Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Fêtes d'Hébé RCT 41
Ballet in one prologue and three entrées - Symphonies/version from June 1739
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Fêtes d'Hébé RCT 41
Ballet in one prologue and three entrées - Symphonies/version from June 1739
- Instrumentation Orchestra
- Composer Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Editor Pascal Denécheau
- Lyricist Antoine-César Gautier de Montdorge Louise-Angélique Bersin
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- Publisher Bärenreiter Verlag
- Order no. BA8888-DL
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Description:
Les Fêtes d'Hébé or "Les Talents Lyriques" (1739) belong to the highly opulent genre of ballet opera, which was only common in 18th century courtly France. Rameau's "Indes Galantes" (1735) is often regarded as the pinnacle of this mixed genre, which combines instrumental music, song and dance in the form of a prologue with subsequent entrées through a general theme. With "Les Fêtes", however, the composer succeeded in creating another masterpiece of Baroque operatic art, which is not inferior to the "Indes Galantes" in its musical kaleidoscopic diversity.
This score, which brings together all the instrumental numbers from all the versions based on volume IV.4 of the "Opera Omnia Rameau" (BA06688-01), offers the opportunity to perform this precious music in the form of a suite in the concert hall. Rameau orchestrated several of his best-known "Pièces de clavecin" for this work, and the third Entrée in particular is rich in that yearning, nostalgic music of Rameau which immediately captivates the audience.
This score, which brings together all the instrumental numbers from all the versions based on volume IV.4 of the "Opera Omnia Rameau" (BA06688-01), offers the opportunity to perform this precious music in the form of a suite in the concert hall. Rameau orchestrated several of his best-known "Pièces de clavecin" for this work, and the third Entrée in particular is rich in that yearning, nostalgic music of Rameau which immediately captivates the audience.