Gluck: French Operatic Arias
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- Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
- Editor: Benoît Dratwicki
- Format: Vocal Score
- Instrumentation (this edition): Piano Reduction, Soprano
- Originally for: Opera
- Work Language: French
- ISMN:
- Size: 8.3 x 11.7 inches
- Pages: 148
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
This edition contains French operatic arias for soprano from the works which opera reformer Christoph Willibald Gluck composed on commission for the Paris Opera.
These include:
- Iphigénie en Aulide
- Cythère assiégée
- L'Arbre enchanté
- Écho et Narcisse
About the series:
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 composers of the 18th century for singing lessons, auditions and recitals. In addition to the bilingual Foreword (Fr/Eng), the informative text section covers, for each aria, a brief dramaturgical placement into the context of the respective plot as well as a literal English translation.
Works:
- "Heureux guerriers, volez a la victoire from Iphigénie en Aulide, Wq. 40
- "Heureux guerriers, volez à la victoire" from Iphigénie en Aulide, Wq. 40
- "Si les doux accords de ta lyre" from Orphée et Eurydice (French Version), Wq. 41
- "Soumis au silence" from Orphée et Eurydice (French Version), Wq. 41
- "Si l'amour était un crime" from L'arbre enchanté (1775 Version) (1775)
- "Pour me plaire" from L'arbre enchanté (1775 Version) (1775)
- "Que l'objet qui m'engage" from L'arbre enchanté (1775 Version) (1775)
- "Ah! quel bonheur d'aimer" from Cythère Assiégée, Wq. 26
- "La barbare" from Cythère Assiégée, Wq. 26
- "Dieu puissant! embrase de ta flamme" from Cythère Assiégée, Wq. 26
- "Quelle audace, soldats" from Cythère Assiégée, Wq. 26
- "Mon coeur se plaît au bruit des armes" from Cythère Assiégée, Wq. 26
- "Nymphes, chantez victoire" from Cythère Assiégée, Wq. 26
- "L'aimable paix règne en ces asiles" from Cythère Assiégée, Wq. 26
- "On s'étonnerait moins que la saison nouvelle" from Armide, Wq. 45
- "Rien dans la nature" from Écho et Narcisse (1779)
- "Amusez, sachez plaire" from Écho et Narcisse (1779)
- "Peut-être d'un injuste effroi" from Écho et Narcisse (1779)
- "Vous différez nos jeux" from Écho et Narcisse (1779)
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Gluck: French Operatic Arias
