Rameau - Les Indes galantes / Les Arts Florissants, Christie

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Rameau - Les Indes galantes / Les Arts Florissants, Christie Music Price: $45.98 As of Nov 22 5:44 EST (details)

Studio	Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Release Date	December 9, 1992
UPC Code	093046136727
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Tracks

1. Prologue: Ov - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
2. Prologue Scene 1: Air 'Vous, Qui D' Hebe' - Claron McFadden
3. Prologue Scene 2: Entree Des 4 Nations - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
4. Prologue Scene 2: Air 'Amants Surs De Plaire' - Claron McFadden
5. Prologue Scene 2: Air Grave Pour Les Polonais - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
6. Prologue Scene 2: Menuets I & II - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
7. Prologue Scene 2: Air Et Choeur 'Musettes, Resonnez'/Musette En Rondeau - Claron McFadden/Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
8. Prologue Scene 3: Air ' La Gloire Vous Appelle' - Jerome Correas/Claron McFadden/Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
9. Prologue Scene 3: Air Pour Les Deux Guerriers Portants Des Drapeaux - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
10. Prologue Scene 3: Air Pour Les Amants Qui Suivent Bellone/Choeur 'Vous Nous Abandonnez' - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
11. Prologue Scene 4: Hebe Et Sa Ste/Scene 5: L'Amour Et Sa Ste, Hebe/Air 'Pour Remplacer Les... - Claron McFadden/Isabelle Poulenard
12. Prologue Scene 5: Air Pour Les Amours - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
13. Prologue Scene 5: Duo Et Choeur 'Traversez Les Plus Vastes Mers' - Isabelle Poulenard/Claron McFadden/Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
14. Premiere Entree. Le Turc Genereux, Scene 1: Emilie, Osman/Air 'Il Faut Que L'Amour S'Envole' - Miriam Ruggeri/Nicolas Rivenq
15. Premiere Entree. Le Turc Genereux, Scene 2: Emile/Air 'Vaste Empire Des Mers'/Choeur Des Matelots... - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie/Miriam Ruggeri
16. Premiere Entree. Le Turc Genereux, Scene 2: Emilie 'D'Infortunes Captifs' - Miriam Ruggeri/Howard Crook
17. Premiere Entree. Le Turc Genereux, Scene 3: Emilie, Valere/Scene 4: Emilie, Valere, Osman - Miriam Ruggeri/Howard Crook/Nicolas Rivenq
18. Premiere Entree. Le Turc Genereux, Scene 5: Valere, Emilie/Scene 6: Emilie, Valere, Provencaux... - Miriam Ruggeri/Howard Crook/Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
19. Premiere Entree. Le Turc Genereux, Scene 6: Air Pour Les Esclaves Aricains - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
20. Premiere Entree. Le Turc Genereux, Scene 6: Ariette 'Hatez-Vous' - Howard Crook
21. Premiere Entree. Le Turc Genereux, Scene 6: Ariette 'Regnez, Amours' - Miriam Ruggeri
22. Premiere Entree. Le Turc Genereux, Scene 6: Rigaudons I & II - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie/Miriam Ruggeri
23. Premiere Entree. Le Turc Genereux, Scene 6: Tambourins I & II/Emilie Et Choeur 'Partez' - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie/Miriam Ruggeri

