Le devin du village

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ROUSSEAU Le devin du village * RenÃ© Clemencic, cond; Eva Kirchner (Colette); Dongkyu Choy (Colin); Thomas MÃ¼ller de Vries (Le Devin); Gottardo Tomat Ch; Alpe Adria Ens * NUOVA ERA 231120 (77:14 *, no translation) Live: Cividale del Friuli 7/1991

There were lots of theatrical Rousseaus in the 18th century and Jean-Jacques (1712-78) was only the most famous of them. A fair amount of the intellectual impulse of Romanticism can be traced to (or blamed on) him. A poseur and charlatan in the grand format, this music copyist also found time to compose music, and this is his most enduring piece. ...

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