Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Les Paladins RCT 51 (Symphonies)
Comédie-ballet in three Acts
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In view of the wealth of the work's musical treasures and the stylistic innovations - similar to the 'Boréades' - the rather frosty reception of the premiere series in the spring of 1760 seems completely incomprehensible to us today. It led to this Comédie ballet not being performed until well into the 20th century. The story that the ballet tells is based on a fable by La Fontaine, 'Le Petit chien qui secoue de l'argent et des pierreries' (i.e. 'The little dog who shakes silver and stones'). In medieval Veneto, the guardian Anselme undermines the love affairs of his ward Argies. Scenes of tragic expression are contrasted with folk-comic ones, and last but not least, the sexually ambiguous fairy Manto may have caused difficulties for th e bold work at the Paris Opéra.
The critical new edition published as part of the 'Opera omnia Rameau' series offers the final version, supplemented in the appendix by the variants of the original version. Since 'Les Paladins' remained unpublished during Rameau's lifetime and was also not included in the 'Śuvres completes', this is the first edition of the work. It satisfies both scholarly demand and the practical needs of musicians.
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