Rameau: Les Indes Galantes

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Rousset's recital is generously endowed with graceful gestures, elegant phrasing and well-defined ornaments. …he… conveys the sheer charm of the music with impeccable style and flawless technique. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 20th Jul 2009
Catalogue No: AM152
Label: Ambroisie
Length: 61 minutes

Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Premiere Concert in G Major-Minor

Work length15:10

$6.00

$7.80

Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)

Ouverture (Version for harpsichord)

Track length4:00

$1.00

$1.30

Entree des Quatre Nations (Version for harpsichord)

Track length2:17

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Air polonais (Version for harpsichord)

Track length2:20

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Musette en rondeau (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:29

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Menuets I-II (Version for harpsichord)

Track length2:22

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Air gracieux pour les Amours (Version for harpsichord)

Track length2:42

$1.00

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Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Deuxieme Concert in D Major-Minor

Work length20:32

$13.00

$16.90

Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)

Air pour les Guerriers (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:21

$1.00

$1.30

Air pour les Amants et les Amantes (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:21

$1.00

$1.30

Air pour les Bostangis I (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:56

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Gavotte qu'on peut jouer sur le clavecin ou sur le violon (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:24

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Air pour les Bostangis II (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:31

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Rondeau. Air pour les Fleurs I (Version for harpsichord)

Track length0:45

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Air tendre pour la Rose (Version for harpsichord)

Track length2:20

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Gavotte pour les Fleurs (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:07

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Air pour Boree et la Rose (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:28

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Air pour Zephire (Version for harpsichord)

Track length0:26

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Air vif pour Zephire et la Rose (Version for harpsichord)

Track length4:04

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Gavotte vive pour les Fleurs (Version for harpsichord)

Track length0:45

$1.00

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Marche des Persans (Version for harpsichord)

Track length2:04

$1.00

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Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Troisieme Concert in G Minor-Major

Work length5:30

$3.00

$3.90

Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)

Air pour les esclaves affricains (Version for harpsichord)

Track length2:33

$1.00

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Rigaudons I-II (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:30

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Tambourins I-II (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:27

$1.00

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Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Quatrieme Concert in C Minor

Work length12:07

$7.00

$9.10

Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)

Vivement (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:17

$1.00

$1.30

Ritournelle (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:05

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Air grave pour les Incas du Perou (Version for harpsichord)

Track length2:49

$1.00

$1.30

Adoration au Soleil (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:07

$1.00

$1.30

Loure en Rondeau sans Lenteur (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:25

$1.00

$1.30

Rondeau gratieux (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:36

$1.00

$1.30

Gavottes I-II (Version for harpsichord)

Track length2:48

$1.00

$1.30

Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Quatrieme et nouvelle entree, les Sauvages

Work length9:38

$3.00

$3.90

Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)

Air des Sauvages (Version for harpsichord)

Track length1:57

$1.00

$1.30

Menuets I-II pour les Guerriers et Amazones (Version for harpsichord)

Track length2:05

$1.00

$1.30

Chaconne (Version for harpsichord)

Track length5:36

$1.00

$1.30

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Favourites, Jean Philippe Rameau

Katherine surveys new and forthcoming releases marking the 250th anniversary of the French composer's death.

The remarkable French harpsichordist Christophe Rousset tackles Rameau’s relatively unknown instrumental transcription of his popular opéra-ballet, Les Indes Galantes.

Christophe Rousset plays Rameau’s instrumental transcription of Les Indes Galantes on the stunning 18th century Jean-Henry Hemsch harpsichord. Public disapproval to the premiere of the opéra-ballet led to Rameau not only omitting the recitatives and its controversial passages, but to transcribing the whole work for instruments. He re-grouped the remaining pieces according to their keys into what he called ‘quatre grands concerts’ or concert suites. In doing so, he hoped that the music itself would popularise the opera and would in turn influence the public’s attitude to the work.

Rousset is one of the finest and most exciting harpsichordists today, and as a conductor is a leader in the late 20th century revival of French Baroque music. He has won critical accolades for his extraordinary command of the harpsichord repertory. His recordings of the complete harpsichord works of François Couperin, Rameau, D’Anglebert and Forqueray, and his regular incursions into the music of J S Bach, are regarded as benchmarks. With his ensemble, Les Talens Lyrique, Rousset’s most notable successes on disc include Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Mozart’s Mitridate, the overtures of Rameau, Lully’s Roland, and Salieri’s La grotta di Trofonio.

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November 2009

Rousset's recital is generously endowed with graceful gestures, elegant phrasing and well-defined ornaments. …he… conveys the sheer charm of the music with impeccable style and flawless technique.

September 2014

Equally feted as a harpsichordist and conductor of French baroque repertoire, Rousset's account of Rameau's transcription of music from Les Indes Galantes displays all the virtues of his conducting as well as dazzling keyboard skills.

1st August 2009

Want a harpsichord in your living room? The sound recording on Rousset’s recital is so vivid that you’ll feel the instrument’s physical presence. It’s a splendid specimen, with the clarity and subtlety necessary for Rameau’s transcriptions of airs and dances from his 1735 opera-ballet about love in exotic climes. Rousset’s a masterful player, brilliant one second, tender the next, and he paints the air with dazzling colours.

The Independent on Sunday 2nd August 2009

Rameau's keyboard transcription inevitably sounds thin and unidiomatic, though Rousset's rhythmic acuity and sensual phrasing are impressive. A movement-by-movement guide to the Grand Concerts is illuminating.

Rameau: Les Indes Galantes

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