J.P. Rameau - Les trois mains - Blandine Rannou

[siegfriedstark]

Formally and with regard to brilliance and virtuosity, this piece is a herald of Scarlatti sonatas, as it was written in 1728, five years before the neapolitan began issuing his pieces. The idea of the three hands due to the hand-crossing exploration of all the keyboard registers is at once original and highly intelligent! Rameau was really a first rate genius!

[p0lyph0nyXX]

perhaps it's just my imagination, but the little motive first heard at 0:30-0:43 sounds vaguely operatic to me -- a bit reminiscent of "les sauvages".

[flash2ade]

de qui est ce tableau ?

[DeBreuitateVitae]

Ce tableau est de Maurice Quentin de la Tour, peintre francais du XVIIIè siècle. Il représente Madame de Pompadour, favorite de Louis XV