Rebel Archive
“Les Elements: Tempests, Storms, and Marine Festivals” = Music of LOCKE, MARAIS, RAMEAU, REBEL, TELEMANN & others – Jordi Savall – Alia Vox (2 discs)
A highly effective and illuminating concept album of thrilling dimensions. “Les Elements: Tempests, Storms, and Marine Festivals” = LOCKE: Music from The Tempest; MARAIS: Suite No. 4 “Airs pour les Matelots & les Tritons”; RAMEAU: Air pour les Zephirs (from Les Indes Galantes); Orage et air pour Boree (from Les Indes galantes); Tonnerre (from Hippolyte Et Aricie); Zoroastre: Contredanse; Zoroastre: Contredanse très vive; REBEL: Les Élémens; TELEMANN: Overture (Suite) TWV 55:C3 in C major for wind, strings & continuo ‘Hamburger Ebb und Fluth’ (‘Wassermusik’); VIVALDI: Flute Concerto, Op. 10 No. 1 in F major, RV 433 ‘La tempesta di mare’ – Le Concert des Nations/ Jordi Savall – Alia Vox multichannel SACD AVSA 9914 (2 discs), 49:45, 48:59 [Distr. by Harmonia mundi] ****: Jean-Fery Rebel’s The Elements is one of the major representations of the expression of fiery and descriptive portrayals in music ever, not just the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as emphasized on this release. In fact, it is the representation of chaos, one of the first important forays into the world of tone painting. Lully and Marais were heavily invested in this genre, seeing it as a rousing and enticing signification to the audience, ever alert to the […]
TELEMANN: Double Concerti for Winds and Strings = Rebel/ Joerg Michael Schwarz – Bridge
Electric, galvanized performances of Telemann double concertos by Rebel, an ensemble that pounces on the notes, the accents, and the beat.
VIVALDI: "Venetian Dreams" = 6 Concerti, Op. 10; Sonata a 4 al Santo Sepolcro in E-flat Major; Concerto for Strings in G Minor – Matthias Maute, recorder and traverso /REBEL /Joerg-Michael Schwartz – Bridge
More from committed Vivaldi specialists REBEL, the 1991 ensemble whose music-making remains energetic, provocative and authentic, at once.
"The Denner Ensemble": Music by PHILIDOR, FASCH, REBEL, TELEMANN, BOISMORTIER, and LULLY (Mark Baigent, oboe. Rebecca Prosser, recorders. Ben Sansom, violin. Nathaniel Harrison, bassoon. Karen Glen, harpsichord. David Hatcher, bass viol.) – X5 Group
The style and panache with which it is performed and recorded lend the CD extra distinction.
HAYDN: Missa in honorem BVM, “Great Organ Mass”; Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida, “Heiligmesse” – Soloists/ Trinity Choir/ Rebel Baroque Orchestra/ J. Owen Burdick – Naxos
Sprightly and infectious readings that may not be the last word in these seminal works, but are darned exciting.
The Art of the Violin = CORELLI: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5 (complete); VIVALDI: Concert for the Prince of Poland; REBEL: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 3-9; MOZART: Violin Concertos 3-5, K. 216, 218, 219 – Andrew Manze, violin and conductor – Harmonia mundi (5 CDs)
Harmonia mundi continues its laudable practice of re-releasing fabulous recordings in boxed sets.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
