Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux (Rameau) Véronique Gens 

I love the music of Rameau and Veronique Gens is perfection in this lovely aria .

Rameau is almost unknown in Italy and, besides, I'm not a musician, so I know very little about his music, but I realized that this is a void to fill. He's quite original for his time regarding to the melodies and the sonorities . There are some germs of ideas that broke out only some generations later, there is something I dare say Wagnerian in this music. Charming, cosmic and shadowy images. Thank you for all this. Have a nice Sunday and put your surgical mask on.

Marvelous singing and divine graphics!!!,a pure mixture between soul music and female beauty!!! BRAVISSIMO!!!

Thank you, Jeffrey, for this wonderful upload! Rameau is one of those few composers whose music is always a delight and never boring. I have fond memories of playing some of his works with friends back when I was in college.

Jean-Philippe Rameau, another important column of Baroque opera. Excellent performances by Véronique Gens and the orchestra. Thank you Jeffrey. G.A.

"Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux" by madame Gens is THE baroque in all its French tragedy...! What joy, dear Jeffrey, - or rather what tragic and vibrant shivers - you give us to hear, again and again, this air so illustrious and yet composed just as simply by one of the greatest geniuses of Baroque music, Rameau. Arrows of pleasure, caresses of tears, fountains of thanks... H-E DdC (Versailles)

This gives me chills. So beautiful.

" tristes apprêts pâles flambeaux..." ....somptueux décors voix magnifique costumes riches en couleurs . Eclat !⚘

Fabulous choice of art and editing to accompany this divine piece of music.

Exquisitas pinturas, embellecidas con esta encantadora voz y bellísima música.¡¡¡

Très grande Véronique Gens!

Thank you dear Jeffrey , The music the pictures , It is an feast for the eye ..... Love It all , wonderfull Thanks again With greetings William

Thank you for this. It is truly extraordinary. Richard strauss quotes Rameau in his final opera, Capriccio. Only discovered Rameau a few years back (les fetes d'hebe) One of the most profound discoveries of my life. I believe Wagner also praised him, and held him in high esteem. Noel 🌹

Exquisite music. Beauty pictures. Aplausse and congratulations.

Mieux serait insoutenable pour nos yeux et nos oreilles! Superbe!

Musique et visuels éblouissants, bravo, une fois encore... From France..

Thank you Mr. Stivers. So beautiful.

Stunning.

Esta voz aterciopelada es simplemente encantadora. Gracias !

how lucky can you get discovering Rameau in your 70s

oooh, this is a superb piece of art...

"The love that moves the sun and the other stars". Dante. La divina commedia

Exquisite piece. Wonderful voice. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Mexico dear Jefrey

Absolutely magnificent ❤️❤️❤️

Great ♥

Preciosa

Biographie[ Après avoir étudié le chant au Conservatoire d'Orléans, elle rencontre William Christie et chante dans les chœurs des Arts florissants, puis comme soliste. Dans la production d'Atys, tragédie-lyrique de Lully, elle tient le rôle de la déesse Cybèle. Elle participe ensuite régulièrement aux productions des Arts florissants ou de l'ensemble conduit par Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale. Interprète reconnue de la musique baroque, elle donne progressivement une orientation plus large à sa carrière. Dans les années 1990, Jean-Claude Malgoire lui propose ses premiers rôles mozartiens : Chérubin et la Comtesse, dans Les Noces de Figaro, Donna Elvira dans Don Giovanni. Ce dernier rôle lui vaut un vif succès au Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, en 1998, sous la direction de Claudio Abbado, dans une mise en scène de Peter Brook et marque le début de sa carrière internationale. Toujours dans le domaine de l'opéra mozartien, elle chante également les rôles de Vitellia (La Clémence de Titus), de Pamina (La Flûte enchantée) ou de Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) sur la plupart des scènes internationales. Parmi ses dernières prises de rôle, figurent ceux de Mélisande (dans Pelléas et Mélisande, de Claude Debussy), à Munich en 2001, Alcina de Haendel à Hambourg, Tatiana (Eugène Onéguine), de Tchaïkovski, Missia Palmieri (Die lustige Witwe, en français La Veuve joyeuse, de Franz Lehar) à l'Opéra de Lyon (2006), Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni au Stopera Amsterdam (2016), etc.

Questo repertorio in Italia è pochissimo conosciuto. Credo invece che meriti la maggior diffusione possibile. Le fotografie sono sontuose

Castor was murdered by Idas, but Pollux killed Lynceus: in retribution, Zeus killed Idas with a thunderbolt. Zeus then gave Pollux the choice between spending all his time on Mount Olympus, or giving half of his immortality to his mortal brother, so that they could alternate realms together. Pollux asked Zeus to let him share his own immortality with his twin, in order to keep them together, and they were transformed into the constellation (and astrology sign) Gemini. The twins represent a dual-natured personality: sometimes contradictory, but also adaptable, with the capability to view life from different angles. May they continue to rule and reign together, enshrined among the stars for all eternity.

"a thing of beauty is a joy forever" keats

This piece is equivalent to any Italian operatic treasure.

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Do you know the version of this aria conducted by Teodor Currentzis and sung by Nadine Koutcher? I think it deserves to be listened to.

Sumptuous.

Jeffrey, may I upload this onto my channel. It is so exquisitely beautiful. And my channel is about the arts and spirituality. Kind regards, Noel 🌹

elle surjoue..en fait trop....la meilleure version reste celle de Agnès Mellon avec William Christi

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