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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…

Release Date: 20th Oct 2014
Catalogue No: 88875014502
Label: Sony
Length: 65 minutes

Rameau: Les Fêtes d'Hébé, RCT 41, La Danse, Scène VII: Musette et Tambourin en rondeau pour Terpsichore

Work length3:46

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Zoroastre, RCT 62, Acte III, Scène VII: Gavotte en rondeau

Work length2:13

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Les Boréades, RCT 31, Acte IV, Scène IV: Entrée pour les Muses, les Zéphyres, les Saisons, les Heures et les Arts

Work length7:01

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Les Indes galantes, RCT 44, Nouvelle entrée, Les sauvages, Scène VI: Chaconne

Work length5:45

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Les Indes galantes, RCT 44, Troisième entrée, Les fleurs, Scène VIII: Ballet des fleurs - Orage

Work length0:44

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Zoroastre, RCT 62, Act I, Scène III: Air tendre en rendeau

Work length2:22

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Platée, RCT 53, Acte I, Scène VI: Orage

Work length1:51

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Les Indes galantes, RCT 44, Nouvelle entrée, Les sauvages, Scène VI: Rondeau - Duo et choeur "Forêts paisibles"

Work length3:40

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MusicAeterna, Nadine Koutcher (soprano), Alexei Svetov (bass)
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Six Concerts transcrits en Sextuor, Sixième concert: La poule

Work length5:56

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Platée, RCT 53, Acte II, Scène IV: Récitativ "Essayons du brillant" - Ariette "Aux langueurs d'Apollon"

Work length5:13

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MusicAeterna, Nadine Koutcher (soprano)
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Nais, RCT 49, Prologue, Scène V: Premier rigaudon - Deuxième rigaudon

Work length2:15

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Zoroastre, RCT 62: Ouverture

Work length4:19

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43, Acte I, Scène I: Prélude - Air accompagné "Temple sacré, séjour tranquille"

Work length2:45

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MusicAeterna, Nadine Koutcher (soprano)
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Prélude from Naïs

Work length3:55

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Les Boréades, RCT 31, Acte I, Scène IV: Première contredanse en rondeau pour les Peuples boréades travestis en Plaisirs et Grâces - Deuxième contredanse en rondeau pour les Peuples boréades travestis en Plaisirs et Grâces

Work length2:31

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Les Indes galantes, RCT 44, Première entrée, Le turc généreux, Scène VI: Air pour les esclaves africains

Work length1:47

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Dardanus, RCT 35, Prologue, Scène II: Premier tambourin pour les Peuples de différentes nations - Deuxième tambourin pour les Peuples de différentes nations

Work length2:16

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MusicAeterna
Teodor Currentzis

Rameau: Castor et Pollux, RCT 32, Acte I, Scène III: Prélude - Air accompagné "Tristes apprêts"

Work length7:33

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MusicAeterna, Nadine Koutcher (soprano)
Teodor Currentzis

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In celebration of the 250-year anniversary of Jean Philippe Rameau’s death, this album is a selection of Teodor Currentzis’ favourite orchestral and orchestral / vocal works by Rameau - taken mostly from his operas and opera-ballets.

Two singers drawn from the MusicAeterna Choir – Nadine Koutcher and Alexei Svetov - sing solo parts on several of the key tracks including the hauntingly beautiful Tristes Apprêts’ from Castor et Pollux and ‘Orage‘ from Platée.

We see that this release builds on the brand of Currentzis and MusicAeterna showing that they have a very rich and broad creative output.

“The most amazing phenomenon in life is light. It gives us breath, life and love. So – how to explain to someone who has never been embraced by the sun what light actually is? I would play them music by Rameau.” Currentzis explains how he experiences the music of Rameau.

Reviews

February 2015

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 around Nadine Koutcher's fragile voice and the pulse slows to nothingness, you can almost see what he means.

March 2015

This anthology of favourite moments from Rameau's stage music, though eccentric, is quite satisfying…the conviction with which Currentzis and his exceptionally talented orchestra present their unusual interpretations has won me, a crusty purist, over more than a little.

16th November 2014

sometimes it is just too extreme...Yet there is highly original thinking here, and you cannot argue with the sophistication of the playing by the orchestra MusicAeterna.

12th December 2014

Discerning music lovers who enjoy living on the edge might consider Rameau: The Sound of Light for Christmas. The maverick conductor Teodor Currentzis’s incisive trip through the juicier chunks of Rameau’s operas is delivered with typically extreme tempi and gutsy playing from MusicAeterna.

New York Times 11th December 2015

After several memorable Mozart recordings, they take on the music of Rameau here, bringing the same startling zest for innovation and untamed dynamism to a dazzling selection of vocal and instrumental selections from his operas.

Rameau – The Sound of Light

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