Composer: Jean Philippe Rameau
Performer: Stephen Gutman
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0050
Release: 2007
Size: 239 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Suite in A minor from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin (c1729–30)
01. I. Prelude
02. II. Allemande I
03. III. Allemande II
04. IV. Courante
05. V. Sarabandes I and II
06. VII. Venitienne
07. VIII. Gavotte
08. IX. Menuet
09. X. Gigue
Suite in E minor from Pièces de clavecin (1724, revised 1731)
10. I. Allemande
11. II. Courante
12. III. Gigue en rondeau I
13. IV. Gigue en rondeau II
14. V. Le Rappel des oiseaux
15. VI. Rigaudons I and II
16. VII. Musette en rondeau
17. VIII. La vilageoise
18. IX. Tambourin
5 Pieces pour clavecin seul, extraites de Pieces de clavecin en concerts: First Concert in C minor (arr. S. Gutman)
19. I. La Coulicam
20. II. La Livri
21. III. Le Vezinet
5 Pieces pour clavecin seul, extraites de Pieces de clavecin en concerts: Second Concert in G major (arr. S. Gutman)
22. I. La Laborde
23. II. La Boucon
24. III. L’Agacante
25. IV. Menuets I and II
5 Pieces pour clavecin seul, extraites de Pieces de clavecin en concerts: Third Concert in A major (arr. S. Gutman)
26. I. La Lapopliniere
27. II. La Timide I
28. III. La Timide II
29. IV. Tambourin I and II
Rameau was one of the great composers for the keyboard. But because pianists have not adopted his harpsichord music as they have that of the other great names of the Baroque – Bach, Handel and Scarlatti – his stature as a keyboard composer is not fully acknowledged. This series of three CDs presents all his keyboard music on the piano: the familiar suites, a number of discoveries and arrangements by his contemporaries.