CASTOR ET POLLUX was the most popular work of the Paris Opera for more than thirty years and the masterpiece of Jean-Philippe Rameau, an important composer of French music during the late Baroque and early Classical periods. His overture is full of dramatic force and harmonic intensity. This Owen Goldsmith transcription sparkles while maintaining a sharp musical focus. Soaring! (3:09)

Recorded at Omega Studios, Rockville, Maryland
by the Washington Winds and the Washington Pops,
Edward Petersen, Conductor