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Special offer. Rameau: Pygmalion - Iso: Zémide

Ema Nikolovska, Virginie Thomas, Gwendoline Blondeel, Philippe Estèphe, A Nocte Temporis, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Reinoud Van Mechelen

Rameau: Pygmalion - Iso: Zémide

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Rameau's music is enchanting throughout, and the piece [Pygmalion] enjoyed success during the composer's lifetime. Tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen, who also directs the performances, is on characteristically...

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 20254 out of 5 stars

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Special offer. Rameau: Pygmalion - Iso: Zémide

Ema Nikolovska, Virginie Thomas, Gwendoline Blondeel, Philippe Estèphe, A Nocte Temporis, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Reinoud Van Mechelen

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Rameau's music is enchanting throughout, and the piece [Pygmalion] enjoyed success during the composer's lifetime. Tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen, who also directs the performances, is on characteristically...

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 20254 out of 5 stars

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While Pygmalion, Rameau's emblematic work, reveals the passion of a sculptor in love with his creation, Pierre Iso's Zémide reveals the gentle tyranny of Love, weaving an allegory in which even the fiercest hearts yield to its power. Like Galatea awakening under Pygmalion's gaze, this vibrant programme of Baroque passion comes to life under the inspired direction of Reinoud Van Mechelen, offering a spectacle where music and sentiment intertwine in dazzling symphonies.

Contents and tracklist

Rameau: Pygmalion, RCT 52: Ouverture
Work length3:03
Rameau: Pygmalion, RCT 52, Scene 1: Air. Fatal Amour, cruel vainqueur (Pygmalion)
Work length3:34
Rameau: Pygmalion, RCT 52, Scene 2: Récit. Pygmalion, est-il possible que tu sois insensible (Céphise, Pygmalion)
Work length2:21
Rameau: Pygmalion, RCT 52, Scene 3
Work length8:02
Air. Que d'appas ! que d'attraits ! (Pygmalion)
Track length2:04
Récit. D'où naissent ces accords ? (Pygmalion)
Track length0:58
Récit. Quel prodige ! quel Dieu ! (Pygmalion, La Statue)
Track length5:00
Rameau: Pygmalion, RCT 52, Scene 4
Work length9:58
Récitatif. Du pouvoir de l'Amour ce prodige est l'effet (L'Amour, Chœur)
Track length1:19
Ariette vive et gracieuse. Jeux et Ris qui suivez mes traces (L'Amour)
Track length2:08
Air
Track length0:34
Gavotte gracieuse
Track length0:10
Menuet
Track length0:12
Gavotte gaie et fort
Track length0:11
Chaconne vive
Track length0:22
Loure très grave
Track length0:28
Passepied vif - Les Grâces
Track length0:15
Rigaudon vif
Track length0:24
Sarabande pour la Statue
Track length2:51
Tambourin
Track length1:04
Rameau: Pygmalion, RCT 52, Scene 5
Work length14:53
Récitatif. Le peuple dans ces lieux s'avance (Pygmalion)
Track length0:24
Air gay pour l'entrée du peuple qui vient admirer la Statue
Track length1:27
Ariette. L'Amour triomphe (Pygmalion, Chœur)
Track length2:57
Pantomime niaise et un peu lente
Track length1:03
2e Pantomime très vive
Track length1:13
Règne, Amour (Pygmalion)
Track length5:14
Air gracieux
Track length1:09
Contredanse
Track length1:26
Iso: Zémide: Ouverture
Work length3:25
Iso: Zémide, Scene 1: Séjour fatal (L'Amour)
Work length1:57
Iso: Zémide, Scenes 2 & 3: Phasis, suspends tes pleurs (L'Amour, Phasis)
Work length3:24
Iso: Zémide, Scene 3: Ritournelle
Work length0:32
Iso: Zémide, Scene 4
Work length15:33
Chantez, chantez les charmes (Zémide, Chœur)
Track length3:36
Menuet
Track length2:33
Un calme heureux, les Dons de Flore (Zémide)
Track length1:17
Mais que vois-je ? (Zémide, Chœur)
Track length1:40
Approchons, enlevons ses armes (Zémide, Chœur)
Track length2:19
Où suis-je ? Quels sont ces liens ? (L'Amour, Zémide)
Track length1:31
J'anime, j'embellis, j'enchante la nature (L'Amour)
Track length1:19
Perfide ! je connais ton art et son langage (Zémide, L'Amour)
Track length1:18
Iso: Zémide, Scene 5
Work length9:42
Reine, contre l'Amour quel transport vous anime ? (Phasis, Zémide, L'Amour)
Track length7:23
Reçois nos vœux, dieu que j'adore (Zémide, Phasis)
Track length1:25
Que tout change, à ma voix, dans ce désert sauvage (L'Amour)
Track length0:54
Iso: Zémide, Final Scene
Work length11:40
Que le dieu des plaisirs règne dans ce séjour (Zémide, Chœur)
Track length2:20
Entrée des peuples de Scyros
Track length1:03
Air tendre
Track length1:13
Gavotte
Track length1:09
La rose nouvelle (L'Amour)
Track length1:15
Rondeau gracieux
Track length1:06
Règne, daigne encore (Zémide, Chœur)
Track length1:13
Forlane
Track length0:52
Tambourin
Track length1:29

Awards and reviews

  • BBC Music Magazine
    Christmas Issue 2025
    Opera Choice

Christmas Issue 2025

Rameau's music is enchanting throughout, and the piece [Pygmalion] enjoyed success during the composer's lifetime. Tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen, who also directs the performances, is on characteristically athletic form, delivering all, and especially Pygmalion's ariette 'Règne, amour' with fluency and grace.
4 out of 5 stars

December 2025

A Nocte Temporis's flautists Anna Besson and Sien Huybrechts deserve special plaudits for conjuring magical playing in a score that demands everything from them...Van Mechelen's extraordinary showstopper 'Règne, Amour' juggles tenderness and supple fluidity with seeming ease.
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