Rebel & Rameau - Suites
L’Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg
Awards:
-
Building a Library, June 2009, First Choice
The Orfeo Baroque Orchestra give a vibrant performance of the Rameau. Gaigg is a decisive leader who encourages her colleagues to brandish their bows and clip the dotted notes with breathtaking...
Rebel & Rameau - Suites
L’Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg
Purchase product
Awards:
-
Building a Library, June 2009, First Choice
The Orfeo Baroque Orchestra give a vibrant performance of the Rameau. Gaigg is a decisive leader who encourages her colleagues to brandish their bows and clip the dotted notes with breathtaking...
About
This new SACD is devoted to eighteenth-century French music. The recording of the overture, including the dance interlude from Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Castor et Pollux, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique in 1737, captures the essence of the most performed opera of the eighteenth century.
Contents and tracklist
Awards and reviews
February 2009
The Orfeo Baroque Orchestra give a vibrant performance of the Rameau. Gaigg is a decisive leader who encourages her colleagues to brandish their bows and clip the dotted notes with breathtaking panache… percussionist Rogerio Gonçalves provides wonderful rhythmic counterpoint. ...strikingly idiosyncratic performances.
Classics Today
[L’Orfeo Barockorchester], led by violinist Michi Gaigg, is a delight to hear, a finely tuned and ideally balanced ensemble whose playing gives real drive and support to the singers
