This recording of Rameau’s Les Fêtes de Polymnie (1745), directed by György Vashegyi, features Aurélia Legay, Emöke Barath, Mathias Vidal, and the incomparable Véronique Gens in the various vocal roles that appear in the work’s Prologue and three Entrées. Rameau, aided by his reformist librettist Louis de Cahusac, conjured up – in addition to sparkling arias and recitatives – a dazzling mosaic of intermèdes, passacailles, chaconnes and descriptive symphonies interspersed with vivid choral contributions, delivered with taste and aplomb by the Purcell Choir and the Orfeo Orchestra.

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Emöke Barath is superb as Polyhymnie as she is in her other roles. Mathias Vidal is dramatic, lyrical and commanding as the "Leader of the Arts" and most especially Alcide, while Aurélia Legay is compelling…. György Vashegyi's direction… produces both stylish playing and… striking ensemble.

– BBC Music Magazine