Airs d'opéra, haute-contre, vol. 1, Tenor and Piano

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) /  Na s (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