J.P. Rameau - Les Boréades (Vashegyi, 2023)

LES BORÉADES
Tragédie lyrique en cinq actes
Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Libretto: attributed to Louis de Cahusac (1706-1759)
Composition date: c. 1763. The work remained unperformed in Rameau's lifetime. The first known staged performance happened on 21 July 1982 at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner.

Alphise: Sabine Devieilhe
Abaris: Reinoud Van Mechelen
Calisis: Benedikt Kristjánsson
Borilée: Philippe Estèphe
Borée: Thomas Dolié
Adamas, Apollon: Tassis Christoyannis
L'Amour, Polymnie, Sémire, Une Nymphe: Gwendoline Blondeel

Conductor: György Vashegyi
Purcell Choir
Orfeo Orchestra
Live recording from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (30 September 2023).

Libretto available at: https://booklets.idagio.com/377001143...

Picture: Detail from "The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli (c. 1484–1486).

This recording has been generously provided by the owner of the classicalmusicinconcert blog.

00:00 Act I
28:24 Act II
1:02:07 Act III
1:30:26 Act IV
1:57:11 Act V