- ReleaseProduct
- Rameau: Castor et Pollux
- Artist
- Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon
- Label
- Harmonia Mundi
- Catalogue Number
- HMC90221213
- Release Date
- May 4, 2015
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At the height of the famous Querelle des Bouffons (1754), the elderly Rameau yielded to insistent requests from the Académie Royale de Musique for a major revision of Castor and Pollux, 17 years after the lukewarm reception of its premiere. He deleted the Prologue and made substantial modifications to the dramatic structure, with a completely new first act! But the original has continued to overshadow the revision, unjustly so when one considers the modernity of its orchestration. The inspired direction of Raphaël Pichon shows the extent to which this music heralds the Classical orchestra.
Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon
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- Artist
- Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon
- ReleaseProduct
- J.S Bach Köthener Trauermusik BWV 244a
- Label
- Harmonia Mundi
- Catalogue Number
- HMC902211
- Release Date
- October 6, 2014
- CD