Jean-Philippe Rameau: Complete Solo Keyboard Works Steven Devine

• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764): Suite in A Minor, RCT 1:
• 1 Suite in A Minor, RCT 1: I. Prélude 02:21
• 2 Suite in A Minor, RCT 1: II. Allemande I 05:28
• 3 Suite in A Minor, RCT 1: III. Allemande II 02:08
• 4 Suite in A Minor, RCT 1: IV. Courante 02:02
• 5 Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: V. Gigue 02:46
• 6 Suite in A Minor, RCT 1: VI. Sarabande I & II 03:24
• 7 Suite in A Minor, RCT 1: VII. Vénitienne 01:54
• 8 Suite in A Minor, RCT 1: VIII. Gigue 01:36
• 9 Suite in A Minor, RCT 1: IX. Menuet 01:27
• Suite in E Minor, RCT 2:
• 10 Suite in E Minor, RCT 2: I. Allemande 04:14
• 11 Suite in E Minor, RCT 2: II. Courante 01:35
• 12 Suite in E Minor, RCT 2: III. Gigue en rondeau I 01:14
• 13 Suite in E Minor, RCT 2: IV. Gigue en rondeau II 02:10
• 14 Suite in E Minor, RCT 2: V. Le Rappel des Oiseaux 03:39
• 15 Suite in E Minor, RCT 2: VI. Rigaudon I & II 01:51
• 16 Suite in E Minor, RCT 2: VII. Musette en rondeau 02:29
• 17 Suite in E Minor, RCT 2: VIII. Tambourin 01:17
• 18 Suite in E Minor, RCT 2: IX. La Villegeoise 03:34
• Suite in D Minor, RCT 3:
• 19 Suite in D Minor, RCT 3: I. Les Tendres Plaintes 03:44
• 20 Suite in D Minor, RCT 3: II. Les Niais de Sologne 06:15
• 21 Suite in D Minor, RCT 3: III. Les Soupirs 05:20
• 22 Suite in D Minor, RCT 3: IV. La Joyeuse 01:24
• 23 Suite in D Minor, RCT 3: V. La Follette 01:32
• 24 Suite in D Minor, RCT 3: VI. L’Entretien des Muses 06:12
• 25 Suite in D Minor, RCT 3: VII. Les Tourbillons 02:59
• 26 Suite in D Minor, RCT 3: VIII. Les Cyclopes 03:48
• 27 Suite in D Minor, RCT 3: IX. Le Lardon 00:55
• 28 Suite in D Minor, RCT 3: X. La Boiteuse 00:52
• Menuet en rondeau, RCT 4:
• 29 Menuet en rondeau, RCT 4: 01:01
• Suite in A Minor, RCT 5:
• 30 Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: I. Allemande 06:56
• 31 Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: II. Courante 04:01
• 32 Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: III. Sarabande 02:45
• 33 Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: IV. Les Trois Mains 05:07
• 34 Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: V. Fanfarinette 02:59
• 35 Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: VI. La Triomphante 01:42
• 36 Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: VII. Gavotte & Doubles 08:19
• Suite in G Major, RCT 6:
• 37 Suite in G Major, RCT 6: I. Les Tricotets 02:52
• 38 Suite in G Major, RCT 6: II. L’Indifférente 02:06
• 39 Suite in G Major, RCT 6: III. Menuet I & II 04:04
• 40 Suite in G Major, RCT 6: IV. La Poule 07:16
• 41 Suite in G Major, RCT 6: V. Les Triolets 03:30
• 42 Suite in G Major, RCT 6: VI. Les Sauvages 02:20
• 43 Suite in G Major, RCT 6: VII. L’Enharmonique 08:49
• 44 Suite in G Major, RCT 6: VIII. L’Egyptienne 03:50
• 45 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: I. Ouverture 04:36
• 46 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: II. Air Polonois 02:03
• 47 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: III. Musette en rondeau 01:34
• 48 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: IV. 1er et 2e Menuet 02:59
• 49 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: V. Air gratieux pour les Amours 02:46
• 50 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: VI. Air pour les Amants et Amantes 01:46
• 51 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: VII. 1er Air pour les Bostangis 02:00
• 52 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: VIII. 2e Air pour les Bostangis 01:49
• 53 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: IX. Gavotte 01:44
• 54 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: X. 1er Air des Fleurs 01:07
• 55 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XI. [2e] Air tendre pour la Rose 01:35
• 56 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XII. [1re] Gavotte pour les Fleurs 01:19
• 57 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XIII. [2e] Gavotte vive pour les Fleurs 00:56
• 58 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XIV. Air pour Borée et la Rose 01:37
• 59 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XV. Air pour Zéphire 00:25
• 60 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XVI. Air vif pour Zéphire et la Rose 02:25
• 61 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XVII. Marche des Persans 01:20
• 62 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XVIII. Air pour les Esclaves affricans 01:49
• 63 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XIX. Rigaudon en Rondeau 01:24
• 64 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XX. Tambourin 01:27
• 65 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XXI. Air 01:31
• 66 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XXII. Air Grave pour les Incas du Pérou 02:53
• 67 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XXIII. Rondeau gratieux 01:08
• 68 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XXIV. Première Gavotte - 2e Gavotte en rondeau 02:41
• 69 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XXV. Les Sauvages – Danse du Grand Calumet de la Paix 02:18
• 70 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XXVI. 1er et 2e Menuet pour les Guerriers et Amazones 02:14
• 71 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: XXVII. Chaconne 06:09
• Ier Concert, RCT 7:
• 72 Ier Concert, RCT 7: II. La Livri 02:44
• IIe Concert, RCT 8:
• 73 IIe Concert, RCT 8: III. L’Agaçante 02:48
• IIIe Concert, RCT 9:
• 74 IIIe Concert, RCT 9: II. La Timide (1er et 2e Rondeau) 05:39
• IVe Concert, RCT 10:
• 75 IVe Concert, RCT 10: II. L’Indiscrette 01:33
• La Dauphine, RCT 12:
• 76 La Dauphine, RCT 12: 03:30
• Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44:
• 77 Les Indes Galantes, RCT 44: Air pour Zéphire 01:22
• Total Runtime 03:38:58

