Full Works for Solo Keyboard (Dover Music for Piano)

A recent of Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, and Telemann, Jean-Phillipe Rameau (1683–1764) was a notable theorist and innovator and the preeminent French composer of his day. The depth and energy that characterize his music are in ample proof on this quantity of all 63 of Rameau’s works for keyboard, printed between 1706 and 1741, together with such well-known items as “Musette en Rondeau,” “Tambourin,” “Les Niais de Sologne,” “Les Cyclopes,” and “La Poule.” The music is reproduced right here from the essential and well-produced version of Rameau’s keyboard works edited by Camille Saint-Saëns. As a result of the composer tried to make use of his keyboard as a sustaining instrument, these items lend themselves particularly effectively to efficiency on trendy pianos. Now immediately’s musicians can get pleasure from Rameau’s full oeuvre for solo keyboard on this cheap high-quality version.