{"product_id":"1253858","title":"Purcell Choir  Orfeo Orchestra - Rameau: Dardanus - Tragedie Lyrique. Paris. 1744 [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGyorgy Vashegyi's new recording of Rameau's Dardanus superbly demonstrates the Dijon-born composer's genius, but also the mastery which Vashegyi \\u2013 with his Orfeo Orchestra and Purcell Choir \\u2013 has acquired in the music of the Late French Baroque. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e BBC Music Magazine's Opera Choice of the Month: 'This exciting and full-blooded account has more historic coherence than any so far of this great opera.'\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn conjunction with the preparation of a fresh edition for the Rameau Opera Omnia of the May 1744 version of Dardanus (under the aegis of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles), Vashegyi conducts from a score prepared by the composer (and his librettist Leclerc de La Bruere) following the work's rejection by Paris Opera audiences in 1739, with the intention of reinforcing the tragedie's dramatic action.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnacting this new sense of intensity on this Glossa release are Cyrille Dubois in the title role of the warrior besotted with Iphise (Judith Van Wanroij), traumatized by her 'guilty love' for the enemy of her dour father, Teucer (Thomas Dolie), who allocates the princess' marriage hand to a princely ally, Antenor (Tassis Christoyannis). With aid and abetment from Venus (Chantal Santon Jeffrey) and a Magician (Dolie again), Love conquers all.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dazzling array of solo singing featured here is accompanied, by turns, by joyful and mournful, festive and demonic choral interjections, the all couched in an exuberant, florid and decorative orchestral score (which includes the famous Chaconne).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean-Philippe Rameau: Dardanus - Tragedie Lyrique. Paris, 1744\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActe II: Tracks 1 - 14\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActe IV: Tracks 1 - 21\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Tracks 1 - 20\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActe III:  Tracks 15 - 27\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActe I: Tracks 21 - 31\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActe V: Tracks 22 - 38\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55130915242369,"sku":"1253858","price":32.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51dDOsjxf_L._SL1500.jpg?v=1766924970","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1253858","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}