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L'Esprit français: Les Talens Lyriques in Auckland

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“one felt the spirit of dance infusing the work”
Reviewed at Auckland Town Hall: Great Hall, Auckland on 15 April 2016
Marais, Pièces de Trio: Suite no. 5
Forqueray, Pieces de viole avec la basse continue: Suite in D minor
Couperin, Les Nations: La Piémontaise
Leclair, Deuxième récréation de musiques d'une exécution facile, Op.8
Rameau, Pièces de clavecin en concert
Couperin, Grand trio sonata: Le Parnasse or The Apotheosis of Corelli
Christophe Rousset, Conductor, Harpsichord
Atsushi Sakai, Viola da Gamba
Gilone Gaubert-Jacques, Violin
Gabriel Grosbard, Violin
Teenage Mozart’s Mitridate a great success at La Scala
*****
A forgotten meta-opera at La Scala: Gassmann’s L’opera seria
***11
Fine Bach cantatas from Paul Figuier at the Festival d’Ambronay
***11
Jephtha: Handel's last English oratorio at the Halle Handel Festival
***11
Not quite a premiere, not quite a success: Salieri’s Kublai Khan
***11
Unhappy ever after: Gluck's Armide returns to Paris
****1
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