1. Deuxieme Entree. Les Incas Du Perou, Scene 1 - Isabelle Poulenard/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
2. Deuxieme Entree. Les Incas Du Perou, Scene 2: Air 'Viens, Hymen' - Isabelle Poulenard
3. Deuxieme Entree. Les Incas Du Perou, Scene 3/Scene 4/Scene 5: Fete Du Soleil - Isabelle Poulenard/Bernard Deletre
4. Deuxieme Entree. Les Incas Du Perou, Scene 5: Air 'Soleil, On A Detruit' - Bernard Deletre/Isabelle Poulenard
5. Deuxieme Entree. Les Incas Du Perou, Scene 5: Prld Pour L'Adoration Du Soleil - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
6. Deuxieme Entree. Les Incas Du Perou, Scene 5: Air Et Choeur 'Brillant Soleil' - Bernard Deletre/Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
7. Deuxieme Entree. Les Incas Du Perou, Scene 5: Air Des Incas - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
8. Deuxieme Entree. Les Incas Du Perou, Scene 5: Air Et Choeur 'Clair Flambeau' - Bernard Deletre/Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
9. Deuxieme Entree. Les Incas Du Perou, Scene 5: Loure En Rondeau - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
10. Deuxieme Entree. Les Incas Du Perou, Scene 5: Air 'Permettez, Astre' - Bernard Deletre
11. Deuxieme Entree. Les Incas Du Perou, Scene 5: Premier Gavotte, Deuxieme Gavotte En Rondeau - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
12. Deuxieme Entree. Les Incas Du Perou, Scene 5: Tremblement De Terre/Choeur 'Dans Les Abimes' - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
13. Deuxieme Entree. Les Incas Du Perou, Scene 6: Air 'Ici, Je Vois Partout'/Scene 7: Trio 'Pour Jamais' - Bernard Deletre/Isabelle Poulenard/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
14. Troisieme Entree. Les Fleurs, Fete Persane, Scene 1: Air 'L'Objet A Qui Je Rends Les Armes' - Jean-Paul Fouchecourt/Jerome Correas
15. Troisieme Entree. Les Fleurs, Fete Persane, Scene 2/Scene 3: Air 'Amour, Quand Du Destin' - Sandrine Piau/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
16. Troisieme Entree. Les Fleurs, Fete Persane, Scene 4: Duo 'Doit-On Aimer'/Scene 5 - Sandrine Piau/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt/Noemi Rime/Jerome Correas
17. Troisieme Entree. Les Fleurs, Fete Persane, Scene 6: Air 'Dans Ces Jardins'/ Scene 7: Air 'Deviez... - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie/Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
18. Troisieme Entree. Les Fleurs, Fete Persane, Scene 8: Marche Pour La Fete Des Fleurs/Choeur 'Dans... - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
19. Troisieme Entree. Les Fleurs, Fete Persane, Scene 8: Air 'L'Eclat Des Roses' - Jean-Paul Fouchecourt
20. Troisieme Entree. Les Fleurs, Fete Persane, Scene 8: Air Et Choeur 'Triomphez, Agreables Fleurs' - Sandrine Piau/Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
21. Troisieme Entree. Les Fleurs, Fete Persane, Scene 8: Airs Pour Les Persans I & II - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
22. Troisieme Entree. Les Fleurs, Fete Persane, Scene 8: Air 'Papillon Inconstant' - Noemi Rime

1. Troisieme Entree. Les Fleurs, Fete Persane, Scene 8: Ballet Des Fleurs/Airs Pour Les Fleurs I &... - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
2. Troisieme Entree. Les Fleurs, Fete Persane, Scene 8: Airs Pour Zephire I & II/ Air Pour Les... - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
3. Nouvelle Entree. Les Sauvages, Scene 1: Air 'Rivaux De Mes Exploits' - Nicolas Rivenq
4. Nouvelle Entree. Les Sauvages, Scene 2: Air 'L'Inconstance Ne Doit Blesser'/Scene 3: Air 'Nous... - Howard Crook/Bernard Deletre/Claron McFadden
5. Nouvelle Entree. Les Sauvages, Scene 3: Air 'La Terre, Les Cieux Et Les Mers'/Air 'Le Coeur... - Claron McFadden
6. Nouvelle Entree. Les Sauvages, Scene 3: Air L'Habitant Des Bords De La Seine' - Bernard Deletre/Howard Crook/Claron McFadden/Nicolas Rivenq
7. Nouvelle Entree. Les Sauvages, Scene 4: Prld, Qui Annonce La Fete - Howard Crook/Bernard Deletre/Claron McFadden
8. Nouvelle Entree. Les Sauvages, Scene 5: Air 'Sur Nos Bords L'Amour Vole'/Duo 'Hymen, Viens Nous... - Nicolas Rivenq/Claron McFadden
9. Nouvelle Entree. Les Sauvages, Scene 6: Air Et Choeur 'Bannissons Les Tristes Alarmes' - Claron McFadden/Nicolas Rivenq
10. Nouvelle Entree. Les Sauvages, Scene 6: Danse Du Grand Calumet De La Paix (Danse Des Sauvages) - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
11. Nouvelle Entree. Les Sauvages, Scene 6: Duo Et Choeur 'Forets Paisibles' - Claron McFadden/Nicolas Rivenq
12. Nouvelle Entree. Les Sauvages, Scene 6: Premier Menuet/Deuxieme Menuet/Gavotte - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie
13. Nouvelle Entree. Les Sauvages, Scene 6: Prld/Air 'Regnez, Plaisirs Et Jeux' - Claron McFadden
14. Nouvelle Entree. Les Sauvages, Scene 6: Chaconne - Les Arts Florissants/Willam Christie

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User Reviews

Not an unstructured work...

