Jean-Philippe Rameau: Orchestral Suites: The complete Philips & Glossa recordings

Release Date: 1st Feb 2019
Catalogue No: GCD921125
Label: Glossa

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Rameau: Les Boréades: orchestral suite

Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen

Rameau: Dardanus Suite

Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen

Rameau: Castor & Pollux: Suite

Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen

Rameau: Les Indes galantes: Suite

Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen

Rameau: Orchestral Suite: Acante et Céphise

Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen

Rameau: Les Fêtes d'Hébé: Suite

Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen

Rameau: Naïs: orchestral suite

Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen

Rameau: Zoroastre: orchestral suite

Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen

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Such was the significance of the music of Jean-Philippe Rameau for Frans Brüggen that the Dutch conductor’s first concert with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century featured a suite by the French composer, and his final directing appearance, shortly before his death in 2014, did likewise. Between times this inspirational musician and his orchestra recorded a series of orchestral suites drawn from the opéras-ballets, tragédies en musique and pastorales-héroïques, first for Philips and then for the orchestra’s own imprint on Glossa.

These eight suites have now been united by Glossa for the first time in a magisterial and richly-enjoyable demonstration of Frans Brüggen’s empathy with the output of the Baroque composer from Dijon. From Les Boréades to Les Indes galantes, from Acante et Céphise to Zoroastre via Castor et Pollux, these suites – originating in scrupulous scholarship by orchestra member Wim ten Have – together represent a pillar in the modern revival and appreciation of the music of Rameau, which was dear to the heart of Brüggen and so many of the other early music pioneers of his generation.

This limited, specially-priced edition will only be available as a four-disc box set, and is graced with striking and evocative photographs taken by Annelies van der Vegt.

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Orchestral Suites

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