tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post359318981449297067..comments2023-12-27T09:38:56.562+01:00Comments on Opera Cake: Platée arrive chez vous (1)Opera Cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-45708463605640187452010-03-18T18:16:10.155+01:002010-03-18T18:16:10.155+01:00Thank you!
I am still a newbie in this repertoir...Thank you! <br /><br />I am still a newbie in this repertoire. <br /><br />I listened only to bits and pieces from Les Boréades but never really got through it all. Hopefully some good new production comes around ;)Opera Cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940773671378765685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949086046279498177.post-72978375052990918402010-03-18T02:27:28.746+01:002010-03-18T02:27:28.746+01:00That second clip was actually the first Rameau I e...That second clip was actually the first Rameau I ever came across, in the middle of a documentary on Gluckian reform opera, as an example of what it was that Gluck was trying to reform, bless him.<br /><br />Folly's aria remains a favourite - especially the concert version above - but all in all, I think I like <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rameau-Bor%C3%A9ades-Jean-Philippe/dp/B000009INY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1268874952&sr=1-2" rel="nofollow"> Les Boréades</a>* best. Act 4 of Zoroastre comes a close second, because there's nothing quite like a demon-worshipping lynch mob singing harmonies with Euclidian precision.<br /><br />All of which made me dig out my copy of the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rameau-Zoroastre-Nathan-Berg/dp/B00006F1PG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1268874822&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"> 2002 Christie recording on Erato</a>; I'd almost forgotten how much of a badass Rameau really was. Thanks, Opera Cake!<br /><br />* The only full recording available on CD, I believe - featuring the late, great Philip Langridge.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05765133315113945907noreply@blogger.com