Symphonies. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. This edition unites all the purely instrumental and dance numbers from one of Rameau?s most popular operas, along with those from his last one-act opéra-ballet ?Io?, which was left unfinished at the time of his death. ?Platée? is the setting of a libretto by Jacques Autreau that Rameau arranged to be adapted for his own purposes, especially with regard to comic effects. In grotesque form, it shows Jupiter curing his wife Juno of her jealousy by feigning a marriage of love with the ugly swamp nymph Platée. Faced with such a ludicrous rival, Juno is forced to admit that her suspicions were unfounded. The opera was premièred in Versailles in 1745 for the wedding of the Dauphin Louis and Maria Theresia of Spain. The performance was a fiasco, however, for the coarse comedy and bizarre characters were deemed inappropriate by the wedding audience. It was not until 1749 in Paris that ?Platée? achieved its breakthrough, becoming Rameau?s greatest triumph to date. Another version with an altered text was performed from 1754 on. The plot of the fragmentary ?Io? deals with the amorous relations between the nymph Io and Jupiter in the guise of the shepherd Hylas, who becomes a rival of Apollo, disguised as Philemon. Now the inventive and richly varied orchestral numbers from this cruelly comical bonfire of the vanities can be presented in concert with greater flexibility. / Date parution : 2022-04-05/ Répertoire / Ensemble de Chambre

Par STRAUSS JOHANN (FILS). Waltz From The Opera 'Die Fledermaus'/ Répertoire / Orchestre de Salon

Par HOLST GUSTAV. L'errance érudit, dernier opéra de Holst, a été écrit en 1929-30 : son titre original était 'Le conte de l'érudit Wandering'. Il fut créé dans The David Lewis Theatre, Liverpool, en 1934, menée par le Dr J. E. Wallace et produit par Frederick Wilkinson. C'était quelques mois avant la mort de Holst, et il était trop malade pour aller à la performance. Il n'avait aucune chance de réviser le score, qui est resté inédit jusqu'à maintenant. Il a laissé plusieurs crayon interroge dans les marges, tels que ' Tempo? ', ' Plus? ', ' Harmonie plus? ', etc.. Et dans l'un de ses livres-note qu'il quitte les requêtes sur plusieurs mots dans le livret qu'il avait des doutes sur. Les éditeurs ont répondu à ces requêtes en faisant quelques altérations en vitesse et dynamique et en suggérant des marques de métronome tout au long de l'ouvrage. Ils ont également fait plusieurs altérations dans le livret qui ils se sentent que Holst aurait pu lui-même s'il avait eu l'occasion de réviser le travail avec son ami Clifford Bax. Lorsque la perfor English Opera Group.../ Répertoire / Chorale

The Dreamers - A Gothic Tale for Horn Trio by Niels Marthinsen. Programme note: The Dreamers for horn violin and piano is the sixth of a series of seven compositions named after Karen Blixen's collection of short stories Seven Gothic Tales. My musical gothic tales are written for very different ensembles - THE SUPPER AT ELSINORE is a saxophone quartet THE OLD CHEVALIER is for bass trombone and piano THE MONKEY is a chamber orchestra work - but they all share musical material in a criss-cross of contextual references reminiscent of Blixen's narrative complexity: Themes and motivs from one pieceappear in others in new and surprising shapes and combinations. Karen Blixen's THE DREAMERS has the most complex narrative structure of all her seven gothic tales. The story is made up of three tales with different narrators but with the same principal caracter in various disguises all three imbedded within a fourth tale that serves as a framework for the entire short story.The main story line unravels the life of a famous opera diva who looses her voice during a terrible fire. Before this her life was perpetual bliss and the tragedy drives her into assuming different personality guises in order to escape reality.Toward the end she is confronted with her true identity and dies.THE DREAMERS isn't 'about' anything. The music is inspired by the artistic content of Blixen's short story - it's emotionalism dramatic construction atmosphere period and settings - but unfolds in time and musical space in ways that are completely independent of the story's narrative progression...except one might say that the three players try their best to either catch or escape each other and that when they finally meet it happens abruptly even tragically - and only barely provides a little consolation.