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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Ouverture | |||
| 2. Musette en Rondeau | |||
| 3. Air vif | |||
| 4. Air des Incas pour la dévotion du Soleil | |||
| 5. Air pour les amants qui suivent Bellone* | |||
| 6. Air pour les guerriers* | |||
| 7. Menuets pour les Guerriers et Amazones I & II | |||
| 8. Orage* | |||
| 9. Air pour les esclaves africains* | |||
| 10. Air pour Borée et la Rose* | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Ouverture | |||
| 2. Passepieds I/II | |||
| 3. Loure | |||
| 4. Air des Esprits Infernaux II | |||
| 5. Air tendre en Rondeau | |||
| 6. Air Grave | |||
| 7. Gavotte en Rondeau | |||
| 8. Sarabande | |||
| 9. Contredanse | |||
| 10. Ouverture | |||
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See all 17 tracks on this disc
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The exhilarating effect of this joyous music could scarcely be better conveyed...guaranteed to set the toes tapping. ***** --Hugh Canning, CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK, Sunday Times, 26 June 2011
Jordi Savall selects the richest and most varied of Rameau's joyous overtures and dance numbers ***** --Hugh Canning, CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK, Sunday Times, 26 June 2011
Jordi Savall selects the richest and most varied of Rameau's joyous overtures and dance numbers ***** --Hugh Canning, CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK, Sunday Times, 26 June 2011
CD Description
Following the success of the albums L Orchestre de Louis XIII (Philidor l Aisné) and L Orchestre du Roi Soleil (Lully), Jordi Savall delivers another dynastic opus consisting of music by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Le Concert des Nations sparkles in these four orchestral suites which document the genius of the French composer and Jordi Savall s affinity with the repertoire of the the XVIIIth century. Les Indes Galantes 1735: Ouverture, Musette en Rondeau, Air vif, Air des Incas pour la dévotion du Soleil, Air pour les amants qui suivent Bellone, Air pour les guerriers, Menuets pour les Guerriers et Amazones I&II Orage, Air pour les esclaves africains, Air pour Borée et la Rose, 2ème Air pour les Zephirs, Tambourins I/II, Chaconne Naïs 1748: Ouverture, Musette tendre, Rigaudons I /II, Sarabande, Gavotte pour les Zéphirs, Loure, Musette, Tambourins I/II, Entrée des Luteurs, Chaconne, Air de Triomphe Zoroastre 1749: Ouverture, Passepieds I/II, Loure, Air des Esprits, Infernaux II, Air tendre en Rondeau, Air Grave, Gavotte en Rondeau, Sarabande, Contredanse Les Boréades 1764: Suite d Orchestre, Ouverture, Entrée, Entrée des Peuples, Contredanse en rondeau, Les Vents Gavotte I&II pour les heures et les Zephirs, Menuets I- II, Contredanse très vive
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a brand new recording (2010 and 2011) by Jardi Savall and his Le Concert des Nations were they pull out a magnificent performance and the recording engineer, Manuel Mohino, does a superb job at capturing this performance in 5.0 surround sound.
Performance:
The performance is committed and passionate and delicate when called for. Jordi Savall has completely abandoned himself to the characters of these pieces and one gets lost in them. In the notes to this recording, Raphaelle Legrand says, "In this opera (Les Boreades) the eighty-year-old Rameau was more experimental than ever before: the textures are ever more varied, the touches of instrumental color more delicate, and the Rococo fantasy and refinement are taken to their utmost expression, all at a time when the new generation was inventing the classical orchestra." And Savall with his Le Concert des Nations gives us those varied beautiful textures and delicate colors. here. One more tidbit, in Les Boreades - Les Vents, Jordi Savall uses several real wind machines that surround you to great effect (Go to YouTube and enter "8ftyJLl6jl4" in the search window. Please note that this video only shows one wind machine, however, in this recording it sounds like several wind machines were used surrounding you, but it could be the effect that the reverberation of the hall produces. What a JOY this performance was! I'm going to go listen to it again as soon as I finish this review!
