Montéclair's cantata Pyrame et Thisbé is his most ambitious, featuring three singers: a narrator (bass) and two protagonists (soprano and high tenor).
Recording & Production
This recording was made in March 1988 in the Église Réformée de l'Annonciation in Paris.
Composer Biography
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, the composer, was a prominent musician of the generation between the famous French composers Lully and Rameau.
Composer Biography
Montéclair worked for nearly forty years as a basse de violon player at the Académie Royale de Musique in Paris.
Composition History
Montéclair was a precursor to the cantata form in France, publishing his Adieu de Tircis à Climeine in 1695, before the genre's official appearance in 1706.
Composition History
Montéclair's opera, Jephté (1732), made a strong impression on the composer Rameau, a year before his own opera Hippolyte et Aricie premiered.
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