Comédie et Tragédie, Vol. 1: Orchestral music for the theatre

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With a barrage of astringent chord clusters at the beginning of his ballet Les Élémens, Jean-Fery Rebel brings the soundworld of Ligeti kicking and screaming to 18th-century Paris...The Philadelphians... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Feb 2015
Catalogue No: CHAN0805
Label: Chandos
Series: Chaconne
Length: 66 minutes

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Lully: Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, LWV 43

Work length18:08

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Tempesta di Mare
Recorded: 9-11 June 2014
Recording Venue: Gould Recital Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ouverture

Track length2:53

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Maître à danseurs. Ritournelle

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Maître à danseurs. Canaries

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Cérémonie des Turcs. Marche pour la cérémonie des Tures

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Cérémonie des Turcs. Deuxième Air

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Cérémonie des Turcs. Troisième Air

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Cérémonie des Turcs. Quatrième Air

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Ballet des Nations. Entrée de trois importuns

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Ballet des Nations. Premier Air des Espagnols

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Ballet des Nations. Deuxième Air des Espagnols

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Ballet des Nations. Entrée des Scaramouches, Trivelins et Arlequin

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Ballet des Nations. Chaconne des Scaramouches, Trivelins et Arlequin

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Rebel, J-F: Les Elements, "Simphonie Nouvelle"

Work length24:28

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Tempesta di Mare
Recorded: 9-11 June 2014
Recording Venue: Gould Recital Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I. Le Chaos

Track length6:18

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II. Loure, "La Terre et l'Eau" - III. Chaconne, "Le Feu"

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IV. Ramage, "L'Air" - V. Rossignols

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VI. Loure, "La Chasse"

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VII. Tambourins

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VII. Sicilienne

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IX. Rondeau, "Air pour l'Amour"

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X. Caprice

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Marais, M: Suite from Alcyone

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Tempesta di Mare
Recorded: 9-11 June 2014
Recording Venue: Gould Recital Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Prologue. Ouverture

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Prologue. Air pour les Faunes et les Driades

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Marais, M: Suite from Alcyone, Act I

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Tempesta di Mare
Recorded: 9-11 June 2014
Recording Venue: Gould Recital Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I. Premier Air pour les Éoliens

Track length2:27

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II. Deuxième Air

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III. Gigue pour les mêmes

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Marais, M: Suite from Alcyone, Act II

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Tempesta di Mare
Recorded: 9-11 June 2014
Recording Venue: Gould Recital Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I. Premier Air pour les magiciens

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II. Deuxième Air pour les magiciens

Track length1:26

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Marais, M: Suite from Alcyone, Act III

Work length2:12

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Tempesta di Mare
Recorded: 9-11 June 2014
Recording Venue: Gould Recital Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I. Marche pour les matelots

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II. Deuxième Air pour les mêmes

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III. Troisième Air. Tambourin pour les mêmes

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Marais, M: Suite from Alcyone, Act IV

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Tempesta di Mare
Recorded: 9-11 June 2014
Recording Venue: Gould Recital Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I. Deuxième Air pour les prêtresses de Junon

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II. Tempête

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Marais, M: Suite from Alcyone, Act V

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Tempesta di Mare
Recorded: 9-11 June 2014
Recording Venue: Gould Recital Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chaconne pour les Tritons et les Néréides

Track length6:39

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This is Volume 1 of Tempesta di Mare’s two disc project of late seventeenth century French instrumental music. ‘Suites’ of music were often compiled from stage works that were being performed at the time and presented in the form of instrumental excerpts and dances. These ‘Suites’ contain some of the most tuneful, appealing and striking music of the period with works by Lully, Marais, and Rebel. The tradition of presenting ‘Suites’ as a separate musical entity spread throughout Europe and of course continues to this day.

As a favoured associate of King Louis XIV, Jean-Baptiste Lully was commissioned to compose a comédie-ballet for the visit of the Turkish ambassador in 1669. He composed music for Molière’s play Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, which relates the story of Mr Jourdain who absurdly tries to rise above his middle-class background. He is led to believe that he is officially ennobled at a special Turkish ceremony, an occasion for music that uses colourful percussion and exotically flavoured melodies.

The other music on the disc was written by two students of Lully, both members of his orchestras: Marin Marais and Jean-Féry Rebel. While Marais’s Alcyone is a tragic opera (tragédie en musique), composed after Lully’s death, Les Élémens is a ballet, in which Rebel portrays each of the four elements during the chaotic, confusing creation of the world. Both works are among the most successful and appealing of their composers. Tempesta di Mare, the Philadelphia-based baroque music ensemble is presenting this project over two seasons which will comprise of workshops, concerts, broadcasts as well as the two CDs. The group was recently praised by Fanfare magazine for its ‘abundant energy, immaculate ensemble, impeccable intonation, and undeniable sense of purpose’.

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April 2015

With a barrage of astringent chord clusters at the beginning of his ballet Les Élémens, Jean-Fery Rebel brings the soundworld of Ligeti kicking and screaming to 18th-century Paris...The Philadelphians are a disciplined, well-drilled bunch boasting some chirpy wind players, but the sheer flamboyant theatricality of the music doesn't always come across.

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