034571280714

Rameau: Piã¨ces De Clavecin

Mahan Esfahani

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: CDA68071-2

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Release Date:  01 November 2014

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  034571280714

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    Gramophone-Award-winning harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani has recorded Rameau’s Pièces de clavecin in the historic setting of the Music Room at Hatchlands Park in Surrey. This is a masterclass for the instrument, confirming this young artist as a truly great player: in the words of International Record Review ‘his technique is beyond criticism and his inherent musicianship goes far deeper than mere surface understanding … it is difficult not to warm to such a musician’.
    This double album comprises the whole of Rameau’s output of keyboard suites, and Esfahani rejoices in its wealth of genius, its excitement and drama. Rameau is a composer whose revival is ongoing, and his unique combination of the witty and the cerebral, the light and the curmudgeonly, abounds throughout his harpsichord music.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. <b>Suite No 1 in A minor |</b> Prélude [2'04]
      • 2. <b>Suite No 1 in A minor |</b> Allemande I [4'08]
      • 3. <b>Suite No 1 in A minor |</b> Allemande II [1'55]
      • 4. <b>Suite No 1 in A minor |</b> Courante [1'52]
      • 5. <b>Suite No 1 in A minor |</b> Gigue [2'23]
      • 6. <b>Suite No 1 in A minor |</b> Sarabandes I & II [2'58]
      • 7. <b>Suite No 1 in A minor |</b> Vénitienne [1'29]
      • 8. <b>Suite No 1 in A minor |</b> Gavotte [1'28]
      • 9. <b>Suite No 1 in A minor |</b> Menuet [1'06]
      • 10. <b>Suite in E minor |</b> Allemande [3'47]
      • 11. <b>Suite in E minor |</b> Courante [1'36]
      • 12. <b>Suite in E minor |</b> Gigues en rondeau I & II [3'36]
      • 13. <b>Suite in E minor |</b> Le rappel des oiseaux [2'57]
      • 14. <b>Suite in E minor |</b> Rigaudons I, II & double [2'07]
      • 15. <b>Suite in E minor |</b> Musette en rondeau [2'14]
      • 16. <b>Suite in E minor |</b> Tambourin [1'17]
      • 17. <b>Suite in E minor |</b> La villageoise (rondeau) [2'31]
      • 18. <b>Suite in D major |</b> Les tendres plaintes (rondeau) [2'58]
      • 19. <b>Suite in D major |</b> Les niais de Sologne [5'15]
      • 20. <b>Suite in D major |</b> Les soupirs [3'57]
      • 21. <b>Suite in D major |</b> La joyeuse (rondeau) [1'16]
      • 22. <b>Suite in D major |</b> La follette (rondeau) [1'27]
      • 23. <b>Suite in D major |</b> Lentretien des Muses [5'49]
      • 24. <b>Suite in D major |</b> Les tourbillons (rondeau) [2'11]
      • 25. <b>Suite in D major |</b> Les cyclopes (rondeau) [3'05]
      • 26. <b>Suite in D major |</b> Le lardon (menuet) [0'48]
      • 27. <b>Suite in D major |</b> La boiteuse [1'01]
      • 28. <b>Menuet en rondeau in C major</b> [0'35]

      Disc 2

      • 1. <b>Suite No 2 in A minor |</b> Allemande [6'37]
      • 2. <b>Suite No 2 in A minor |</b> Courante [3'51]
      • 3. <b>Suite No 2 in A minor |</b> Sarabande [2'40]
      • 4. <b>Suite No 2 in A minor |</b> Les trois mains [4'38]
      • 5. <b>Suite No 2 in A minor |</b> Fanfarinette [2'37]
      • 6. <b>Suite No 2 in A minor |</b> Le triomphante [1'28]
      • 7. <b>Suite No 2 in A minor |</b>Gavotte [7'26]
      • 8. <b>Suite in G minor |</b>Les tricotets (rondeau) [1'40]
      • 9. <b>Suite in G minor |</b> Lindifferente [1'41]
      • 10. <b>Suite in G minor |</b> Menuets I & II [3'02]
      • 11. <b>Suite in G minor |</b> La poule [4'42]
      • 12. <b>Suite in G minor |</b> Les triolets [3'59]
      • 13. <b>Suite in G minor |</b> Les sauvages [2'18]
      • 14. <b>Suite in G minor |</b> Lenharmonique [5'41]
      • 15. <b>Suite in G minor |</b> Legiptienne [3'41]
      • 16. <b>La Dauphine</b> [2'49]
      • 17. <b>Les petits marteaux</b> [1'42]