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La Famille Rameau

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Label: Alpha

Cat No: ALPHA721

Barcode: 3760014197215

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 9th April 2021

Contents

Works

Debussy, Claude

Images pour piano, Book 1
» II Hommage a Rameau

Rameau, Claude

Menuet barosais

Rameau, Claude-Francois

La Forqueray

Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Nouvelles Suites de Pieces de Clavecin
» 3. Sarabande
» 7. Gavotte and Variations
» 12. La Poule
» 13. Les triolets
» 16. L'Egyptienne
Pieces de Clavecin (24) avec une methode pour la mecanique des doigts
» Suite in D major: Les Cyclopes
» Suite in D major: Les Tendres Plaintes
» Suite in E minor: 4. Le rappel des oiseaux
Pieces de clavecin en concerts (5 books)
» Fourth Concert in B flat major: La Rameau (transc. Justin Taylor)
Premier livre de pieces de clavecin
» II Allemande
» IV Courante

Rameau, Lazare

Sonata no.1 in E major
» Rondo grazioso

Tapray, Jean-Francois

Les Sauvages avec 4 variations

Artists

Justin Taylor (harpsichord, piano)

Works

Debussy, Claude

Images pour piano, Book 1
» II Hommage a Rameau

Rameau, Claude

Menuet barosais

Rameau, Claude-Francois

La Forqueray

Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Nouvelles Suites de Pieces de Clavecin
» 3. Sarabande
» 7. Gavotte and Variations
» 12. La Poule
» 13. Les triolets
» 16. L'Egyptienne
Pieces de Clavecin (24) avec une methode pour la mecanique des doigts
» Suite in D major: Les Cyclopes
» Suite in D major: Les Tendres Plaintes
» Suite in E minor: 4. Le rappel des oiseaux
Pieces de clavecin en concerts (5 books)
» Fourth Concert in B flat major: La Rameau (transc. Justin Taylor)
Premier livre de pieces de clavecin
» II Allemande
» IV Courante

Rameau, Lazare

Sonata no.1 in E major
» Rondo grazioso

Tapray, Jean-Francois

Les Sauvages avec 4 variations

Artists

Justin Taylor (harpsichord, piano)

About

During his lifetime, Rameau enjoyed a glittering reputation and was admired by all Europe, while Debussy’s Hommage à Rameau proves that his fame survived down the centuries. But what do we know about the rest of the Rameau family? After a highly acclaimed album devoted to the Forqueray family (ALPHA247, Gramophone Editor’s Choice, Choc of the year 2016 in Classica, Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros), our harpsichordist-genealogist Justin Taylor sets out on the trail of Jean-Philippe’s son Claude-François and his nephew Lazare.

To be sure, Rameau’s genius dwarfs all around him, as is demonstrated by such pieces as La Livri, La Poule and L’Égyptienne, not to mention the magnificent Nouvelle Suite in A minor, but the music of his descendants has its own interest. Justin Taylor introduces us to a work by Claude-François Rameau (La Forqueray) and the Sonata no.1 in E major by Lazare Rameau. He switches from the splendid harpsichord of the Château d’Assas (a two-manual instrument of the first half of the eighteenth century, attributed to the Lyon-based maker Donzelague) to the 1891 Érard piano of the Musée de la Musique in Paris for Debussy’s tribute to his great predecessor.

“a thoughtfully commanding performance of the first 1747 suite. Two aspects of his interpretation stand out: the breathtaking range and subtlety of his rubato and the unexpected slivers of rhetorical silence he deftly inserts.”
– Gramophone Editor's Choice

Reviews

More or less well-known pieces by Jean-Philippe Rameau dominate the programme of this French harpsichordist, who plays the inventive, eloquent music with stylish flair. ... Debussy’s Hommage à Rameau, on an 1891 Érard piano, makes a touching, ingenious finale.
The Sunday Times 30 May 2021

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