DESCRIPTION:
'Cantate pour le jour de la saint Louis'
Cantata for soprano, treble instrument and basso continuo
Text: Anonymous
Music: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Composed circa 1740

00:00 - Prélude: 'Dieu des vers'
00:37 - Récitatif: 'En pareils jours'
01:28 - Air: 'Qu'ici tout s'unisse'
06:34 - Récitatif: 'À lui plaire on m'a vu'
07:12 - Air: 'Que sur ces rivages aimés'
11:07 - Récitatif: 'Mais quelles déités'
12:00 - Air: 'Pour célébrer une fête si belle'

15:52 - Air: 'Volez, amours, volez, plaisirs'
(alternate version of the final aria)

Rachel Elliott, soprano
New Chamber Opera Ensemble,
conducted by Gary Cooper
Musicians:
Lucy Russell, violin
Mark Levy, bass viol
Gary Cooper, harpsichord
Recording: January 1998

The score featured in this video is the autograph manuscript.

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Marc D.