Les Saisons Du Plaisir

“Rameau is one of the universal geniuses in European musical history, on the same level as Bach, Mozart and Haydn”, asserts conductor György Vashegyi.

“Rameau is one of the universal geniuses in European musical history, on the same level as Bach, Mozart and Haydn”, asserts conductor György Vashegyi.

Le Carnaval du Parnasse, Mondonville's heroic ballet, was a dazzling triumph at its premiere in 1749, eclipsing Rameau'sZoroastre, which premiered the same year. Dedicated to the Marquise de Pompadour, muse of the arts and the omnipotent favourite of the King, this whimsical carnival is nothing short of a deliciousmarivaudage: on Mount Parnassus, Apollo and his Muses indulge in feasts of the senses and entertainments of the heart…

Started in 2014 as part of the anniversary of the death of Jean-Philippe Rameau with the recording of the Fêtes de Polymnie, the partnership between the Baroque Music Center of Versailles and the ensembles of Hungarian conductor György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra and Purcell Choir, ends with the recording of another opera by Rameau, Les Boréades, in which the talented Sabine Devieilhe and Reinoud Van Mechelen take part.

Started in 2014 as part of the anniversary of the death of Jean-Philippe Rameau with the recording of the Fêtes de Polymnie, the partnership between the Baroque Music Center of Versailles and the ensembles of Hungarian conductor György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra and Purcell Choir, ends with the recording of another opera by Rameau, Les Boréades, in which the talented Sabine Devieilhe and Reinoud Van Mechelen take part.