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Rousseau - Le Devin du Village | CPO 7772602

Rousseau - Le Devin du Village

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Label: CPO

Cat No: 7772602

Barcode: 0761203726028

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 29th October 2007

Contents

Artists

Gabriela Burgler
Michael Feyfar
Dominik Woerner
Cantus Firmus Kammerchor
Cantus Firmus Consort

Conductor

Andreas Reize

Works

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Le Devin du Village

Artists

Gabriela Burgler
Michael Feyfar
Dominik Woerner
Cantus Firmus Kammerchor
Cantus Firmus Consort

Conductor

Andreas Reize

About

CPO is delighted to present this unusual gem - a short intermezzo composed by celebrated French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Rousseau, although better known as a political philosopher, was also a devoted amateur composer. As a composer, he was the subject of some controversy during his lifetime about whether he composed his own works or plagiarized those of others. Devin, however, composed in 1752 to Rousseau's own libretto, proved a real success: it was not only performed regularly in France into the early years of the 19th century, but in 1766 it was also translated into English, as The Cunning-Man, by Charles Burney.

Rousseau found his inspiration in Italian opera and his innovation here was in blending the simplicity of the Italian Baroque style with distinctly French melodies and dance rhythms. Indeed, this work can be seen as the first French response to Pergolesi痴 La serva padrona.

This recording is performed on historically accurate instruments.

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