佳佳唱片

彭克拉斯.羅耶: 管弦樂組曲
克里斯多夫.胡賽 指揮
抒情天才古樂團

"Surprises from Royer! And from Rousset! After two recordings devoted to the harpsichord pieces of Savoyard composer Pancrace Royer, Christophe Rousset, this time conducting, turns to the composer’s orchestral suites. Taken from Royer’s operatic works – and (with the exception of a live version of Pyrrhus) never previously recorded – these choreographic pieces reveal a new facet of the composer. The brilliance and virtuosity of his harpsichord compositions are well known; here we discover his gift for refinement and lyricism. These dances show Royer’s singular sense of harmony and fine use of orchestral contrasts, as well as an almost whimsical rhetoric of the unexpected. Some of his best-known pieces, including the famous “March of the Scythians” from Zaide, are to be heard here in their orchestral form.
This recording will undoubtedly further the rediscovery of this iconoclastic composer, whose very personal style and innate sense of drama are given striking depth and relief here under the baton of Christophe Rousset."

PANCRACE ROYER (1703-1755)
Le Pouvoir de l'Amour (1743)
1. Prologue. Ouverture 3'10
2. Prologue, Scene 4. Air pour les jeux et les plaisirs 0'58
3. Premiere entree, Scene 1. Ritournelle 0'32
4. Premiere entree, Scene 7. Mouvement de passacaille 4'51
5. Deuxieme entree, Scene 1. Ritournelle 1'48
6. Deuxieme entree, Scene 2. Rondeau 1'46
7. Deuxieme entree, Scene 2. Chaconne 1'17
8. Deuxieme entree, Scene 7. Entree pour les habitants du Pactole 2'02
9. Deuxieme entree, Scene 7. Premier et deuxieme menuets 1'45
10. Deuxieme entree, Scene 7. Premier et deuxieme tambourins 1'58
11. Troisieme entree, Scene 1. Ritournelle 2'05
12. Troisieme entree, Scene 2. Marche pour le sacrifice 2'09
13. Troisieme entree, Scene 4. Entree pour les sauvages 1'58
14. Troisieme entree, Scene 4. Air 0'59
15. Troisieme entree, Scene 4. Premiere et deuxieme gigues 1'48

Zaide, reine de Grenade (1739)
16. Ouverture 0'40
17. Prologue. Premiere et deuxieme bourrees 1'29
18. Acte I, Scene 5. Entree 1'48
19. Acte I, Scene 5. Rondeau pour les Abencerages 1'35
20. Acte I, Scene 5. Air 3'42
21. Acte I, Scene 5. Menuet 1'07
22. Acte II, Scene 5. Entree des chasseurs 1'52
23. Acte II, Scene 5. Air pour les Africains, fierement 2'37
24. Acte II, Scene 5. Air pour les chasseurs 0'42
25. Acte III, Scene 1. Prelude, legerement et coule 1'27
26. Acte III, Scene 5. Air tendrement 8'08
27. Acte III, Scene 5. Air pour les Turcs, en rondeau 2'47
28. Acte III, Scene 5. Premier et deuxieme menuets 2'08
29. Acte III, Scene 5. Premier et deuxieme tambourins 1'38

Almasis (1748)
30. Ouverture 1'08
31. Scene 5. Marche, gaiement 2'34
32. Scene 5. Air, mouvement de chaconne 1'08
33. Scene 5. Air pour les esclaves, pesamment 2'24
34. Scene 5. Premier et second passepieds 2'14
35. Scene 5. Premier et second tambourins 2'35

Pyrrhus (1730)
36. Acte III, Scene 1. Ritournelle 2'10
37. Acte III, Scene 8. Premier air des demons 1'46
38. Acte III, Scene 8. Deuxieme air 1'07
39. Acte IV, Scene 7. Deuxieme air pour les Nymphes 0'51
Zaide, reine de Grenade (alternative versions)
40. Acte III, Scene 5. Menuets (L. Hue edition, 1739) 0'43
41. Acte III, Scene 5. Tambourins (L. Hue edition, 1739) 2'19