NEW ON NAXOS | OCTOBER 2023
Jean-Baptiste LULLY (1632–1687) Acis et Galatée Pastorale héroïque in three acts with prologue (1686) Libretto by Jean Galbert de Campistron, after Ovid’s Metamorphoses Sung in French Elena Harsányi, Soprano • Jean-François Lombard, Tenor • Luigi De Donato, Bass Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino • Federico Maria Sardelli
Jean-Baptiste Lully’s unrivalled position at the Sun King’s court gave him freedom to produce numerous grand theatre works. Acis et Galatée is acknowledged as one of his masterpieces with its adroit alternation of effects and situations and its substantial use of dances and choruses. The opera was composed as part of lavish celebrations for the Dauphin’s stay at the castle of Anet and is a pastorale héroïque , with its plot based on the love story between the nymph Galatée and the shepherd Acis. The work’s ‘heroic’ element is provided by the presence of the mythical Neptune and cyclops Polyphème who, for the love of Galatée, crushes Acis under a boulder. Key Features: •
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Companion Titles – Baroque Opera
This recording documents the belated premiere of Lully’s opera Acis et Galatée in Florence, the city of his birth. His last completed theatre work and an acknowledged masterpiece in this genre, there are surprisingly few recordings of this opera available, so we are delighted to be able to present the disc edition of this highly
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successful 2022 production with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino , also available on the Dynamic label as DYN-37971 (DVD) and DYN-57971 (Blu-ray). • Federico Maria Sardelli is a Baroque music specialist and one of the most interesting and eclectic artists of today. He is a conductor, virtuoso flautist, musicologist, composer, painter, engraver, satirical writer and best-selling author with L’Affare Vivaldi , and has twice been nominated for GRAMMY Awards.
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Click to listen to Act II: Scene 6: Entrée de Polyphème et de sa suite: Marche – Qu’à l’envi chacun se presse
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Franz SCHUBERT (1797–1828) Waltzes and Écossaises Didier Castell-Jacomin, Piano
As a young composer immersed in the new bourgeois scene in Vienna, Schubert was perfectly positioned to write for the many salons that had opened in the city. The fashionable dances he wrote for them also gave him an avenue for their publication and the selling of scores. These charming gems were not intended for the concert stage but offer a surprising and seemingly spontaneous outpouring of melody and harmonic wit – and even imitations of Tyrolean yodelling. The 12 Écossaises, D. 299 are known to be the first work Schubert composed away from Vienna. Didier Castell-Jacomin employs the 1982 Henle edition based on manuscripts and first editions. Key Features: • Steinway Artist Didier Castell-Jacomin has been described as ‘a sparkling pianist’ by well-known commentator Norman Lebrecht; Paul Badura-Skoda, after they had played together, said he was ‘a true Mozartian’. On Naxos 8.574012 he joins the Vienna Chamber Symphony Quintet for a ‘delightful transcriptions of works by Mozart’ ( ResMusica.com ). • Schubert’s Rarities and Short Piano Works can be heard on 8.574135 played by the Polish pianist Wojciech Waleczek: ‘Fascinating, rarely heard Schubert, played with impeccable taste and fluency by a superb pianist’ ( MusicWeb International ).
8.574165 Release Date: 13 Oct 2023
Companion Titles – Other releases of Schubert Piano Music
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Click to listen to 38 Waltzes, Ländler and Écossaises, Op. 18, D. 145: Waltzes Nos. 1–12
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