Complete Works for Solo Keyboard

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764): Obras completas para teclado solo.

Edición de / Edited by: Camille Saint-Saëns.

A contemporary of Bach, Handel, Scarlatti and Telemann, Jean-Philippe Rameau was a notable theorist and innovator and the preeminent French composer of his day. The depth and power that caracterize his music are in ample evidence in this volume of all 63 of Rameau's works for keyboard, published between 1706 and 1741, including such well-known pieces as 'Musette En Rondeau', 'Tambourin', 'Les Niais De Sologne', 'Les Cyclopes' and 'La Poule'. The music is reproduced here from the important and well-produced edition of Rameau's works edited by Camille Saint-Saens. Because the composer attempted to use his keyboard as a sustaining instrument, these pieces lend themselves especially well to performance on modern pianos. Now today's musicians can enjoy Rameau's complete "oeuvre" for solo keyboard in this inexpensive high-quality edition.

CONTENIDO:


- Premier Livre de Piéces de Clavecín (d'aprés le recueil paru en 1706)
[First Book of Harpsichord Pieces (based on the collection published in 1706)]

Prélude
Allemande
2º Allemande
Courante
Gigue
1re & 2e Sarabande
Vénitienne [Venetian]
Gavotte
Menuet

- Piéces de Clavecín (d'aprés le recueil paru en 1724 et réédité en 1731)
[Harpsichord Pieces (based on the collection published in 1724 and revised in 1731)]

Menuet en Rondeau
Allemande
Courante
Gigue en Rondeau
2me Gigue en Rondeau
Le Rappel des Oiseaux [The Gathering of the Birds]
1er & 2me Rigaudon
Double du 2me Rigaudon
Musette en Rondeau
Tambourin
La Villageoise (Rondeau) [The Village Girl]
Les Tendres Plaintes (Rondeau) [The Gentle Complaints]
Les Niais de Sologne [The Pretending Fools]
1er Double des Niais [1st Variation en the Fools]
2d Double des Niais [2nd Variation on the Fools]
Les Soupirs [The Sighs]
La Joyeuse (Rondeau) [The Merry One]
La Follette (Rondeau) [The Madcap]
L'Entretien des Muses [The Discourse of the Muses]
Les Tourbillons (Rondeau) [The Whirlwinds]
Les Cyclopes (Rondeau)
Le Lardon (Menuet) [The Jibe]
La Boiteuse [The Lame One]


- Nouvelles Suites de Piéces de Clavecín ou Ze Livre (d'aprés l'Edition du temps) [ca. 1728]
[New Suites of Harpsichord Pieces or 2nd book (based on the original edition)]

Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Les Trois Mains [The Three Hands]
Fanfarinette
La Triomphante [The Triumphant One]
Gavotte & Six Doubles
Les Tricotets (Rondeau)
L'Indifférente [The Indifferent One]
Menuet
2me Menuet
La Poule [The Hen]
Les Triolets
Les Sauvages [The Savages]
L'Enharmonique [The Enharmonic (Change)]
L'Egyptienne [The Egyptian]
La Dauphine


- 5 Piéces extraites des Piéces en Concertt [1741]. Réduction pour clavecín seul par l'auteur (d'aprés l'Edition du temps)
[5 Pieces from "Concerted Pieces" Reduction for solo harpsichord by the composer (based on the original edition)]
La Livri (Rondeau) [(Le Comte de) Livry]
LAgaqante [The Provocative One]
La Timide [The Timid One]
1e Rondeau
2e Rondeau
L'Indiscréte (Rondeau) [The Indiscreet One]

Appendice: Piéces de Clavecín attribuées á J. Ph. Rameau (d'aprés un recaed copié existant á la bibliothéque du Conservatoire de Musique de París)
[Appendix: Harpsichord Pieces attributed to Jean-Philippe Rameau (based on an extant copied collection in the library of the París Conservatory of Music)]

La Victoire [The Victory]
La Sensible [The Sensitive One]
Piéce sans titre [Untitled piece]
Piéce sans titre [(Second) untitled piece]
La Villeroy
L'Orageuse [The Stormy One]
La Zaide