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Donald Macleod delves into Rameau’s collaborations with the playwright Louis de Cahusac, including the tragedy Zoroastre, with its masonic themes.
Donald Macleod delves into Rameau’s collaborations with the playwright Louis de Cahusac, including the tragedy Zoroastre, with its masonic themes. This was also a time when Rameau was contributing to an Encyclopédie by Diderot and d’Alembert, published in 32 volumes.
Les fêtes de Polymnie (Overture)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, director
Pygmalion (Fatal Amour, cruel vainqueur)
Cyrille Dubois (Pygmalion), tenor
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, director
Zaïs (Overture)
Les Tales Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, director
Zaïs (Coulez mes pleurs, from Act 3)
Sandrine Piau (Zélidie), soprano
Les Tales Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, director
Zoroastre (Act 4, excerpt)
Véronique Gens (Érinice), soprano
Tassis Christoyannis (Abramane), baritone
David Witczak (Zopire), baritone
Namur Chamber Choir
Les Ambassadeurs
La Grande Écurie
Alexis Kossenko, director
La Dauphine
Christophe Rousset, harpsichord
La Naissance d’Osiris (excerpt)
Capella Savaria
Mary Térey-Smith, conductor
Produced by Luke Whitlock
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