Pieces de Clavecin - Jean-Philippe Rameau

[thepianist09]

I was playing through these this morning and realised how clever some of them are. Some are very simple but there is technicality behind it which makes them wonderful. There is also some musicality (although there could be more) in them. It has made me feel very differently about this composer, who I never really understood before hand. Particularly pieces such as Le Rappel Des Oisueax in there, which is brilliant.

Discuss?

[louispodesta]

It is like this:  The man, Jean Philippe Rameau invented modern harmony.  His genius as a composer lies in the simplicity of his works.

In "Les niais de Sologne," the melody consists of six notes playes with the harmonic rhythm of one, two and three, four, one, two and three, four.  After that, he writes variations using duplets and triplets.  And, it is stunningly beautiful.

I have Casadesus" "Greatest Pianists Of The 20th Century" recording, which has this piece along with the "Gavotte," "Le rappel des oiseaux," and "Les sauvages."

If you want to get and audience's attention, instead of starting a program with Bach, start with Rameau and they will remember that program for the rest of their lives.  It is great music.

[g_s_223]

A fantastic performance by Pavel Kolesnikov:

This is a relatively straight-forward piece, given adequate time to study, but try to get a "clean" edition without too many editorial interventions, e.g. https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/114276 (p76).