1741-1799 DE, Wertheim am Main
Composer of Classical
Henri-Joseph Rigel (9 February 1741 – 2 May 1799) was a German-born composer of the Classical era who spent most of his working life in France. He was born in Wertheim am Main where his father was musical intendant to the local prince. After an education in Germany, where his teachers included Niccolò Jommelli, Rigel moved to Paris in 1767. He quickly acquired a reputation in musical circles and published harpsichord pieces, string quartets, symphonies and concertos. He began composing for the Concert Spirituel, most notably four hiérodrames (oratorios on sacred themes): La sortie d'Egypte (1774), La destruction de Jericho (1778), Jephté (1783) and Les Macchabées (score lost). These show the influence of Christoph Willibald Gluck, and Gluck himself praised La sortie d'Égypte. Between 1778
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La Sortie D'Egypte, Jephté, La Destruction De Jéricho | Henri-Joseph Rigel - Les Chantres Du Centre De Musique Baroque De Versailles, Les Folies Françoises, Patrick Cohën-Akenine, Olivier Schneebelli, Isabelle Poulenard, Philippe Do, Alain Buet | 2007 | Album |