Václav Luks, Collegium 1704 - Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Boréades (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 989 Mb | Total time: 69:21+62:29+33:25 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles | # CVS026 | Recorded: 2020
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 989 Mb | Total time: 69:21+62:29+33:25 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles | # CVS026 | Recorded: 2020
Rameau’s career was nearing its end when the rehearsals of his last composition, Les Boréades, began at the Académie Royale de Musique, in spring 1764. The death of the composer in September interrupted the production of his lyric tragedy, which was only saw the light of day two centuries later! This magnificent opera is certainly the most accomplished of Rameau’s works, composed as he was aged eighty and in full possession of his creative means: the composition for orchestra and choir is highly virtuoso, the melodic invention exceptional, the drama powerful: a true musical testament.