La famille Rameau

 
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY / JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU / CLAUDE RAMEAU / JEAN-FRANCOIS TAPRAY etc
La famille Rameau
Justin Taylor

[ Alpha Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 9 April 2021

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During his lifetime, Rameau enjoyed a glittering reputation and was admired by all Europe, while Debussy's Hommage à Rameau proves that his fame survived down the centuries. But what do we know about the rest of the Rameau family? After a highly acclaimed album devoted to the Forqueray family (ALPHA247, Gramophone Editor's Choice, Choc of the year 2016 in Classica, Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros), our harpsichordist-genealogist Justin Taylor sets out on the trail of Jean-Philippe's son Claude-François and his nephew Lazare. To be sure, Rameau's genius dwarfs all around him, as is demonstrated by such pieces as La Livri, La Poule and L'Égyptienne, not to mention the magnificent Nouvelle Suite in A minor, but the music of his descendants has its own interest. Justin Taylor introduces us to a work by Claude-François Rameau (La Forqueray) and the Sonata no.1 in E major by Lazare Rameau. He switches from the splendid harpsichord of the Château d'Assas (a two-manual instrument of the first half of the eighteenth century, attributed to the Lyon-based maker Donzelague) to the 1891 Érard piano of the Musée de la Musique in Paris for Debussy's tribute to his great predecessor.

Tracks:

Jean-Philippe Rameau - Pièces de clavecin: Les tendres plaintes
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Pièces de clavecin: Les cyclopes
Jean-Philippe Rameau - La Rameau
Claude Rameau - Menuet barosais
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin: La poule
Jean-François Taperay - Les sauvages (Thème)
Jean-François Taperay - Les sauvages (Variations)
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin: Les triolets
Claude-François Rameau - La Forqueray
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin: L'Egyptienne
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Pièces de clavecin: Allemande en mi
Lazare Rameau - Sonate n° 1 : Rondo Grazioso
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Pièces de clavecin: Le rappel des oiseaux
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Premier livre de pièces de clavecin: Allemande en la
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Premier livre de pièces de clavecin: Courante en la
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin: Sarabande en la
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin: Gavotte & doubles