Info for Jean-Philippe Rameau: Complete Solo Keyboard Works

Celebrated harpsichordist Steven Devine completes his monumental survey for Resonus Classics of the complete solo keyboard works by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) with this new three album collection.

These seminal works of the French Baroque era are brought to life vividly by Devine, mainly marking the earlier part of Rameau’s career and charting the development of the future prolific opera and ballet composer. The three books of Pièces de Clavecin are joined by the Cinq Pièces (derived from the Pièces de Clavecin en Concert), and the individual work La Dauphine.

Also included is the substantial compendium Les Indes Galantes – keyboard transcriptions that Rameau himself made from his own opera-ballet of the same name composed in 1735/6. In these transcriptions Devine is joined by harpsichordist Robin Bigwood who lends a third hand in select movements, while the entire set is recorded on a copy by Ian Tucker of the Ruckers/Hemsch harpsichord in Hatchlands' Cobbe Collection.

Steven Devine, harpsichord
Robin Bigwood, 2nd harpsichord

Steven Devine
enjoys a busy career as a music director and keyboard player working with some of the finest musicians.

He made his London conducting debut in 2002 at the Royal Albert Hall and is now a regular performer there - including making his BBC Proms directing debut in August 2007 with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE). He has conducted the Mozart Festival Orchestra in every major concert hall in the UK and also across Switzerland. Steven is Music Director for New Chamber Opera in Oxford and with them has conducted performances of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Mozart’s La Finta Semplice and Il Re Pastore, Stradella’s Il Trespolo Tutore, Rossini’s Le Comte Ory, Handel’s Xerxes and Tamerlano, Arne’s Artaxerxes, and Galuppi’s Il Mondo alla Roversa. He has directed the first performance of the newly-acquired score of Cavalli’s Erismena and Salieri’s Falstaff with the same forces. For the Dartington Festival Opera he has conducted Handel’s Orlando and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.

Since 2007 Steven has been the harpsichordist with London Baroque in addition to his position as Co-Principal keyboard player with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He is also the principal keyboard player for The Gonzaga Band, Apollo and Pan, The Classical Opera Company and performs regularly with many other groups around Europe. He has recorded over thirty discs with other artists and ensembles and made a number of solo recordings. His recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations (Chandos Records) has been receiving critical acclaim - including Gramophone magazine describing it as ‘among the best’.

Steven is a regular member of the OAE education team, Professor of Harpsichord and Fortepiano at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and a visiting teacher, adjudicator and examiner for many other institutions. He is also Director of Development for the Finchcocks Collection of historical keyboard instruments, Kent.

This album contains no booklet.