Sophie Yates - Rameau: Pièces de Clavecin, Vol. 1-2 (2000/2004) [Hi-Res]

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Rameau: Pièces de Clavecin, Vol. 1
01. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in A Minor / Major: I. Prelude
02. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in A Minor / Major: II. Allemande I
03. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in A Minor / Major: III. Allemande II
04. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in A Minor / Major: IV. Courante
05. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in A Minor / Major: V. Gigue
06. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in A Minor / Major: VI. Sarabande I
07. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in A Minor / Major: VII. Sarabande II
08. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in A Minor / Major: VIII. Venitienne
09. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in A Minor / Major: IX. Gavotte
10. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in A Minor / Major: X. Menuet
11. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in E Minor: I. Allemande
12. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in E Minor: II. Courante
13. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in E Minor: III. Gigue en Rondeau I
14. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in E Minor: IV. Gigue en Rondeau II
15. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in E Minor: V. Le Rappel Des Oiseaux
16. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in E Minor: VI. Rigaudon I
17. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in E Minor: VII. Rigaudon II [with Double]
18. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in E Minor: VIII. Musette en Rondeau
19. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in E Minor: IX. Tambourin
20. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in E Minor: X. La Villageoise (Rondeau)
21. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in D Minor / Major: I. Les Tendres Plaintes (Rondeau)
22. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in D Minor / Major: II. Les Niais de Sologne [with 2 Doubles]
23. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in D Minor / Major: III. Les Soupirs
24. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in D Minor / Major: IV. La Joyeuse (Rondeau)
25. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in D Minor / Major: V. La Follette (Rondeau)
26. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in D Minor / Major: VI. L' Entretien Des Muses
27. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in D Minor / Major: VII. Les Tourbillons (Rondeau)
28. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in D Minor / Major: VIII. Les Cyclopes (Rondeau)
29. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in D Minor / Major: IX. Le Lardon: Menuet
30. Pieces de Clavecin - Suite in D Minor / Major: X. La Boiteuse

Rameau: Pièces de Clavecin, Vol. 2
01. Suite in A Major: I. Allemande
02. Suite in A Major: II. Courante
03. Suite in A Major: III. Sarabande
04. Suite in A Major: IV. Les Trois Mains
05. Suite in A Major: V. Fanfarinette
06. Suite in A Major: VI. La Triomphante
07. Suite in A Major: VII. Gavotte [with 6 Doubles]
08. Suite in G Major (Excerpts): I. Les Tricotets, Rondeau
09. Suite in G Major (Excerpts): II. L'indifferente
10. Suite in G Major (Excerpts): III. Menuet I - Menuet II
11. Suite in G Major (Excerpts): IV. La Poule
12. Suite in G Major (Excerpts): VI. Les Triolets
13. Suite in G Major (Excerpts): VII. Les Sauvages
14. Suite in G Major (Excerpts): VIII. L'enharmonique
15. Suite in G Major (Excerpts): IX. L'egiptienne
16. 5 Pieces pour Clavecin Seul, Extraites de Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts (Arr. for Solo Harpsichord): I. La Livri, Rondeau Gracieux in C Minor
17. 5 Pieces pour Clavecin Seul, Extraites de Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts (Arr. for Solo Harpsichord): II. L'agacante in G Major
18. 5 Pieces pour Clavecin Seul, Extraites de Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts (Arr. for Solo Harpsichord): III. La Timide: Rondeau I
19. 5 Pieces pour Clavecin Seul, Extraites de Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts (Arr. for Solo Harpsichord): IV. La Timide: Rondeau II
20. 5 Pieces pour Clavecin Seul, Extraites de Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts (Arr. for Solo Harpsichord): V. L'indiscrette, Rondeau in B-Flat Major
21. La Dauphine in G Minor

When was the last time you saw the Marquis de Sade mentioned in the liner notes to an album of Baroque harpsichord music? Sophie Yates does just that in her notes to her Rameau Pièces de clavecin: Vol. 2 album, and better still, she makes you buy the comparison. She quotes Rameau himself, buttering up his audiences for one of the wilder moves in the famed "L'enharmonique," from the Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin of 1728: "The harmony that creates this effect has by no means been thrown in haphazardly; it is based on logic and has the sanction of nature herself; it is the ingredient most savored by the connoisseur...," Rameau wrote. "Shades of Rameau's near-contemporary, the Marquis de Sade," notes Yates! (It's commendable that she handles the note-writing herself, by the way.) Included on this sequel to Yates' other fine albums of Rameau's keyboard music are the two Nouvelles suites, the festive La dauphine of 1747, and solo keyboard versions (something explicitly okayed by Rameau himself) of the Pièces de clavecin en concerts of 1741. Yates has rescued Rameau's keyboard music from a tradition of interpretation that emphasizes its academic side. Her playing is exquisitely balanced between the density of Rameau's music (he is Bach's equal in this respect), its pictorial aspect (carrying on the tradition of Couperin), and its occasional but essential propensity toward exoticism and shock. The counterparts to "L'enharmonique" in the Nouvelles suites are two little pieces entitled "Les Sauvages" and "L'Egyptienne," fascinating representations of the Other in the circumscribed language of Baroque keyboard music. Yates is a powerful player, and if you can get yourself attuned to the closed-hothouse vibe of the French High Baroque, the album's a real thrill ride. And Chandos' sound engineers have done an especially fine job with the solo harpsichord here. Relax and enjoy.

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