But they are seldom performed complete in one concert.
(The same is true of long classical ballets such as the two-and-a-half hour The Sleeping Beauty, which has almost never been performed complete on television).
Platée was last performed complete during Rameau's lifetime in 1759.
Messiaen did not necessarily intend for the work to be performed complete.
Though they were commercially recorded (the second at his own expense), none has been performed complete since his death.
Performed complete, Book II is harder to bring off.
In contrast, it was easy to determine that many of the subtleties of Stravinsky's "Pulcinella," performed complete, were lost.
Only three tracks offer Ravel's orchestration, and only two of those are performed complete.
The pieces were not necessarily intended to be performed complete.
Except for a few nips and tucks in the extensive recitative, the opera is performed complete.