There is only one recording of Zaïs by Jean-Philippe Rameau on file (performed in French)

Conductor Gustav Leonardt - 1977(STU)

Orchestra - La Petite Bande

Chorus - Collegium Vocale de Gand

Zaïs - John Elwes

Zélidie - Marjanne Kwecksilber

Une Sylphide - Mieke van der Sluis

La Grande-Prêteresse de l'Amour - Mieke van der Sluis

Un Sylphe - René Jacobs

Oromasès - Max von Egmond

Cindor - David Thomas

L'Amour - Jane Marsh

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Black Disc; - STIL 1010 S 77 2210 {4LPS} (1979)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

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Recordings of Zaïs by Jean-Philippe Rameau are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.681

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1985 pp.87-90 [KP]

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Comments:- Advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1980 p.827

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source

(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance

(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film

(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film

CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988

EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994

GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)

HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973

MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982

MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993

MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997

More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999

NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli

PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993

Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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