Emilie Marsh à Même la Nuit

I know of no Rameau work more colourful, more melodious, more replete with inventive vitality, wrote Gramophone in reviewing this 1973 premiere recording of the French Baroque masters 1735 heroic ballet Les Indes galantes. There is immense enthusiasm and spirit in this performance [and] some excellent singing Among the array of sopranos I was specially impressed by the full, bright ring of Rachel Yakar Anne-Marie Rodde: a good stylist and a clean, accurate voice, coping well with Rameaus florid detail The tenor Bruce Brewer is a real find for the lyrical French roles: his voice is very smooth and graceful In all, a set which no Rameau admirer should miss. Conducted by Rameau specialist Jean-Claude Malgoire, it is now being issued for the first time on CD.

Zad Moultaka - Ou en est la nuit - Nouvel Ensemble Moderne under Lorraine Vaillancourt (2014) {L'Empreinte Digitale}
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Classical / Contemporary Classical / Concerto / Guitar / Cymbalum

C’est une musique sortie du cœur d’une nuit sans Lune que nous offre Zad Moultaka sur les trois pièces servies ici. Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM) nous faisait découvrir pour notre plus grand plaisir la musique du compositeur libanais lors de son premier concert cette saison et ces enregistrements, réalisés au Québec en 2012 et 2013, en rendent le pouvoir évocateur avec brio, Lorraine Vaillancourt dirigeant son ensemble avec sa clarté habituelle. Percussions obsessives, riche palette sonore (concerto pour cymbalum avec Alexandru Sura, concerto pour guitare avec Pablo Màrquez) et images en abondance, la musique de Moultaka est forte et elle transporte l’auditeur en des lieux qui valent vraiment le détour. Une belle découverte.

In late February 1653, just after the Fronde rebellion, the most influential spectacle of the early reign of Louis XIV was created at the Louvre: the Ballet Royal de la Nuit. Grandiose, and carefully elaborated at the highest levels of the state, the libretto by Bensérade called upon the finest artists of the time. Banishing the troubles of Night, Louis XIV danced in the Sun King costume that would henceforth be for ever associated with him. An indispensable world premiere recording!

Ensemble Correspondances & Sebastien Dauce - Le Concert Royal de la Nuit (2015) [2CD] {Harmonia Mundi}
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Classical / Baroque / Chamber Music / Ballet Music

In late February 1653, just after the Fronde rebellion, the most influential spectacle of the early reign of Louis XIV was presented at the Louvre: the Ballet Royal de la Nuit. Grandiose, and carefully elaborated at the highest levels of the state, the libretto by Benserade called upon the finest artists of the time. Banishing the troubles of night, Louis XIV danced in the Sun King costume that would henceforth be forever associated with him. This unmissable world premiere recording presents a reconstruction of the work created by Sebastien Dauce that includes music by Jean de Cambefort, Antoine Boesset, Louis Constantin, Michel Lambert, Francesco Cavalli and Luigi Rossi.

Following an initial reconstruction on disc in 2015, the Ballet Royal de la Nuit enjoyed a triumphal modern premiere at the Théâtre de Caen in November 2017. That staged version, presented in this outstanding box set, at last includes the entire musical score (twenty-seven additional dances). The meticulous reconstitution of Sébastien Daucé, the incomparable poetry of Francesca Lattuada, an oneiric universe featuring more than 120 costumes designed by Olivier Charpentier, all contribute to an incredible enchantment further enhanced by the exploits of virtuoso jugglers and circus artists. In this ballet, a masterly achievement from every point of view, the spell remains unbroken from first note to last.