Operatic Arias - Vol. 1-Operatic Arias Based on the Opera Omnia Rameau (OOR)This volume contains the first half of the great monologues arias and ariettas for lyrical soprano from the following operas by Rameau:Acanthe et Céphise (Céphise)Anacréon (Chloé)Castor et Pollux (Téla re)Dardanus (Iphise Vénus)Les Fêtes de l?Hymen et de l?Amour (Memphis Orie)Les Fêtes de Polymnie (Hébé Argélie)Les Fêtes d?Hébé (Iphise)La Guirlande (Zélide)Hippolyte et Aricie (Aricie)The second half of the numbers for lyrical soprano has been published in volume 2 (BA 9192).With a detailed historicalintroduction (Fr/Eng)Idiomatic piano reduction based on the Opera Omnia RameauEach number is introduced by a brief account of the dramatic situation and an English translation of the vocal textCo-edited by the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles and the Société Jean-Philippe Rameau

French composer Pierre Boulez (b. 1925) is best known for his serialist experimental and electronic compositions. However his work for Soprano Mixed Choir and Piano Reduction  Le Soleil Des Eaux also remains regularly performed. Having studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Olivier Messiaen Boulez soon began his own creative experiments. Amongst his earlier works was his cantata  Le Soleil Des Eaux composed in the late 1940s. The work has since been revised many times. Based on poems by René Char  Le Soleil Des Eaux is atonal exploitingmany techniques. For advanced choirs and Soprano soloists Boulez's Le Soleil Des Eaux provides a challenging yet riveting performance work.

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)