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"A mythic tale of a young queen who chooses to abdicate her throne rather than be forced into a marriage with a descendant of Boreas, god of the North Wind. Les Boréades was abandoned in rehearsals at the Paris Opera in 1763 for reasons unclear to this day. Rameau died the following year and the work disappeared from puplic view." "Dardanus was first performed at the Académie de musique in Paris on November 19, 1739. It received 26 performances, mainly because of the support from Rameau's followers in the dispute between the styles of Rameau and Lully. Critics accused Rameau's original opera of lacking a coherent plot. The inclusion of the sea monster also violated the French operatic convention of having a clear purpose for encounters with supernatural beings."

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Amazon.com essential recording It's well known that most of Bach's harpsichord concertos began their lives as violin concertos. Since only three violin originals survive--the ones designated as BWV 1041-43--and since these are among his greatest instrumental works, musical scholars and performers have been reversing the process, turning the harpsichord concertos back into violin originals. BWV 1060 is one such case, a concerto for two harpsichords, which sounds much less clangy and bangy in this reconstructed version for two violins. Now Andrew Manze is simply the finest baroque violinist alive, and so this recording is self-recommending on that count alone. It's just about perfect. - David Hurwitz

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Jan Hanford said: "Some of Bach's most beautiful chamber works. I enjoy Leonhardt's playing very much. Kuijken's performance is uneven; it's often lovely but is sometimes out of tune and a little screechy. There are too many other excellent performances out there for me to recommend this one. I do recommend Leonhardt's recording with Lars Fryden from the Bach 2000 set." Do you agree with this criticism? According to your opinion, which is the best execution of these Sonatas?

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In my modest opinion this is one of the best performances of Quattro Stagioni I've never heard. It's not easy not be common executing a such famous piece; but in the Largo of Inverno Schröder comes near to perfection.