Jean-Philippe Rameau - Suite: Les Boréades (Live) - Video
PUBLISHED: Aug 27, 2011
DESCRIPTION: Suite: Les Boréades
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Harry Bicket
Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
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Les Boréades (The Descendants of Boreas) or Abaris is an opera in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau. It was the last of Rameau's five tragédies en musique. The libretto, attributed to Louis de Cahusac (died 1759), is loosely based on the Greek legend of Abaris the Hyperborean and includes Masonic elements.