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Rameau: Les Indes Galantes / Christie, Les Arts Florissants [DVD]
Conductor: William Christie | Composer(s): Jean-Philippe Rameau | Performer(s): Valerie Gabail, Nicolas Cavallier, Patricia Petitbon, Paul Agnew | Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants | Label: Opus Arte | 2 DVD9 | Picture format: 16:9 | Sound format: P DTS Surround / LPCM Stereo | File host: Share-online.biz | 5% recovery record + 1 .rev file | Run time: 244 mins | 16.2 GB
Language(s): French | Subtitle(s): English, French, German, Spanish, Italian




William Christie and Les Arts Florissants propel this exuberant production of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s second opera to great heights. Andrei Serban’s extravagant, highly baroque staging presents the four exotic love stories in a fantastic operatic spectacle. In Le Turc généreux Osman sets free his captive, Emilie, whom he loves, so that she may be reunited with her former lover, Valère; Les Incas de Perou is all about the rivalry of the Inca Huascar and the Spaniard Don Carlos, both in pursuit of Princess Phani; Les Fleurs offers a Persian love intrigue, as the Sultana Fatima tries to detect whether her husband Tacmas has his eye on the lovely Atalide; and Les Sauvages takes us to North America, where a Spaniard and a Frenchman compete for the love of Zima, daughter of a native chief, who prefers one of her own people.

Rameau: Les Paladins / Christie, Les Arts Florissants [DVD]
Conductor: William Christie | Composer(s): Jean-Philippe Rameau | Performer(s): François Piolino, Stéphanie D'Oustrac, Topi Lehtipuu, Sandrine Piau | Orchestra/Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants | Label: Opus Arte | 2 DVD9 | Picture format: 16:9 | Sound format: PCM Stereo / DTS 5.1 | File host: Share-online.biz | 5% recovery record + 1 .rev file | Run time: 135 minutes | 13.2 GB
Language(s): French | Subtitle(s): English, French, German, Spanish, Italian




Inspired by a fable by La Fontaine, Rameau produced perhaps his most brilliant music for his penultimate great work, blending reality and the surreal on several levels. This passionate new production by José Montalvo, stunningly choreographed by Montalvo and Dominique Hervieu, sets new standards in entertainment, charm and ingenuity. The sharp and spectacular multimedia staging does full justice to Rameau’s dazzling burlesque, confirming Olivier Rouvière’s statement that ‘Les Paladins is the last laugh of a witty 77-year old composer’. Recorded live in 2004 at the Paris Théâtre du Châtelet in true surround sound, both the virtuoso cast and Les Arts Florissants are in top form, clearly enjoying themselves in the masterful hands of William Christie.

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