Baroque Sheet Music: Explore the Classics of a Golden Era

Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie presents great confusion among nymphs and gods. The opera is a fascinating masterpiece of a tragédie en musique by the French baroque composer. The Symphonies edition brin...

Although Rameau's "Boréades" from 1762 were not performed during his lifetime, they are his musical masterpiece and a synthesis of his compositional output. All the musical innovations to which the co...

'Dardanus' is Rameau's third 'Tragédie lyrique' composed for Paris after 'Hippolyte et Aricie' and 'Castor et Pollux'. With its multi-facetted music it represents quite a high point of this genre. Its...

After Hippolyte et Aricie and Castor et Pollux, Dardanus is Rameau's third tragédie lyrique for Paris. With its multifaceted music, it is an absolute highlight of this genre. Its reception is very spe...

Le Tambourin, an excerpt from the opera-ballet "Les Fêtes d'Hébé", is one of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s best-known works and is presented here in an arrangement by Thierry Caens. Composed in the 18th cent...

Zaïs by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) was first performed on February 29, 1748 at the Opéra in Paris. It is a pastorale héroïque, a form of the opéra-ballet genre of French Baroque opera that draws...