Mahan Esfahani – Rameau: Pièces de clavecin (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Mahan Esfahani – Rameau: Pièces de clavecin (2014)
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Gramophone-Award-winning harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani has recorded Rameau’s Pièces de clavecin in the historic setting of the Music Room at Hatchlands Park in Surrey. This is a masterclass for the instrument, confirming this young artist as a truly great player: in the words of International Record Review ‘his technique is beyond criticism and his inherent musicianship goes far deeper than mere surface understanding … it is difficult not to warm to such a musician’.

This double album comprises the whole of Rameau’s output of keyboard suites, and Esfahani rejoices in its wealth of genius, its excitement and drama. Rameau is a composer whose revival is ongoing, and his unique combination of the witty and the cerebral, the light and the curmudgeonly, abounds throughout his harpsichord music.

Tracklist:
01. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 1 in A minor – 1: Prélude (02:04)
02. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 1 in A minor – 2: Allemande I (04:08)
03. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 1 in A minor – 3: Allemande II (01:55)
04. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 1 in A minor – 4: Courante (01:51)
05. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 1 in A minor – 5: Gigue (02:22)
06. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 1 in A minor – 6: Sarabandes I & II (02:57)
07. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 1 in A minor – 7: Vénitienne (01:28)
08. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 1 in A minor – 8: Gavotte (01:27)
09. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 1 in A minor – 9: Menuet (01:05)
10. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in E minor – 1: Allemande (03:47)
11. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in E minor – 2: Courante (01:36)
12. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in E minor – 3: Gigues en rondeau I & II (03:35)
13. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in E minor – 4: Le rappel des oiseaux (02:57)
14. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in E minor – 5: Rigaudons I, II & double (02:06)
15. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in E minor – 6: Musette en rondeau (02:13)
16. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in E minor – 7: Tambourin (01:16)
17. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in E minor – 8: La villageoise (rondeau) (02:30)
18. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in D major – 01: Les tendres plaintes (rondeau) (02:58)
19. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in D major – 02: Les niais de Sologne (05:15)
20. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in D major – 03: Les soupirs (03:57)
21. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in D major – 04: La joyeuse (rondeau) (01:16)
22. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in D major – 05: La follette (rondeau) (01:27)
23. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in D major – 06: L’entretien des Muses (05:48)
24. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in D major – 07: Les tourbillons (rondeau) (02:11)
25. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in D major – 08: Les cyclopes (rondeau) (03:04)
26. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in D major – 09: Le lardon (menuet) (00:47)
27. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in D major – 10: La boiteuse (01:01)
28. Mahan Esfahani – Menuet en rondeau in C major (00:35)
29. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 2 in A minor – 1: Allemande (06:37)
30. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 2 in A minor – 2: Courante (03:51)
31. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 2 in A minor – 3: Sarabande (02:40)
32. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 2 in A minor – 4: Les trois mains (04:37)
33. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 2 in A minor – 5: Fanfarinette (02:36)
34. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 2 in A minor – 6: Le triomphante (01:27)
35. Mahan Esfahani – Suite No 2 in A minor – 7: Gavotte (07:25)
36. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in G minor – 1: Les tricotets (rondeau) (01:39)
37. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in G minor – 2: L’indifferente (01:41)
38. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in G minor – 3: Menuets I & II (03:01)
39. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in G minor – 4: La poule (04:41)
40. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in G minor – 5: Les triolets (04:00)
41. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in G minor – 6: Les sauvages (02:18)
42. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in G minor – 7: L’enharmonique (05:41)
43. Mahan Esfahani – Suite in G minor – 8: L’egiptienne (03:41)
44. Mahan Esfahani – La Dauphine (02:49)
45. Mahan Esfahani – Les petits marteaux (01:41)

Personnel:
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord

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