Rameau / Orchestra Of The 18Th Century Orchestral Suites CD

Such was the significance of the music of Jean- Philippe Rameau for Frans Br?ggen that the Dutch conductor's first concert with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century featured a suite by the French composer, and his final directing appearance, shortly before his death in 2014, did likewise. Between times this inspirational musician and his orchestra recorded a series of orchestral suites drawn from the op?ras-ballets, trag?dies en musique and pastorales-h?ro?ques, first for Philips and then for the orchestra's own imprint on Glossa. These eight suites have now been united by Glossa for the first time in a magisterial and richly-enjoyable demonstration of Frans Br?ggen's empathy with the output of the Baroque composer from Dijon. From Les Bor?ades to Les Indes galantes, from Acante et C?phise to Zoroastre via Castor et Pollux, these suites - originating in scrupulous scholarship by orchestra member Wim ten Have - together represent a pillar in the modern revival and appreciation of the music of Rameau, which was dear to the heart of Br?ggen and so many of the other early music pioneers of his generation.