Journey into Rameau's gothic underworld with Enfers

'Above groaning choruses, gnashing dissonances and a thunderous period band, baritone Stéphane Degout reigns. His artistry is this project's true raison d'être.'

Enfers

Ramaeu Messe de Requiem sur des thèmes de Castor et Pollux; plus extracts from Zoroastre, Dardanus, Hippolyte et Aricie, Les Surprises de l'Amour, Les Boréades; Gluck Extracts from Iphigénie en Tauride, Orphée et Eurydice; J-F Rebel Les Élémens - Chaos

Stéphane Degout (baritone), Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon

Harmonia Mundi HMM 902288   78:29 mins

Freya Parr

Published: May 15, 2018 at 3:00 pm

'Above groaning choruses, gnashing dissonances and a thunderous period band, baritone Stéphane Degout reigns. His artistry is this project's true raison d'être.'

Enfers

Ramaeu Messe de Requiem sur des thèmes de Castor et Pollux; plus extracts from Zoroastre, Dardanus, Hippolyte et Aricie, Les Surprises de l'Amour, Les Boréades; Gluck Extracts from Iphigénie en Tauride, Orphée et Eurydice; J-F Rebel Les Élémens - Chaos

Stéphane Degout (baritone), Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon

Harmonia Mundi HMM 902288 78:29 mins

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
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