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Erato, Erato
baritone vocals [jupiter, telenus] Ian Caddy
baritone vocals [palemon] Anthony Ransome
baritone vocals [tiresie] Richard Jackson
bass vocals [pluto] John Tomlinson
bassoon Felix Warnock
bassoon Jeremy Ward
choir English Bach Festival Chorus
composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
contrabass Francis Baines
contralto vocals [asterion] Brian Parsons
directed by Nicholas McGegan
flute Guy Williams
flute Janelle Scialla
flute Lisa Beznosiuk
flute Simon Preston
graphic design Jacques Vatoux
harpsichord David Roblou
libretto by Louis De Cahusac
liner notes Graham Sadler
liner notes [french translation] Yvette Gogue
oboe Clare Shanks
oboe Valerie Darke
orchestra English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra
recorded by Stuart Eltham
recording supervisor John Rushby-Smith
soprano vocals [1st shepherdess] Jennifer Smith
soprano vocals [flore, 2nd shepherdess] Ann Mackay
soprano vocals [naïs] Linda Russell
tenor vocals [neptune] Ian Caley
timbales, tambourine Charles Fullbrook
trumpet David Staff
trumpet Stephen Keavy
violin [1st] Christopher Hirons
violin [1st] Judith Falkus
violin [1st] June Baines
violin [2nd] David Woodcock
violin [2nd] Joan Brickley
violin [2nd] Julian Cummings
violin [2nd] Susie Carpenter-Jacobs
violoncello Angela East
violoncello Julie Lehwalder
violoncello [continuo] Richard Webb
Distributed By RCA
Phonographic Copyright (p) Éditions Costallat
Copyright (c) Éditions Costallat
Printed By C.L.D. Chambray-lès-Tours
Printed By Imprimerie Contensin
℗ Éditions Costallat ©
Redording in December 1980 in studio EMI in London.
Printed in France / Made in France

The 20-page large booklet contains notes in French and English; also lots of photos, mainly of the soloïsts and performances.
It also contains the sung texts in original French with translations into English.
The booklet together with the 2 LP's are stored in a reinforced cardboard box with a separate lid.
Price Code: 2 x RC 250
Rights Society: SACEM / SDRM / SACD / SGDL
Other: STU 71440 (Disc 1)
Other: STU 71441 (Disc 2)
Matrix / Runout: ERA 286 71440 1 DU1 380 POLYGRAM (Side A; POLYGRAM = crossed out)
Matrix / Runout: 286 71440 2 380 POLYGRAM (Side B; POLYGRAM = crossed out)
Matrix / Runout: 286 71441 1 380 POLYGRAM (Side C; POLYGRAM = crossed out)
Matrix / Runout: 286 71441 2 380 POLYGRAM (Side D; POLYGRAM = crossed out)