Airs d'opera / Operatic arias. Soprano, Volume 1

Baritone. This volume contains French operatic arias for baritone from works that opera reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck was commissioned to compose for the Paris Opéra: ?Iphigénie en Aulide? (1774) | ?Cythère assiégée? (1775) | ?Alceste? (1776) | ?Armide? (1777) | ?Iphigénie en Tauride? (1779). The informative text sections contain a Foreword (Fr/Eng), a brief account of the dramatic context and a literal English translation of each aria. About the series: Christoph Willibald Gluck: French Operatic Arias. For the first time all the arias from Christoph Willibald Gluck?s French operas are being published in arrangements for voice and piano. This series, a coproduction with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (CMBV), presents this collection according to voice register in four volumes. With their wealth of arias and informative texts, these volumes offer a rich treasure-trove from works by this major 18th-century opera composer for use in voice lessons, auditions and recitals.

Baritone-Operatic AriasBased on the Opera Omnia Rameau (OOR) This edition contains the great monologues arias and ariettas that Rameau wrote for basse-taille (the 18th-century equivalent of today’s baritone). The volume which contains a historical Introduction in German and English is based on the critical edition of the works Opera omnia Rameau (OOR). A short description of the dramatic situation and an English translation of the vocal text precede each number. The volume contains the baritone arias for the main characters from the following operas: Anacréon (Anacréon)Castor et Pollux (Pollux)Dardanus (Anténor)Les Fêtes de Polymnie (Zimès)Hippolyte et Aricie (Thésée)Les Indes galantes (Bellone Huascar Adario)Naïs (Tirésie)La Naissance d’Osiris (le grand Prêtre)Nélée et Myrthis (Nélée)Les Paladins (Orcan Anselme)La Princesse de Navarre (un Français)Les Surprises de l’amour (Anacréon Astole)Le Temple de la Gloire (l’Envie)Zoroastre (Abramane)

Operatic Arias: Soprano/Mezzo Vol. 1-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) / LesSurprises 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.

Operatic Arias: Tenor Vol. 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.

With a passion for the Saxophone and Clarinet Armando Ghidoni superbly arranges famous operatic works for the instruments in Airs Célèbres D'Opéras Vol.2. Ghidoni is significant within the contemporary French music school and his works are regularly chosen as set pieces for leading national and international competitions. This second volume of his compilation of Airs Célèbres D'Opéras includes arias by Donizetti Offenbach and Verdi. This includes the famous Trumpet March from Verdi's Aida. The collection issuitable to intermediate saxophonists and clarinetists and is adaptable to Clarinet or Alto Soprano or Tenor Saxophone. Airs Célèbres D'Opéras for Saxophone or Clarinet and Piano is a truly exquisite addition to the repertoire.

Operatic Arias - Vol. 3-Volume 3 for soprano contains the first half of the large-scale arias and ariettas that Rameau composed for lyric soprano (the 18th-century equivalent of today?s lyric coloratura soprano) in his prologues and divertissements. Each number is accompanied by a keyboard reduction and is introduced by a brief account of the dramatic situation as well as an English translation of the vocal text.Detailed historical Introductions (Fr/Eng)Practical keyboard reductions based on Opera Omnia RameauEach number is preceded by a brief outline of the dramatic situation and an English translation of the vocal textCo-edited by the Centrede musique baroque de Versailles and the Société Jean-Philippe Rameau (distributed exclusively by Bärenreiter)