Choeur Des Arts Florissants
23. Zephyre: Scene 6: Contredanse - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie

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