Release Date: 01 September 2018
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 708093353620
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Jean-Philippe Rameau
Description
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) was born in Dijon two years before the births of Bach, Scarlatti and Handel. He is probably best known for his operas, but also wrote chamber music and over 60 works for harpsichord. These keyboard compositions, which he wrote between 1706 and 1728 and spread over three volumes, differ greatly from the style of his contemporaries. Rameau’s intellectualism and technical brilliance of composition, allied with passion and tenderness combine, in his words, to produce ‘true music… the language of the heart’. This disc features pieces from three of the four suites Rameau wrote for the harpsichord. I have selected these to illustrate Rameau’s extraordinary talent in descriptive, innovative and often virtuosic writing, and to show how the piano can enhance the works through singing to ne and tonal nuance. Virginia
Tracklisting
The Choir of Jesus College; Benjamin Sheen
Selene; Daniel Gilchrist; Will Prior
Walker/Vignoles
Walker/Vignoles
Virginia Black, Harpsichord
Virginia Black, Harpsichord
Virginia Black
Virginia Black
Virginia Black
Virginia Black
