Operatic Arias - Soprano & Mezzo-Soprano

Rameau Operatic Arias - Soprano & Mezzo-Soprano

Grand dessus / Operatic arias: Soprano and Mezzo-soprano | BA 9195

This volume contains all the great monologues, arias and ariettas which Rameau composed for grand dessus and which are sung by sopranos and mezzo-sopranos today.

Arias for soprano and mezzo-soprano from the operas Castor et Pollux (Minerve, Phébé) / Dardanus (Vénus) / Les Fêtes de l’Hymen et de l’Amour (Orthésie) / Les Fêtes de Polymnie (Polymnie, Stratonice) / Hippolyte et Aricie (Phèdre) / Les Indes galantes (Hébé, Phani, Zaïre) / Platée (Junon) / La Princesse de Navarre (Une Devineresse) / Les Surprises de l’amour (Uranie, Hersilide) / Le Temple de la Gloire (Lydie, Plautine) / Zéphyre (Diane) / Zoroastre (Érinice).

- 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