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New recordings of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s brilliant Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts are rare these days. Rarer still are any on American labels and performed by
For Rameau on the piano, Angela Hewitt proves just as gorgeous in her realizations as Tzimon Barto on Ondine, but with a million times the
When playing Rameau, Tzimon Barto pares the keyboard writing’s decorative surface down to its melodic essence, downplays its dance roots, and basically uses the text
This is the 1754 revision of Rameau’s 1737 masterpiece. The earlier version was coolly received as a result of the Lulliste-Ramiste battles that were waged
Though to a lesser degree, the misgivings expressed in my review of Sophie Yates’ Handel (type Q4994 in Search Reviews) are again evident in her
This is an amazing recording, and anyone who loves great singing and exciting, exceptionally well-played baroque theatre music will be sorry if they miss what
To work backwards, taking the bonus material first, we are presented with the type of recital that tenors simply don’t give anymore (date and place
If Rameau was aware of the larger-scaled possibilities inherent in his often-colorful keyboard works, the fact is that he rarely explored them. His only unified
This is a reissue of two full-price CDs (Calliope 9278 and 9279) that received scant distribution in the U.S. when they were first offered in
How can you not thrill to Rameau’s dance music? Its sheer physicality was unequalled in the Baroque period, and there’s so much color and invention
