Release Date: 01 January 2007
Label: Cpo - Full Price / CPO
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 761203726028
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: ROUSSEAU
Description
CPO is delighted to present this unusual gem; a short intermezzo composed by celebrated French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau, although better known as a political philosopher, was also a devoted amateur composer. As a composer, he was the subject of some controversy during his lifetime about whether he composed his own works or plagiarized those of others. 'Devin', however, composed in 1752 to Rousseau's own libretto, proved a real success: it was not only performed regularly in France into the early years of the 19th century, but in 1766 it was also translated into English, as 'The Cunning-Man', by Charles Burney. Rousseau found his inspiration in Italian opera and his innovation here was in blending the simplicity of the Italian Baroque style with distinctly French melodies and dance rhythms. Indeed, this work can be seen as the first French response to Pergolesi's 'La serva padrona'.
Tracklisting
Slovak Chamber Orchestra; Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein; Salzburger Hofmusik; Bohdan Warch
Gernot Submuth; Ramon Jaffe; Monica Gutman
Yannick Debus; Ulrike Hofbauer; Anita Rosati; Nina Bernsteiner; Nils Wanderer; Seda Amir-Karayan; M
THERESIA; Vanni Moretto
Tanja Becker-Bender; Kurpfalzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim; Johannes Schlaefli
Stephanie Varnerin; L'Astree
Solomon's Knot; Les Passions de l'Ame; Jonathan Sells; Meret Luthi
Mathis Rochat; Stephen Waarts; Christine Theus; Camerata Schweiz; Howard Griffiths
