Rameau: Les amants trahis (1) - Gilchrist, Williams (Cooper)

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'Les amants trahis'

Cantata for soprano (or tenor), bass and basso continuo

Text: Anonymous

Music: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

Composed circa 1721
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Video 1 of 6

0:00 - Recitative:
'Écho, combien de fois' (Tircis, Damon)

1:21 - Duet:
'Ma bergère a trahi sa foi' (Tircis, Damon)
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Tircis: James Gilchrist, tenor
Damon: Roderick Williams, baritone

New Chamber Opera Ensemble,
conducted by Gary Cooper

Musicians:
Mark Levy, bass viol
Paula Chateauneuf, theorbo
Gary Cooper, harpsichord

Recording released in 1998

Pitch: A = 415 Hz
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The score featured in this video is from 'Les Amants Trahis, Cantate A 2 Voix, Par m.r Rameaux' (manuscript copy by Joubert de Corbeville, 1721 - Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Vm7. 3610bis), with some editing by myself.

In the picture that can be seen at 2:30, the last bar of the upper part had notes anticipating the next bar and crossed out; I have removed them.

The singers' pronunciation has some flaws (especially the lack of liaisons), and James Gilchrist even skips twice the word 'vous' in the first sentence, but they otherwise sound great.

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Marc D.

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• Jean-Philippe Rameau
• Cantata
• James Gilchrist
• Roderick Williams
• Gary Cooper

[666caimbirdofhell]

sadly, one of the most underrated in the world.

[bcharville]

Very, very beautiful!