Rameau: Amants Trahis (Les) / Aquilon Et Orithie / Thetis / Air A Boire / Campra: Les Femmes

Featuring

Peter Harvey
Philippa Hyde
London Baroque
Jean-Philippe Rameau
André Campra

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Composer's Artistic Vision

The cantatas by Rameau on this album are early works where he experimented with forms and styles that he later incorporated into his mature operas, similar to Handel's approach.

Composition History

Rameau, a composer on this album, was a late starter as an opera composer, writing his first great 'tragédie lyrique', Hippolyte et Aricie, at the age of fifty.

Performer Biography

Peter Harvey, the baritone on this album, was a key participant in Sir John Eliot Gardiner's 'Bach Cantata Pilgrimage' in the year 2000.

Composer Biography

André Campra, a composer on this album, was forced to leave his position as Maître de Musique of Notre Dame because his contract precluded secular composition, and he wished to dedicate himself to theatre.

Performer Biography

London Baroque, the ensemble on this album, was formed in 1978 and is regarded worldwide as one of the foremost exponents of baroque chamber music.

Composer Biography

André Campra, another composer on this album, was born in Aix-en-Provence to an Italian father and French mother.

Composer Biography

Jean-Philippe Rameau, a composer featured on this album, was initially destined for a career in law, but his Jesuit teachers encouraged him to pursue music due to his constant singing and scribbling on manuscript paper.