Marchand - Rameau

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Label
Ambronay Editions
Release Date
March 6, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MARCHAND RAMEAU
    • PERFORMER
      Christophe Rousset
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 06, 2012
    • UPC
      3760135100323
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AMY032
    • LABEL
      Ambronay Editions
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prelude

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    2. Allemande

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    3. Courante I

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    4. Courante II

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    5. Sarabande

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    6. Gigue

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    7. Chaconne

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    8. Gavotte

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    9. Menuet

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    10. Prelude

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    11. Allemande

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    12. Courante

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    13. Sarabande

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    14. Gigue

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    15. Gavotte

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    16. Menuet I

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    17. Menuet II

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    18. Venitienne

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    19. La Badine

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    20. Gavotte

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    21. I. Prelude

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    22. II. Allemande I

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    23. III. Allemande II

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    24. IV. Courante

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    25. V. Gigue

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    26. VI. Sarabande I

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    27. V. Sarabande II

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    28. VII. Venitienne

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    29. VIII. Gavotte

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Christophe Rousset

    30. IX. Menuet

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Christophe Rousset


Today, French Baroque composer and keyboard virtuoso Louis Marchand is perhaps best known as the performer who failed to take up J.S. Bach's challenge for a musical 'duel.' Unfortunately, this colorful legend has overshadowed Marchand's ample gifts as a composer of organ and harpsichord music. Writing in the 'old fashioned' style of d'Anglebert, he employs a profusion of ornaments which enrich the sustaining power of the sound. In contrast, the music of Rameau immediately imposes a new and revolutionary conception of music. Everything here breathes harmony. The discourse is always deliberately clear, favoring transparency over the bombastic effects of a more sensual harpsichord sound. The Donzelague harpsichord that is featured on this disc provides the link between these two seemingly antithetical composers. Donzelague built his instruments in Lyon and both Marchand and Rameau lived in Lyon at different points in their lives. Christophe Rousset explores the connections and contrasts between these giants of the period.