J. P. Rameau - Les Boréades & Dardanus (Suites) - F. Brüggen, The Orchestra of the 18th Century

"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."