Operatic Arias - Tenor Volume 1

Rameau Operatic Arias: Tenor Volume.1

Haute-contre / Operatic arias: Tenor, Volume 1 | BA 9196

This volume contains half of the great monologues, arias and ariettas which Rameau composed for haute-contre, and which are sung by tenors today.

Arias for 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 arrangements 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