 Ballet suites from Dardanus, Pigmalion, and Platee. European Union Baroque Orchestra/Roy Goodman.
Author: Rameau, Jean-Philippe Published: 2005 Although most of Rameau's operas have yet to enter the mainstream operatic repertory, the ballet music from them, which is colourful not only in its rich and varied instrumentation but in its quirky rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic turns of phrase, has become deservedly popular. This generously filled CD, playing for more than seventy-five minutes, contains the suites from three of the operas. Specially noteworthy is that from Pigmalion, which includes a delightful sequence of ten short dances, Les différents caractères de la danse, which covers all the basics of French dance in one easy three minute lesson. Allegedly. |
