Pygmalion and Nélée et Myrthis by Rameau, conducted by William Christie

Pygmalion and Nélée et Myrthis by Rameau, conducted by William Christie

The orchestra is tart and the articulation brilliant in Rameau’s actes de ballets. A young Sandrine Piau appears as Cupid in Pygmalion. Agnès Mellon is the lovelorn Céphise and haughty Myrthis.

Anna Picard

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Published: August 3, 2017 at 8:44 am

COMPOSERS: Rameau
LABELS: Harmonia Mundi
ALBUM TITLE: Rameau
WORKS: Pygmalion; Nélée et Myrthis
PERFORMER: Howard Crook, Sandrine Piau, Agnès Mellon, Donatienne Michel-Dansae; Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
CATALOGUE NO: HAF 8901381 (1992)




The orchestra is tart and the articulation brilliant in Rameau’s actes de ballets. A young Sandrine Piau appears as Cupid in Pygmalion. Agnès Mellon is the lovelorn Céphise and haughty Myrthis.

Anna Picard

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