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Rameau celebrated by Haugsand<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Ketil Haugsand records the complete works for harpsichord solo by Jean-Philippe Rameau, marking 250 years since the death of the French composer<\/p>\n
The young Rameau must have been an outstanding harpsichordist. He likely learned basic keyboard skills as a child from his father, Jean Rameau, who was organist at Notre Dame cathedral in Dijon by the time Jean-Philippe was seven. Rameau published his Premier Livre de Pi\u00e8ces de clavecin in 1706. Remarkable for its unerring sense of harmonic direction and sophisticated rhythmic and textural designs, it consists essentially of a traditional suite of dance movements prefaced by an introductory prelude.<\/p>\n
Nearly twenty years elapsed before Rameau published his second book of harpsichord pieces. The Pi\u00e8ces de Clavecin of 1724 represents a huge stylistic advance over the collection he published in 1706. In the interim, he had composed several cantatas and had become increasingly interested in the theatre. Rameau\u2019s third book of harpsichord pieces, the Nouvelles suites de Pi\u00e8ces de clavecin. appeared in 1729 or 1730. Rameau published his Pi\u00e8ces de Clavecin en concerts in 1741. Although the entire suite was originally intended as a chamber work for harpsichord and two melodic instruments, Rameau insisted that each piece could be arranged for solo harpsichord with no loss of expressive potential.<\/p>\n
Ketil Haugsand, professor of harpsichord at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik in Cologne, counts as one of the great harpsichordists and Early Music personalities of today. The Norwegian born musician studied with Gustav Leonhardt at the Amsterdam Conservatory, where he was awarded the coveted \u2018Prix d\u2019Excellence\u2019 in 1975. Later he was laureate at international harpsichord competitions in Paris and Bruges. He has appeared in many prestigious festivals in Europe, the U.S.A. and Israel, both as recitalist, in chamber music and as conductor of the Norwegian Baroque Orchestra and the Arte Real Ensemble. His recordings on CD with works by Bach, Rameau, Marchand, Forqueray, Seixas, Sousa Carvalho a\/o. for Simax Classics, Virgin and Linn have won significant international acclaim.<\/p>\n
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