
Though credited with inventing the “opera-ballet” and known primarily today for his numerous spirited stage productions, the remarkably prolific French Baroque composer André Campra was
What a strange work–strange even for Rameau, who within the strictures of the French Baroque tends to surprise more often than any of his contemporaries.
The Best of Lully probably isn’t quite right, but this CD certainly shows the quintessential French Baroque composer at his most affable, dramatic, short-winded, and
Taped at and in conjunction with live performances at the Paris Opera, this “fantastic” Handel opera–one of his finest, by the way–proves to be a