Name: Rameau: Castor Et Pollux par Colin Ainsworth
Brand: Colin Ainsworth
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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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Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 1

1. Overture

2. Act I Scene 1: (Cleone, Phebe)

3. Act I Scene 2: (Telaire)

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

5. Act I Scene 4: (Choeur des Spartiates)

6. Act I Scene 4: Air tres pointe, deux menuets

7. Act I Scene 4: Ariette (Castor)

8. Act I Scene 4: Deux gavottes

9. Act I Scene 4: Deux tambourines

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

11. Act II Scene 1: (Troupe de Spartiates)

12. Act II Scene 2: Tristes apprets (Telaire)

13. Act II Scene 3: (Telaire, Phebe)

14. Act II Scene 4: March (Pollux, Choeur)

15. Act II Scene 5: (Pollux, Telaire)

16. Act II Scene 5: Air pour les athletes

17. Act II Scene 5: Air tres gai

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

19. Act III Scene 2: (Le Grand Pretre, Pollux, Jupiter)

20. Act III Scene 3: Descente de Jupiter (Pollux, Jupiter)

Volume 2

1. Act III Scene 4: Entree d'Hebe (Choeur des Plaisirs Celestes)

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

3. Act III Scene 4: (Une suivante d'Hebe)

4. Act III Scene 4: Recitative (Pollux); Air gracieux (Hebe)

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

6. Act IV Scene 1: Prelude (Phebe, Choeur des Esprits)

7. Act IV Scene 2: Descente de Mercure (Mercure, Pollux, Phebe)

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

9. Act IV Scene 3: (Phebe)

10. Act IV Scene 4: (Castor)

11. Act IV Scene 4: (Choeur des Ombres Heureuses)

12. Act IV Scene 4: Menuet (Une Ombre)

13. Act IV Scene 4: Passepied 1 & 2, Choeur derriere le theatre

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

15. Act V Scene 1: Ritournelle (Telaire, Castor)

16. Act V Scene 2: (Telaire, Castor, Choeur)

17. Act V Scene 3: (Telaire, Castor)

18. Act V Scene 3: Tonnerre (Telaire, Castor)

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

20. Act V Scene 5: (Jupiter)

21. Act V Scene 5: Chaconne

22. Act V Scene 5: Ariette gracieus (Castor, Choeur)

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