Name: Rameau: Castor Et Pollux by Kevin Mallon
Brand: Kevin Mallon
SKU: 730099611824
Price: 9.9 USD
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This is Rameau's 1754 revision of Castor et Pollux, performed by Toronto's Opera in Concert and the Aradia Ensemble from a score prepared by conductor Kevin Mallon. Though it is a studio recording, it followed closely on the heels of a series of live performances, and it benefits from the spontaneity and dramatic energy gained from them. The Canadian cast, led by Colin Ainsworth and Joshua Hopkins in the title roles, deals with the score capably, and Mallon leads the Aradia Ensemble in a clean, well-paced reading of the orchestration. Hopkins (Pollux) and Monica Whicher (Télaïre, his fiancée) make the best vocal impression, singing with both style and authority. The "Tonnerre" (thunder scene) from Act V is especially striking, with added percussion effects to simulate wind and rain.

Rameau: Castor Et Pollux

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1. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Overture

2. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act I Scene 1: (Cleone, Phebe)

3. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act I Scene 2: (Telaire)

4. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act I Scene 3: (Castor, Telaire, Pollux)

5. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act I Scene 4: (Choeur des Spartiates)

6. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act I Scene 4: Air tres pointe, deux menuets

7. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act I Scene 4: Ariette (Castor)

8. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act I Scene 4: Deux gavottes

9. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act I Scene 4: Deux tambourines

10. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act I Scene 5: Entr'acte (Un Spartiate, Castor, Pollux, Choeur, Combat, Telaire)

11. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act II Scene 1: (Troupe de Spartiates)

12. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act II Scene 2: Tristes apprets (Telaire)

13. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act II Scene 3: (Telaire, Phebe)

14. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act II Scene 4: March (Pollux, Choeur)

15. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act II Scene 5: (Pollux, Telaire)

16. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act II Scene 5: Air pour les athletes

17. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act II Scene 5: Air tres gai

18. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act III Scene 1: Ritournelle et Air (Pollux)

19. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act III Scene 2: (Le Grand Pretre, Pollux, Jupiter)

20. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act III Scene 3: Descente de Jupiter (Pollux, Jupiter)

1. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act III Scene 4: Entree d'Hebe (Choeur des Plaisirs Celestes)

2. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act III Scene 4: Recitative (Pollux, Choeur des Suivantes d'Hebe)

3. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act III Scene 4: (Une suivante d'Hebe)

4. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act III Scene 4: Recitative (Pollux); Air gracieux (Hebe)

5. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act III Scene 4: Gavotte 1 & 2; Recitative (Pollux)

6. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act IV Scene 1: Prelude (Phebe, Choeur des Esprits)

7. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act IV Scene 2: Descente de Mercure (Mercure, Pollux, Phebe)

8. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act IV Scene 2: (Phebe, Cleone, Pollux, Choeur et Air des Demons)

9. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act IV Scene 3: (Phebe)

10. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act IV Scene 4: (Castor)

11. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act IV Scene 4: (Choeur des Ombres Heureuses)

12. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act IV Scene 4: Menuet (Une Ombre)

13. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act IV Scene 4: Passepied 1 & 2, Choeur derriere le theatre

14. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act IV Scene 5: (Castor, Pollux); Gavottes

15. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act V Scene 1: Ritournelle (Telaire, Castor)

16. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act V Scene 2: (Telaire, Castor, Choeur)

17. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act V Scene 3: (Telaire, Castor)

18. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act V Scene 3: Tonnerre (Telaire, Castor)

19. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act V Scene 4: (Jupiter, Castor, Pollux, Telaire)

20. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act V Scene 5: (Jupiter)

21. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act V Scene 5: Chaconne

22. Castor et Pollux (1754 version): Act V Scene 5: Ariette gracieus (Castor, Choeur)

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