Recording:
Engineer Manuel Mohino gives us a 5.0 surround recording with the orchestra placed directly in front of you and surrounding you about 180 degrees around with the harpsichord to your far left and slightly behind. Basically you are setting right at the conductor's podium! The recording venue is the luxurious Arsenal in Metz France. I have heard one other recording made at the Arsenal of Handel's Water Music and Fireworks music, but it was a disaster because the recording technique placed the microphones much too distant from the orchestra so the details were completely washed out by the reverberation of the hall on the Glossa label: Handel: Water Music & Fireworks (Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet). However, in this case Manuel Mohino has placed the microphones at the perfect distance from the orchestra to capture detail and still retain the beautiful 3 to 4 second reverberation time of this hall. The original instruments here sound sumptuously organic. The Holy Grail is to have warm acoustics with detail and nice reverberation and Manuel Mohino has achieved this feat! It is a truly realistic gorgeous (you are there) recording. My SACD player is the Denon DVD-3910 and my play volume used was -18db on my Denon AVR-3805 receiver with a speaker efficiency of 91db, this provided the perfect "live" volume.
Conclusion: I complete all around 5 star rating!
Performance:
The performance is committed and passionate and delicate when called for. Jordi Savall has completely abandoned himself to the characters of these pieces and one gets lost in them. In the notes to this recording, Raphaelle Legrand says, "In this opera (Les Boreades) the eighty-year-old Rameau was more experimental than ever before: the textures are ever more varied, the touches of instrumental color more delicate, and the Rococo fantasy and refinement are taken to their utmost expression, all at a time when the new generation was inventing the classical orchestra." And Savall with his Le Concert des Nations gives us those varied beautiful textures and delicate colors. here. One more tidbit, in Les Boreades - Les Vents, Jordi Savall uses several real wind machines that surround you to great effect (Go to YouTube and enter "8ftyJLl6jl4" in the search window. Please note that this video only shows one wind machine, however, in this recording it sounds like several wind machines were used surrounding you, but it could be the effect that the reverberation of the hall produces. What a JOY this performance was! I'm going to go listen to it again as soon as I finish this review!
Recording:
Engineer Manuel Mohino gives us a 5.0 surround recording with the orchestra placed directly in front of you and surrounding you about 180 degrees around with the harpsichord to your far left and slightly behind. Basically you are setting right at the conductor's podium! The recording venue is the luxurious Arsenal in Metz France. I have heard one other recording made at the Arsenal of Handel's Water Music and Fireworks music, but it was a disaster because the recording technique placed the microphones much too distant from the orchestra so the details were completely washed out by the reverberation of the hall on the Glossa label: Handel: Water Music & Fireworks (Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet). However, in this case Manuel Mohino has placed the microphones at the perfect distance from the orchestra to capture detail and still retain the beautiful 3 to 4 second reverberation time of this hall. The original instruments here sound sumptuously organic. The Holy Grail is to have warm acoustics with detail and nice reverberation and Manuel Mohino has achieved this feat! It is a truly realistic gorgeous (you are there) recording. My SACD player is the Denon DVD-3910 and my play volume used was -18db on my Denon AVR-3805 receiver with a speaker efficiency of 91db, this provided the perfect "live" volume.
Conclusion: I complete all around 5 star rating!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:MP3 Download
I wholeheartedly agree with the previous reviewer. The colourful orchestral music is extracted from four of Rameau's operas with brilliant effect, performed with brio, delicacy when required & great style. The download on Amazon is tremendous value at £6.99. Many a long car journey has been whiled away listening to this amazing music. The CDs would make a wonderful gift for anyone even if they think they're not remotely interested in Baroque music. This will convert them! Bravo!!
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This recording is superb first time around but definitely grows upon one with each repeat.
Prancing, strutting stuff with a wisp or two of the ethereal.
A performance that could only be thought monotonous by those with a similar mind to he who considered Vivaldi only ever wrote one concerto with many variations.
Prancing, strutting stuff with a wisp or two of the ethereal.
A performance that could only be thought monotonous by those with a similar mind to he who considered Vivaldi only ever wrote one concerto with many variations.
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And yet another Savall production!!
I love Jordi Savall, do not get me wrong. I was looking forward to listen to his last CD on Rameau's orchestral suites. Read more
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I do not write reviews and resent beeing bullied by Amazon into doing so by this demand not just to star it but write some old appreciative cobblers
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