Tempesta Di Mare - Comedie Et Tragedie Vol 2

This programme completes the Com�die et Trag�die project with Tempesta di Mare, and consists of suites made up of orchestral excerpts from three dramatic works of the French stage, spanning seventy-three years, all highlighting the importance of dance as a part of drama. The com�die-ballet was the brainchild of the French comedic actor, singer, dancer, and playwright Moli�re. After ten years of collaborating with Lully, a Suite from whose Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme features in Volume 1, he turned to Charpentier. The outcome was Le Malade imaginaire whose fourth performance would prove Moli�re's last, as he died on stage. Scylla et Glaucus is the only stage work by Jean-Marie Leclair, the foremost violinist of his generation and a composer whose late opera shows the clarity of his orchestration and places its focal point on the strings, as one would expect. Les F�tes de Polymnie is contemporary with Leclair's opera but more forward looking in its approach, and famous for the ingenuity of Rameau's colourful orchestration, particularly obvious in the overture.