Rameau: Complete Works for Harpsichord Solo

Rameau: Complete Works for Harpsichord Solo

In 2014 Ketil Haugsand records the complete works for harpsichord solo by Jean-Philippe Rameau, marking 250 years since the death of the French composer.

Rameau composed most of his keyboard works at a time when he was essentially a professional keyboard player and teacher who had a growing interest and involvement in the theatre. By the time of his death, his achievements as a composer of operatic works had eclipsed whatever fame he had achieved as a keyboard composer. Taken as a whole, however, his harpsichord compositions contain an incredible array of appealing melodies, clever formal devices and subtle references that make him one of the most extraordinary French keyboard composers of all time.

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