Solo voices, choir, orchestra (6Soprano Voice Solo, 2 Mezzo Voice Solo, 5Alto Voice Solo, 4Bass Voice Solo, SATB Choir, ballet, Fl-picc, Fl, Musette, Trp, V, Fid, Va, timpani, bassoon, Vc, double bass, Continuo)

SKU: BA.BA08858

Ballet héroïque in a prologue and 3 acts. Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Edited by Thomas Soury. This edition: complete edition, urtext edition. Linen. Jean-Philippe Rameau. Opera Omnia (OOR) IV/14. Complete edition, Score. Duration 2 hours. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA08858_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA08858).

ISBN 9790006523368. 33.5 x 25.5 cm inches. Text Language: French. Preface: Sylvie Bouissou. Louis de Cahusac.

Rameau's “Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour” was long considered second-rate because its première was associated with a political event. Yet this ballet abounds in novel dramaturgical effects that foreshadow his later operas, such as “Zaïs”, “Zoroastre” and “Les Borades”. Working together with his librettist Cahusac, Rameau sought to weave the dance numbers, choruses and stage machinery more tightly into the main plot. He also experimented with stylistic devices unique to this work, the most famous being unquestionably the scene in which the Nile overflows its banks (an impressive ten-voice double chorus with solo voices and orchestra) and the sextet from “Aruris”, a scoring found nowhere else in his uvre.

For the first time, this scholarly-critical edition of “Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour” presents a reference version of the work that is based on all the major sources for both the libretto and the music, including two recent musical discoveries. As most of the performance material for the première has vanished, our edition is based on the version prepared for the Acadmie Royale de Musique in 1748.

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Solo voices, choir, orchestra (2 Soprano Voice Solo, Tenor Voice Solo, SATB Choir, ballet, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 clarinet, 2 bassoon, 2 Hn, 2 Trp, 3trombone, timpani, harp, 2 Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass)

SKU: BA.BA02282

Tragédie-opéra (Drame héroïque) in three acts. Composed by Christoph Willibald Von Gluck. Edited by Ludwig Finscher. This edition: complete edition, urtext edition. Linen. Christoph Willibald Gluck. Complete Works. Series I, Volume 6. Paris Version 1774. Complete edition, Score. Composed 1774. Duration 2 hours. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA02282_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA02282).

ISBN 9790006419555. 33 x 26.5 cm inches. Text Language: French, German. Preface: Ludwig Finscher. Text: Pierre-Louis Moline.

Christoph Willibald Gluck’s most popular opera “Orphe et Euridice” was performed in 1774 in Paris to sensational success. This new adaption followed the original Viennese version with Italian text that was first performed in 1762 under the direction of the composer in the Burgtheater. For the Paris version Gluck changed the leading part Orpheus from an alto to a tenor role and composed new recitatives.

Both versions of Gluck’s reform drama are based on a libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi and revolutionised metastasian opera of the 18th century. Solo and choral music, instrumental music, pantomime and dance are all closely connected; the myth replaces a historical plot surrounded by intrigue; where there would have been a da-capo aria there are now simple song forms and coloratura is largely abandoned. These meticulously revised vocal scores of both versions are also newly set.

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Voice soloists, SATB chorus, orchestra (4Soprano Voice Solo, 4Tenor Voice Solo, 5Bass Voice Solo, SATB Choir, Ballett, Orch)

SKU: BA.BA08857

Opera with a prologue and 3 acts. Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Edited by Pascal Denécheau. This edition: complete edition, urtext edition. Linen. Jean-Philippe Rameau. Opera Omnia (OOR) IV/18. Complete edition, Score. Duration 12 hours. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA08857_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA08857).

ISBN 9790006558209. 33.5 x 25.7 cm inches. Text Language: French. Preface: Sylvie Bouissou. Louis de Cahusac.

The opera “Naïs” was premiered on 22 April 1749 at the Acadmie royale in the Palais-Royal, Paris, in celebration of the signing of the so-called Treaty of Aachen. It was revived again in August 1764 shortly before Rameau’s death and achieved great success as the “opera of peace,” even though it did not appear in print during the composer’s lifetime.

In numerous arias Rameau provides his singers ample opportunity to shine, while he reveals his orchestral mastery, in particular in the chaconne and the various other ballets.

The work appears here for the first time in a vocal score with a keyboard reduction. The reduction is by François Saint-Yves on the basis of the new critical edition by Pascal Dencheau which is part of Opera Omnia Rameau edited by Sylvie Bouissou.

This edition is the result of a meticulous comparison of all known musical sources. In the main section, it presents the version that Rameau approved for the performances of 1749. The appendix contains those passages that the composer cut during the rehearsals in 1749 and all changes that he undertook for the 1764 revival.

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