J.P. Rameau - "Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux" from Castor et Pollux (Organ Solo)

Roberto Bertero at the organ of Turin’s Santuario della Consolata (Church of the Virgin of the Consolation).

This video is featuring a wonderful and intense Aria masterfully created by a composer I have only started performing in recent years and with whom I have totally fallen in love: Jean-Philippe Rameau.

Rameau is considered one of the greatest French musicians and the first theoretician of classical harmony.
Together with his harpsichord production, Rameau's opera constitutes the most important part of his musical contribution and marks the apogee of French classicism.
In the touching Aria "Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux" - taken from the Opera "Castor et Pollux" - Télaïre expresses his grief for the death of his beloved Castor.
This is one of Rameau's most famous arias, which I present in my version for solo organ.


Welcome to this YouTube channel aimed at providing some quality online documentation concerning the "Camillo Guglielmo Bianchi" organ located in the Consolata Sanctuary, Turin (Italy).
Audio or audio-video file will be regularly uploaded, all recorded LIVE.
The sound will be captured with Zoom H5 audio recorder (96kHz / 24bit), while footage will be filmed with Canon EOS 5D Mark IV.

The intent is to create a database of the musical literature performed by me, titular organist in this prestigious sanctuary, right during the religious services along the Liturgical Year or during the organ auditions, between one Mass and another.


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Organ built by Camillo Guglielmo Bianchi (year 1864), Restructured by Carlo Vegezzi Bossi (year 1889).

Mechanical transmission
2 manuals 61 notes
Pedalboard with 27 parallel keys (12 real, then repeated from C 13)
Interlocking handcuff register control
7 bellows
 
Stoplist
   
GREAT:
Terza mano
Voce Umana S                   
Bombardino 16' B            
Tromba 16' S                    
Trombone 8' B                  
Trombe 8' S                       
Clarone 4' B                     
Corno Ing. 16' S                
Cornamusa 8' S              
Voci Corali 16' S                
Oboe 8' S                            
Viola 4' B                         
Violone 8' B                      
Violino 8' S                         
Corno Dolce 16' S              
Flauto Trav 8' S                 
Flauto 4' B                     
Flauto 4' S                        
Ottavino S                 
Cornetto I                         
Cornetto II
Principale 16' B
Principale 16' S
Principale 8' I B
Principale 8' I S
Principale 8' II B
Principale 8' II S
Ottava I B
Ottava I S
Ottava II B
Ottava II S
XII B
XII S
XV I
XV II
XIX
XXII-XXII
XXVI-XXIX
XXXIII-XXXVI
XL-XLIII
 
 
PEDAL:                  
Bombarde 16'                    
Trombone 8'                     
Unione Tastiere       
Contrabbasso 16'
Bassi 8'
Ripieno 9 file Ped
Tasto Pedale II
Timpani                                          
                                               
                       
SWELL:
Principale 8' B                
Principale 8' S                   
Ottava 4'  B                        
Ottava 4' S                       
XV                                    
XIX                                 
XXII                                  
XXVI- XXIX              
Arpa XII B                      
Arpa XII S                   
Fagotto B
Trombe S
Clarone 8 B
Violoncello 8' S
Corno Ing.8' S
Viola 8' B
Violino 2 canne S
V.Flebile S
Cornetto II S
Flauto Trav 8' B
Ottavino S