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.