Browse: Rameau - Prélude from Naïs

With a large and varied orchestra and (optional) surround sound, Jordi Savall revels in the unmatched opulence, extravagance and scale of mid-18th century France...The music is divorced from... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This live recording has a frisson about it and Les Musiciens du Louvre create a sound that blends and blooms in the Théâtre de Poissy. Minkowski has chosen music that contrasts well on many... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005 More…

Currentzis describes the act of listening to Rameau as a conversation in which 'you are naked and it is painful'. In the dewy pathos of 'Tristes apprets'..., as the string fade into a pale halo... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The sureness of Rameau's operatic touch needs no advertising here - should doubt remain, the delightful orchestral depiction of daybreak which forms the backdrop to Neptune's musings in Naïs... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2008 More…