Jean-Philippe Rameau – Suite “Les Paladins”

Jean-Philippe Rameau – Suite “Les Paladins” Recorded at St. Giles Cripplegate, London on January, 1991 About this work: Les Paladins is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau first performed on 12 February 1760. The author of the libretto  is unknown, but it has been attributed to Duplat de Monticourt. Rameau called Les Paladins a comédie lyrique, [...]

Jean-Philippe Rameau – Zoroastre

Jean-Philippe Rameau – Zoroastre Recorded between 10-20/03/1983 About the Opera: Zoroastre’s premiere in 1749 was not a success; despite the magnificence of the staging, it failed to compete with Mondonville’s new opéra-ballet Le carnaval du Parnasse. Rameau and Cahusac decided to rework the opera completely before offering it to the public again in 1756. Acts [...]

Jean-Philippe Rameau – Les Indes Galantes

Jean-Philippe Rameau – Les Indes Galantes Recorded at Studio 103 of Maison de Radio France in June, 1983. About this work: Les Indes galantes is an opéra-ballet consisting of a prologue and four entrées (acts) by Jean-Philippe Rameau with libretto by Louis Fuzelier. The première, including only the first three entrés, took place in Paris [...]

Jean-Philippe Rameau – Castor Et Pollux

Jean-Philippe Rameau – Castor Et Pollux About the Opera: Castor et Pollux (Castor and Pollux) is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau, first performed on 24 October 1737 at the Académie royale de musique in Paris. The librettist was Pierre-Joseph-Justin Bernard, whose reputation as a salon poet it made.  This was the third opera by Rameau [...]