Soprano voice solo and piano reduction

SKU: BA.BA09193

Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Edited by Benoît Dratwicki, Julien Dubruque, and Sylvie Bouissou. Arranged by François Saint-Yves. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Airs d'opera/ Operatic arias. Vocal score, collection. 145 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA09193_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA09193).

ISBN 9790006561421. 29.8 x 21.2 cm inches. Preface: Bouissou, Sylvie / Dratwicki, Benoît / Dubruque, Julien.

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.

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Soloists, Piano (Sg-S-solo,piano)

SKU: BA.BA08166

Composed by Christoph Willibald Von Gluck. Edited by Benoît Dratwicki. Arranged by Hans Schellevis, Heinz Moehn, Jurgen Sommer, Konrad Rötscher, and Michael Töpel. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Christoph Willibald Gluck. Airs d'opera francais / French Operatic Arias | BARENREITER URTEXT. Soprano. Vocal Score, anthology. 148 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA08166. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA08166).

ISBN 9790006563340. 29.7 x 21 cm inches. Text Language: French.

This edition contains French arias for soprano from operas composed by the opera reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck for the Paris Opera:

Iphignie en Aulide (1774)
Orphe et Euridice (1774)
L’arbre enchant (1775)
Cythère assige (1775)
Armide (1777)
Écho et Narcisse (1779)

The edition includes an informative text section containing a Foreword (Fr/Eng), a brief account of the dramatic situation as well as a literal English translation of every aria.


About the series:
Christoph Willibald Gluck. Airs d’opra français / French Operatic Arias

In collaboration with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles (CMBV), all arias from Christoph Willibald Gluck’s French operas will be published for the first time in a collection of four volumes, ordered by voice type.

With their wide variety of arias and informative texts, these volumes constitute a valuable resource of works by one of the preeminent opera composers of the 18th century. They are suitable for opera singers and voice students and can be used in lessons, auditions and recitals.

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