Chandos
Comedie et tragedie, Vol. 2 / Tempesta di Mare
$10.99
Details
- Composer
- CHARPENTIER LECLAIR RAMEAU
- Artist
- Roberts, Stone
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Chandos
- Released
- Mar 25, 2016
- Catalog #
- CHAN 0810
- UPC
- 095115081020
About
This program completes the Comédie et Tragédie project with Tempesta di Mare, and consists of suites made up of orchestral excerpts from three dramatic works of the French stage, spanning seventy-three years, all highlighting the importance of dance as a part of drama.
The comédie-ballet was the brainchild of the French comedic actor, singer, dancer, and playwright Molière. After ten years of collaborating with Lully, a Suite from whose Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme features in Volume 1, he turned to Charpentier. The outcome was Le Malade imaginaire whose fourth performance would prove Molière’s last, as he died on stage.
Scylla et Glaucus is the only stage work by Jean-Marie Leclair, the foremost violinist of his generation and a composer whose late opera shows the clarity of his orchestration and places its focal point on the strings, as one would expect.
Les Fêtes de Polymnie is contemporary with Leclair’s opera but more forward looking in its approach, and famous for the ingenuity of Rameau’s colorful orchestration, particularly obvious in the overture.- Chandos
Review:
I particularly liked Tempesta di Mare's vigorous, spiky strings in Leclair's 'Air des silvains' and the 'Premier air de demons'…delightful music, delightfully played.
– Gramophone
The comédie-ballet was the brainchild of the French comedic actor, singer, dancer, and playwright Molière. After ten years of collaborating with Lully, a Suite from whose Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme features in Volume 1, he turned to Charpentier. The outcome was Le Malade imaginaire whose fourth performance would prove Molière’s last, as he died on stage.
Scylla et Glaucus is the only stage work by Jean-Marie Leclair, the foremost violinist of his generation and a composer whose late opera shows the clarity of his orchestration and places its focal point on the strings, as one would expect.
Les Fêtes de Polymnie is contemporary with Leclair’s opera but more forward looking in its approach, and famous for the ingenuity of Rameau’s colorful orchestration, particularly obvious in the overture.- Chandos
Review:
I particularly liked Tempesta di Mare's vigorous, spiky strings in Leclair's 'Air des silvains' and the 'Premier air de demons'…delightful music, delightfully played.
– Gramophone
Tracklist 38 tracks
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1 Ouverture 03:55
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Ouverture
- Duration
- 03:55
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
2 Prologue: Sarabande 05:55
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Prologue: Sarabande
- Duration
- 05:55
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
3 Prologue: Air gracieux 01:13
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Prologue: Air gracieux
- Duration
- 01:13
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
4 Prologue: Symphonie pour la descente de Venus 02:24
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Prologue: Symphonie pour la descente de Venus
- Duration
- 02:24
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
5 Prologue: Gigue 01:42
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Prologue: Gigue
- Duration
- 01:42
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
6 Prologue: Passepied 01:15
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Prologue: Passepied
- Duration
- 01:15
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
7 Act I: Marche de bergers et de silvains 02:28
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Act I: Marche de bergers et de silvains
- Duration
- 02:28
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
8 Act I: Air des silvains 01:34
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Act I: Air des silvains
- Duration
- 01:34
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
9 Passacaille 04:24
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Passacaille
- Duration
- 04:24
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
10 Act III: Loure 03:02
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Act III: Loure
- Duration
- 03:02
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
11 Act IV: Air de demons I 01:00
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Act IV: Air de demons I
- Duration
- 01:00
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
12 Act IV: Air de demons II 00:57
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Act IV: Air de demons II
- Duration
- 00:57
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
13 Act IV: Air de demons III 00:52
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Act IV: Air de demons III
- Duration
- 00:52
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
14 Air II 03:00
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Air II
- Duration
- 03:00
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
15 Act V: Symphonie pour exprimer l'aboiement des monstres 00:51
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Act V: Symphonie pour exprimer l'aboiement des monstres
- Duration
- 00:51
- Composer
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
16 Ouverture 01:45
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Ouverture
- Duration
- 01:45
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
17 Les Tapissiers 01:09
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Les Tapissiers
- Duration
- 01:09
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
18 Air pour les tapissiers II 00:40
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Air pour les tapissiers II
- Duration
- 00:40
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
19 Les Chirurgiens et apothicaires 00:28
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Les Chirurgiens et apothicaires
- Duration
- 00:28
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
20 Air des reverences 01:16
- Track
- 20
- Title
- Air des reverences
- Duration
- 01:16
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
21 Entree des Mores 01:02
- Track
- 21
- Title
- Entree des Mores
- Duration
- 01:02
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
22 Ritournelle 00:51
- Track
- 22
- Title
- Ritournelle
- Duration
- 00:51
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
23 Air des Mores I 01:26
- Track
- 23
- Title
- Air des Mores I
- Duration
- 01:26
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
24 Air des Mores II 00:56
- Track
- 24
- Title
- Air des Mores II
- Duration
- 00:56
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
25 La Fantaisie 02:25
- Track
- 25
- Title
- La Fantaisie
- Duration
- 02:25
- Composer
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
26 Ouverture 02:38
- Track
- 26
- Title
- Ouverture
- Duration
- 02:38
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
27 Gigue 02:11
- Track
- 27
- Title
- Gigue
- Duration
- 02:11
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
28 Ballet figure: Gracieusement et un peu gai 01:59
- Track
- 28
- Title
- Ballet figure: Gracieusement et un peu gai
- Duration
- 01:59
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
29 Descente d'Oriade et d'Argelie 00:30
- Track
- 29
- Title
- Descente d'Oriade et d'Argelie
- Duration
- 00:30
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
30 Air grave et majestueux 04:00
- Track
- 30
- Title
- Air grave et majestueux
- Duration
- 04:00
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
31 Air vif II 02:33
- Track
- 31
- Title
- Air vif II
- Duration
- 02:33
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
32 Gavotte en rondeau I 01:17
- Track
- 32
- Title
- Gavotte en rondeau I
- Duration
- 01:17
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
33 Menuets 03:56
- Track
- 33
- Title
- Menuets
- Duration
- 03:56
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
34 Air majestueux sans lenteur 02:31
- Track
- 34
- Title
- Air majestueux sans lenteur
- Duration
- 02:31
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
35 Chaconne 04:43
- Track
- 35
- Title
- Chaconne
- Duration
- 04:43
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
36 Air gracieux en rondeau 01:25
- Track
- 36
- Title
- Air gracieux en rondeau
- Duration
- 01:25
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
37 [Prelude]: Gai, sans se presser 00:42
- Track
- 37
- Title
- [Prelude]: Gai, sans se presser
- Duration
- 00:42
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare
-
38 Mouvement vif de chaconne 02:04
- Track
- 38
- Title
- Mouvement vif de chaconne
- Duration
- 02:04
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Ensemble
- Tempesta di Mare