I agree with all the other reviewers overwhelmingly positive comments about this set, but I just wanted to object to the pervasive opinion that the libretto is somewhat unstructured and only unified by the idea of the triumph of love: modern scholarship actually sees each of the four acts as reflecting the four main types of French baroque theatre prevalent in Rameau's day--i.e. sentimental melodrama (act 1), tragedy (act 2), comedy (act 3), and the idyllic pastoral (act 4).

This is a wonderful opera on many levels, and while I have a few (minor) problems with the DVD that is available, I have none about this set. Another masterpiece from Christie. January 1, 2008

Exoticism in the 1730s

After a rather uninspired prologue as opening section according to Lully's five-part tradition, Rameau's ballet opera offers four different stories, each set in a different exotic locale. We get some idea of how Frenchmen conceived of the non-European world in the 1730s. The first story, "The Noble Turk," falls in line with Montesquieu's Persian Letters (1721) by suggesting that good character is more important than religious differences. This theme, alien to my own viewpoint and synonymous with the Enlightenment, led to an ideal of the Brotherhood of Man that dominated idealistic thinking for two centuries to come. The most remarkable of the four stories is the second, set in Peru at the time of the Spanish Conquest of the 1530s. A conquistador wins out as a love rival over a native priest of the Sun. This scene includes a striking hymn to the Sun and a musical volcanic eruption of the sort that offended traditional devotees of Lully's style. Actually Rameau's basic style adheres pretty closely to Lully's. These two composers, together, define French Baroque opera. As a ballet opera, Les Indes galantes presents as much instrumental music as singing. September 29, 2006

Very Interesting

A lovely production of Rameau's opera-ballet. The form is set of essentially independent scenes united by a common theme, in this case the triumph of love. Rameau and his librettist capitalized on the Enlightenment fascination with exotic cultures, setting the stories in Ottoman Turkey, Inca Peru, Persia, and North America. To be sure, these are highly Europeanized versions of the settings. Much lovely music performed beautifully by the remarkable William Christie and Les Arts Florissants. June 26, 2006

Great Baroque opera and full of fun

I cannot speak too highly of this magnificent recording of one of Jean-Philippe Rameau's most delightful operas.

The music is gorgeous and full of rhythm and colour and the singing in this performance is excellent. Many seasoned Baroque performers appear on this disc - Sandrine Piau, Isabelle Poulenard, Howard Crook, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Bernard Delétré, Claron McFadden, Nicolas Rivenq and Noémi Rime. Christophe Rousset plays the harpsichord continuo - he had not yet made a career for himself as a conductor at this time.

Les Arts Florissants, directed by William Christie, are in top form on this recording, which I believe is one of the highlights of Christie's career.

I bought this recording when it came out in 1991 and I have loved it ever since.

The Les Arts Florissants / William Christie DVD of this opera is well worth investigating, too. However, this original recording is enchanting.

November 3, 2005

Beautiful and entertaining

The music of Les Indes Galantes is absolutely beautiful, although the libretto is a bit under par. The plot of the opera consists of a prologue (predictably, with a cupid), followed by four discrete scenes. Each of these scenes is dealing with characters who, in the view of a medieval Frenchman, were exotic and even "savage." In the sequence of appearance, these include Turks, Peruvian Incas, Persians and the American Indians (the latter are referred to merely as "savages" but the geographic location gives some idea as to who they are). The stories are implausible, but they were not intended to be taken literally; rather, they were intended as something of an esopian fable, illustrating the victory of love over force and discord. The best known scene in the opera is the Festival of the Sun in the second Entree, with the famous aria of Huascar (sung by Bernard Deletre). There are recordings of this aria by various operatic greats such as Gerard Souzay, but Deletre's version is really definitive. It is hard to even take some of the earlier recordings seriously in light of everything we now know about the authentic baroque practice. Christie is in the forefront of the movement toward historically informed period performances of baroque. As a result, his recordings are almost invariably the best. Everyone should get acquainted with Christie's work. I can't think of any other conductor who would be as capable of capturing your heart and turning you into a baroque afficionado as William Christie. If you are a novice, reluctant to spend money on unfamiliar music, there is a collection entitled "The most beautiful scenes of baroque opera," which may be a cheap way for you to "test waters." That collection contains, among other things, several excerpts from Christie's recordings, including a duet "Forets paisibles" from the 4th Entree of Les Indes Galantes. March 13, 1999

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