Rameau: Keyboard Works

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Label
CRD Records
Release Date
September 7, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      RAMEAU, JEAN-PHILIPPE
    • PERFORMER
      Virginia Black
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 07, 2018
    • UPC
      708093353620
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CRD3536
    • LABEL
      CRD Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. II. Les niais de sologne et deux doubles

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    2. III. Tendrement: Les soupirs

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    3. IV. Rondeau: La joyeuse

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    4. I. Rondeau: Les tendres plaintes

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    5. V. Rondeau: La follette

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    6. VI. L'entretien des muses

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    7. VII. Rondeau: Les tourbillons

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    8. VIII. Rondeau: Les cyclopes

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    9. V. Le rappel des oiseaux

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    10. VI. Rigaudons I and II

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    11. VII. Musette en rondeau

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    12. VIII. Tambourin

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    13. IV. La poule

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    14. V. Les triolets

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    15. VIII. L'egiptienne

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    16. V. Fanfarinette

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    17. VI. La triomphante

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black

    18. VII. Gavotte with 6 doubles

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Virginia Black


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 release features pieces from three of the four suites Rameau wrote for the harpsichord. Virginia Black has 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 tone and tonal nuance.