Since you are interested in Les Indes Galantes, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Salve Regina in F Minor / Salve Regina in A Minor Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) / Barbara Bonney (soprano) / Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset [ Decca Records / CD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] Here are two of the world's finest singers performing one of the most exquisite vocal duets ever written. |
GLUCK / PERGOLESI / HANDEL / HASSE / VIVALDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art of Andreas Scholl Andreas Scholl (countertenor) orchestras conducted by Paul Dyer, Paul McCreesh, Sir Roger Norrington and Christophe Rousset [ Decca Records / CD - released 19/May/2003 ] Andreas Scholl has been heralded as the greatest countertenor performing today. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Furore: opera arias Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset [ Virgin Records / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] "DiDonato tackles this catalogue of emotional meltdowns with customary gusto. Sampled track-by-track, it's a thrilling operatic show case…" BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 **** |
LEONARDO LEO
Miserere Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (harpsichord & organ) / with Sandrine Piau (soprano) [ Decca Records / CD - released 21/Aug/2002 ] This album rediscovers the sublimely beautiful sacred vocal music of Leonardo Leo (1694-1744) with inspirational performances by Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques. |
RAMEAU
Zoroastre (complete opera recorded at the Drottningholm Court Theatre, 2006) Anders J. Dahlin / Sine Bundgaard / Anna Maria Panzarella / Ditte Andersen / Christophe Rousset (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 22/Jun/2007 ] G - "Christophe Rousset and his forces deliver an excellently paced reading and much of the singing is perfectly judged. Pierre Audi's production, while it moves the cast around efficiently enough, is at times obscure in its use of gesture…" (BBC... |
JOHANN JACOB FROBERGER
Suites & Toccatas Christophe Rousset (harpsichord) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] Froberger was born in Germany but was influenced by the style of the Italian organists and French lutenists of his time as well. |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea (Complete opera recorded in 1994) Deneder Landse Opera / Cynthia Haymon / Brigitte Balleys / Michael Chance / Christophe Rousset (conductor) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 25/Jan/2006 ] G :- Monteverdi's timeless masterpiece, which creates a modern, deep involvement in performers and audiences alike, is brilliantly captured in this High Definition live recording of Pierre Audi's moving and beautifully styled production from Het... |