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Lemoyne: Phèdre (Györgi Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra)
Lemoyne, Jean-Baptiste (1751-1796)Phèdre (Tragedie Lyrique in Three Acts-1786)Györgi Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra (Period Instruments)Bru-Zane BZ 1040 (2020) 2-Disc set[Flac & Scans]
2018-06-23 23:00:00
M Haydn: Die Kampf der Buße und Bekehrung (Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra)
2018-06-14 14:00:02
Purcell Choir / Orfeo Orchestra / Vasheygi (Glossa, two CDs) First performed in 1749, Naïs was the second of four “pastorales héroiques” that Rameau wrote around the turn of the 1750s. This one was his “Opéra pour la paix”, commissioned to celebrate the end of the war of the Austrian succession, which had been resolved with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle the previous year. The premiere of Naïs at the Palais-Royal in Paris was evidently a lavish affair, with spectacular sets, elaborate stage machinery and even pyrotechnics, while Rameau was allowed to add an extra trumpet to the standard opera orchestra. It was performed again with revisions in 1764, but the score was never published in the composer’s lifetime, and did not appear in print until the 1920s. This Hungarian recording, using a modern critical edition of the score, now seems to be the only one currently available on disc. The […]
2017-12-10 07:20:29
Santon-Jeffery, Baráth, Dolié, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra/Vashegyi(Glossa) French music with a Hungarian twist as György Vashegyi and his Budapest band join forces with the Versailles Baroque Music Centre, conjuring up the splendour of 18th-century court celebrations for Louis XIV, XV and XVI. A skilfully chosen