Veronique Gens Tristes apprêts Castor et Pollux RAMEAU

[elimaceram]

trop magnifique !!!!!

[Minnehaha62]

She starts sharp at the beginning of the first two phrases!! She should know better (and so should the people who let it be recorded).

Thumbs down.

[elessar2k49]

true, but i wouldn't rule out the entire recording because of this.

[bvisionven]

@Minnehaha62 Her sharp starts are most likely following the instructions of the conductor Christophe Rousset who places dramatic expression over exactitude as was the tradition of French opera since Lully.

[Dalmaviva75]

i was there to see it. ;-) i don't think it was in amsterdam.. but rather in versaille for the 20th birthday of baroc music center.

[Dalmaviva75]

Where was it recorded?

[DuoContinuo]

may be in Amsterdam, the Nederlandse Opera performed this recently with these musicians, you may watch their tralers.

D.

[skyguyomaha]

"Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux, translation: Mournful solemnities, pale torches, Day more fearful than darkness, Lugubrious stars of tombs, No, I shall see no more than your funereal lights. You who see my distraught heart, Father of the day ! O sun ! O my father ! I no longer want any gift but what Castor has lost, And I renounce your light. Mournful solemnities, pale torches, Day more fearful than darkness, Lugubrious stars of tombs, No, I shall see no more than your funereal lights.

[skyguyomaha]

I love this song so much. I melt every time i hear this song. makes me cry. thank you for posting this gorgeous recording.

[elias12186]

I'll add the words now

[galaxychorus]

beautiful!!!