Jean-Philippe Rameau - 4 Ouvertures: Pygmalion, Les Fêtes, Les Surprises & Acante et Céphise

Jean-Philippe Rameau (25 September 1683 – 12 September 1764) was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer for the harpsichord of his time, alongside François Couperin. Quatre Ouvertures 1. Pygmalion (1748) 2. Les Fêtes de l’Hymen et de l’Amour (1747) (4:46) 3. Les Surprises de l’amour; Première entrée: Adonis (1757) (8:56) 4. Acante et Céphi