Les Paladins is a French instrumental and vocal ensemble specialising in the performance and recording of rarely performed Baroque music. It was founded in 2001 and takes its name from Rameau's opera Les Paladins. The ensemble's founder and conductor is the baritone singer and harpsichordist, Jérôme Correas.Ashley, Tim (24 October 2014). "Les Paladins/Correas/Piau review – a beguiling love letter to Rameau". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2015.Malta Independent (23 October 2011). "Jerome Correas To direct Les Paladins". Retrieved 23 June 2015.
Repertoire Two of the ensemble's ten recordings are from live performances at the Festival de musique baroque d'Ambronay—Hasse's cantata Serpentes ignei in deserto (Fiery Serpents in the Desert) and Soleils Baroques, a concert of music by Luigi Rossi and Marco Marazzoli which included their setting of the cantata Il predica del sole (The Sun's Sermon).Roche, Elizabeth (January 2010). "The moral oratorio", p. 51. Early Music, Vol. 38, Issue 1 Les Paladins' recording of Cavalli's rarely performed opera L'Ormindo for Pan Classics using historically informed performance practice, was awarded the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik Bestenliste (Quarterly Critics' Choice) in 2007.Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Bestenliste 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2015. The ensemble also gave France's first performance in modern times of Virgilio Mazzocchi and Marco Marazzoli's opera L'Egisto. The new production premiered at the Abbaye de Royaumont in July 2011, followed by a tour of other French theatres, including the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris in December of that year.Roux, Marie-Aude (19 October 2011. "Le premier opéra italien, farce mêlant théâtre populaire et musique savante". Le Monde. Retrieved 27 June 2015 .
Discography Handel: Cantates et duos italiens (Sandrine Piau, soloist). Label: Arion (2001) Handel: Apollo e Dafne, Label: Arion (2002) Porpora: Leçons des ténèbres. Label: Arion (2005) Carissimi: Histoires sacrées. Label: Pan Classics (2005)Lehnigk, Christiane (5 May 2005). "Geistliche Geschichten von Giacomo Carissimi". Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 23 June 2015 . Hasse: Serpentes ignei in deserto. Label: Ambronay Éditions (2006)Vickers, David (2007). "Hasse: The Fiery Serpents in the Wilderness: A superb package but is it enough to restore the composer's reputation?". Gramophone. Vol. 84, p. 90. Online version retrieved 23 June 2015. Mazzocchi: Madrigali dialoghi. Label: Pan Classics (2006)Milanesi, Andrea (28 October 2007). Madrigali e Dialoghi di Mazzocchi, la musica al servizio della Parola. Avvenire. Retrieved 23 June 2015 . Cavalli: L'Ormindo. Label: Pan Classics (2006)Vickers, David (August 2010). "Cavalli's L'Ormindo: An engaging performance of this rarely-performed 17th-century opera". Gramophone. Retrieved 23 June 2015. Rossi and Marazzoli: Soleils Baroques. Label: Ambronay Éditions (2008) Le Triomphe de l'amour (Sandrine Piau, soloist). Label: Naïve (2011)Wigmore, Richard. "Le Triomphe de l'amour: Piau sings of love and fury in her native French". Gramophone. Retrieved 23 June 2015 .Shengold, David (August 2012). "Sandrine Piau: "Le Triomphe de L'Amour"". Opera News, Vol. 22, No. 2. Online version Retrieved 23 June 2015. Tenebris. Label: Cyprès (2012)
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L'Egisto on Le magazine de l'opéra baroque with production photos from the 2011 Les Paladins production and extracts from reviews in La Croix, Diapason, and Opéra Rehearsal for the Les Paladins production of L'Egisto (Abbaye de Royaumont, July 2011). Official YouTube channel of Centre des Arts d'Enghien-les-Bains.