Rameau - Les Boreades | Erato 2173237273

Rameau - Les Boreades

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Label: Erato

Cat No: 2173237273

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 13th September 2024

Contents

Artists

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)
Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
Benedikt Kristjansson (tenor)
Philippe Estephe (baritone)
Thomas Dolie (baritone)
Tassis Christoyannis (baritone)
Gwendoline Blondeel, (soprano)
Purcell Choir
Orfeo Orchestra

Conductor

Gyorgy Vashegyi

Works

Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Les Boreades

Artists

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)
Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
Benedikt Kristjansson (tenor)
Philippe Estephe (baritone)
Thomas Dolie (baritone)
Tassis Christoyannis (baritone)
Gwendoline Blondeel, (soprano)
Purcell Choir
Orfeo Orchestra

Conductor

Gyorgy Vashegyi

About

“Rameau is one of the universal geniuses in European musical history, on the same level as Bach, Mozart and Haydn”, asserts conductor György Vashegyi. With this recording of Les Boréades Vashegyi completes an ambitious 10-year Rameau project, run in collaboration with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles. The cast of Sabine Devieilhe, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Tassis Christoyannis, Thomas Dolié, Gwendoline Blondeel, Benedikt Kristjánsson and Philippe Estèphe is joined by the Orfeo Orchestra and Purcell Choir – both ensembles founded by Vashegyi.

Devieilhe – who made her Erato debut with a Rameau recital – takes the central role of Alphise, Queen of Bactria, who must defy the traditions of her country if she is to marry the man she loves. The theme of freedom, “la liberté”, is important in the opera; conceived in 1763 to mark the end of the Seven Years’ War, it had to wait more than 200 years for its first full staging.

When the performers on this recording appeared in a concert version of Les Boréades at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Concert Classique declared that “Rameau’s genius shines through at every moment.”

Cast:
- Alphise: Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)
- Abaris: Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
- Calisis: Benedikt Kristjánsson (tenor)
- Boréas: Thomas Dolié (baritone)
- Borilée: Philippe Estèphe (baritone)
- Adamas, Apollon: Tassis Christoyannis (baritone)
- Sémire, Nymphe, L’Amour, Polymnie: Gwendoline Blondeel (soprano)
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