William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Rameau: In Convertendo (2006)
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Rameau: In Convertendo (2006)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Latin (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 6 ch) | 6.45 Gb (DVD9) | 97 min
Classical | Opus Arte | Sub: English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Italiano
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Latin (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 6 ch) | 6.45 Gb (DVD9) | 97 min
Classical | Opus Arte | Sub: English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Italiano
Jean-Philippe Rameau was still a young musician when he moved to Lyon, where he probably composed his few surviving motets, including the Grand Motet In Convertendo, here performed by Les Arts Florissants under William Christie, which anticipates Rameau’s orchestration in his later operatic works. The wonderful fugue on Psalm 126 (verse 6) Euntes ibant et flebant (They went forth and wept) bears comparison with similar works by his contemporary, J. S. Bach.
In addition to a full performance of In Convertendo, this DVD presents some of Rameau’s key chamber music pieces and an insightful music documentary, The Real Rameau, which sheds light on the life of a composer who thought only of music, dreaming of a universal harmony and regarding music as an example to all the arts and, indeed, to all the sciences as well. Pictured by his contemporaries as a gaunt and taciturn man, ill-suited to courtly surroundings, his work was described by Berlioz as ‘one of the most sublime conceptions of dramatic music.'
‘These motets contain gorgeous music: they are to some degree concert music as much as religious music, and indeed the version of In Convertendo that has survived is the revised one for the Concert Spirituel. Lengthy orchestral parts, ravishing solos accompanied by flutes, occasional interludes with oboes and bassoons, make a lot of the music lyrical, if not elegiac.’
Cast:
Nicolas Rivenq, baritone
Sophie Daneman, soprano
Jeffrey Thompson, tenor
Olga Pitarch, soprano
Orchestra and Chorus of Les Arts Florissants
William Christie, conductor
Motet: In Convertendo
01. In Convertendo
02. Tunc repletum
03. Magnificavit Dominus
04. Converte Domine
05. Laudate nomen Dei
06. Qui seminant in lacrimis
07. Euntes ibant et flebant
Pièces de Clavecin en concert
08. La Timide
09. La Popliniere
10. La Rameau
Documentary: The Rel Rameau
11. Dances tunes which will last forever
12. Rameau had a gift
13. He spent years up in the organ loft
14. Rameau the extraordinary theoritician
15. He struck a goldmine
16. Almost vaudeville
17. Not at home with 'La vie mondaine'
18. 'I am a mad, Mamdame'
19. Richness of harmony
20. Rameau's provocative side
21. 'Melodic imperialism'
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Rameau: In Convertendo (2006)
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Rameau: In Convertendo (2006)
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Rameau: In Convertendo (2006)
