Release Date: 25 February 2016
Label: Chandos - Chaconne / Chandos
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 095115081020
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Comedie Et Tragedie Vol 2
Description
This programme completes the Comédie et Tragédie project with Tempesta di Mare, and consists of suites made up of orchestral excerpts from three dramatic works of the French stage, spanning seventy-three years, all highlighting the importance of dance as a part of drama. The comédie-ballet was the brainchild of the French comedic actor, singer, dancer, and playwright Molière. After ten years of collaborating with Lully, a Suite from whose Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme features in Volume 1, he turned to Charpentier. The outcome was Le Malade imaginaire whose fourth performance would prove Molière's last, as he died on stage. Scylla et Glaucus is the only stage work by Jean-Marie Leclair, the foremost violinist of his generation and a composer whose late opera shows the clarity of his orchestration and places its focal point on the strings, as one would expect. Les Fêtes de Polymnie is contemporary with Leclair's opera but more forward looking in its approach, and famous for the ingenuity of Rameau's colourful orchestration, particularly obvious in the overture.
Tracklisting
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Halle Choir; John Storgards
Jonathan Aasgaard; Sinfonia of London; John Wilson
Sara Dowling; Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
Dame Sarah Connolly; Joseph Middleton
James Ehnes; BBC Philharmonic; Juanjo Mena
Bott:Shaw:Oxley:Terfel:Lso&C:H
Bott:Purcell Quartet
Bbc So:Richard Hickox
Tempesta Di Mare
Les Paladins; Jerome Correas
Tempesta di Mare
