Suite No 1 in A minor [19'21]
Suite in E minor [20'06]
Suite in D major [27'48]
Menuet en rondeau in C major [0'35]
Suite No 2 in A minor [29'17]
Suite in G minor [26'45]
La Dauphine [2'49]
Les petits marteaux [1'42]

Gramophone-Award-winning harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani has recorded Rameau’s Pieces 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.