Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. Amongst Rameau s stage works which have come down to us in two main versions, such as Dardanus (1739, 1744), Platée (1745, 1749) and Zoroastre (1749, 1756), none fell into oblivion for as long a period as Castor et Pollux . After the work had been premiered in 1737, not until 1754 did Rameau decide to revise it. He asked his librettist Gentil-Bernard to add an act to the tragedy and to give more weight to the brotherly friendship between Castor and Pollux. The main plot remains very similar to the one of 1737, aside from the fact that the sisters Télaïre and Phébé no longer are in love - the one with Castor the other with Pollux - but rather both with Castor which is the reason why Phébé is jealous of Télaïre. Already at the beginning of the first act Pollux relinquishes his love of Télaïre to the benefit of Castor. Castor, however, is killed by Linceus and finds himself in Hades. Pollux commits to saving his brother, sacrifices his immortality and declares his willingness to take Castor s place in Hades so that his brother and Télaïre may be reunited. Jupiter, moved by this sacrifice, frees Pollux and bestows the couple immortality by giving them a place in the zodiac. Following the editorial principles of the Opera omnia Rameau (and in contrast to the 1903 edition by August Chapuis issued within the old Rameau series), both versions of Castor et Pollux , the version of 1737 (OOR IV.3) and the present version of 1754 (OOR IV.23), are published in two separate volumes in their entirety. Owing to the discovery of the original performance material, today preserved at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, the second version of 1754, which up until today was in the shadow of the 1737 version, can now be presented with its more tightly woven plot in all its vigor and dramatic momentum. This edition is enriched with twelve additions which enable the performance of the 1763-1764 version when the work was restaged. / Date parution : 2023-06-16/ Répertoire / Chant et Piano
SKU: ST.CLD126
ISBN 9790708113263.
SKU: TM.11331SET
Overture, Gavotte, Tambourin, Air Gay, Menuet, Passepied, Chaconne.
SKU: HL.50562393
8.25x11.75x0.693 inches.
SKU: BT.F-80145
SKU: TM.11331SC
SKU: BA.BA08899
ISBN 9790006523351. 33 x 24 cm inches. Preface: Denis Herlin. Text: Charles-Antoine Leclerc de La Bruere.
“Dard anus†is Rameau’s third “Tragdie lyrique†composed for Paris after “Hippolyte et Aricie†and “Castor et Polluxâ€. With its multi-facetted music it represents quite a high point of this genre. Its performance history is remarkable in that within only five years two clearly different versions were being performed.The new critical edition by Denis Herlin for the first time offers the possibility to reconstruct the version of May 1744 in addition to the version of 1739. Also, the Appendices include the complete performance material of the version of April 1744, many parts of which could not be heard since. Last but not least the changes of the successful re-staging of 1760 are presented.This performing edition contains all the purely instrumental numbers of the opera in their various versions. Apart from the preludes and ritornellos, these are above all the diverse dance numbers.
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