Rameau, Tenor Vol. 1 [Bar:BA9196]

Series: Operatic arias
Editor: Dratwicki, Benoît / Dubruque, Julien / Bouissou, Sylvie
With Preface by: Bouissou, Sylvie

 This volume contains half of the great monologues, arias and ariettas which Rameau composed for “haute-contre” and which are sung by high tenors today. Arias for haute-contre (tenor) from the operas “Acanthe et Céphise” (Acanthe) / “Anacréon” (Batile) / “Castor et Pollux” (Castor, un Athlète) / “Daphnis et Églé” (Daphnis) / “Dardanus” (Dardanus) / “Les Fêtes de l’Hymen et de l’Amour” (Osiris, Aruéris, un Égyptien) / “Les Fêtes de Polymnie” (Alcide) / (Mercure) / “La Guirlande” (Myrtil) / “Hippolyte et Aricie” (Un Amour, Hippolyte) / “Les Indes galantes” (Valère) / “Naïs” (Neptune). • Detailed historical introduction (Fr/Eng) • Idiomatic piano reduction based on the “Opera Omnia Rameau” • Each piece is introduced by a précis of the dramatic situation and an English translation of the vocal text • Co-edited by the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles and the Société Jean-Philippe Rameau • Distributed exclusively by Bärenreiter The following volume will appear within the next few months: BA 9197 Haute-contre (tenor), vol. 2

Edition Type/Format: Piano reduction, Urtext edition
Series: Operatic arias
Scoring and Instrumentation: TSolo
Detailed Scoring and Instrumentation: TSolo
Pages: 170
Size: 29.7 x 21.0 cm