Rameau: Platée (Aix Festival, 1956)

[side 1:] Prologue, act I, first part

[side 2:] act I, concl.; act II, first part

[side 3:] act II, concl.

[side 4:] act II, concl.; act III

Comédie-ballet in 3 acts and prologue, libretto by J. Autreau and A. J. le Vallois d'Orville. Score reconstructed by Renée Viollier.

Hans Rosbaud, conductor and harpsichord. Janine Micheau (La Folie), Nadine Sautereau (Clarine, Thalie), Christiane Castelli (Junon), Monique Linval (L'Amour), Michel Sénéchal (Platée), Nicolai Gedda (Thespis, Mercure), Jacques Jansen, Huc Santana (Jupiter), Jean-Christophe Benoit (Momus), Robert Tropin (un satyre); chorus of the Aix-en-Provence Festival, dir Elisabeth Brasseur.

DESCRIPTION: 2 discs, 33 1/3 rpm, monophonic, 12 in. Program notes by R. Cotte, libretto laid in, 16 pp.

NOTES: Recorded during the 1956 Aix-en-Provence Festival, 22-31 July 1956 in 9 sessions.

• Pathé DTX 223­-224 (mono; manual sequence). Matrix nos. XPTX 429 (etched + 21B and M6 180843), XPTX 430 (etched + 21B and M6 180844), XPTX 431 (etched + 21B and M6 180845), XPTX 432 (etched + 21B and M6 180883)   @Discogs

  • = 223A­224A (automatic sequence?) (d. l. October 1957)

• Rpt. EMI VSM C 165 12.503­04 [1977] @Discogs

  • CD:
    
    

    • CD: Rameau: Platée: EMI Classics CZS 573169 2 (2 CDs) @Discogs

  • BnF Musique Classique & Opera 2 discs 39 tracks BNF Collection 2013 1961

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  • BnF Musique Classique     BNF Collection Trésors 2013 1961

INDEX: 56~080   1956-07-22