Rameau: RCT 22. Les Amants trahis - Gilchrist, Williams (Cooper)

'Les Amants trahis'
Cantata for soprano (or tenor), bass and basso continuo
Text: Anonymous
Music: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Composed circa 1721

00:00 - Récitatif: 'Écho, combien de fois'
01:22 - Duo: 'Ma bergère a trahi sa foi' (Tircis, Damon)
02:58 - Récitatif: 'Quoi ! vous riez'
03:27 - Air: 'Lorsque malgré son inconstance' (Damon)
06:29 - Récitatif: 'Sont-ce donc là les lois'
07:23 - Duo: 'Quand on perd ce qu'on aime' (Tircis, Damon)
08:33 - Récitatif: 'Non, immolons des jours'
08:59 - Air: 'Le désespoir n'est que folie' (Damon)
11:33 - Récitatif: 'Pardonne, Amour'
12:43 - Air: 'Du dieu d'amour' (Damon)
18:07 - Récitatif: 'Ne finirez-vous point'
19:52 - Duo: 'Quand une volage beauté' (Tircis, Damon)

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: January 1998

The score featured in this video is a copy by Henry Louis Boubert de Corbeville, dated 1721, with some editing by myself.

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