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Rediscovering Couperin & Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau, François Couperin

Lucas Wong

Rediscovering Couperin & Rameau

Price: € 14.95
Format: CD
Label: Centaur Records, Inc.
UPC: 0044747363325
Catnr: CRC 3633
Release date: 02 November 2018
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Label
Centaur Records, Inc.
UPC
0044747363325
Catalogue number
CRC 3633
Release date
02 November 2018
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About the album

This is a great program of major keyboard works by Couperin and Rameau, two of the greatest French composers of the Baroque, performed on a modern piano.

Artist(s)

Lucas Wong (piano)

Canadian pianist Lucas Wong is earning a diversified career as a soloist, chamber musician, pedagogue, and vocal coach. He has performed in many prestigious venues across a dozen countries on four continents. Wong specializes in French music, collaborative piano, and songs of William Bolcom. His career highlights include multiple engagements at the Carnegie Hall, innovative recital programs like 'Beyond 88' and the 'Mostly Debussy' series, a complete performance of Des Knaben Wunderhorn at the Shanghai Conservatory, directorship of the complete Duparc melodies at Songfest in LA, and collaborations with American composers such as William Bolcom, Jake Heggie, Libby Larsen, and John Musto.  Lucas Wong has collaborated with world-renowned artists such as trombonist Joseph Alessi, violinist Soovin Kim, mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer, bassoonist Frank Morelli, clarinetist David Shifrin, and Erhu artist Fei Song. A versatile partner...
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Canadian pianist Lucas Wong is earning a diversified career as a soloist, chamber musician, pedagogue, and vocal coach. He has performed in many prestigious venues across a dozen countries on four continents. Wong specializes in French music, collaborative piano, and songs of William Bolcom. His career highlights include multiple engagements at the Carnegie Hall, innovative recital programs like "Beyond 88" and the "Mostly Debussy" series, a complete performance of Des Knaben Wunderhorn at the Shanghai Conservatory, directorship of the complete Duparc melodies at Songfest in LA, and collaborations with American composers such as William Bolcom, Jake Heggie, Libby Larsen, and John Musto.

Lucas Wong has collaborated with world-renowned artists such as trombonist Joseph Alessi, violinist Soovin Kim, mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer, bassoonist Frank Morelli, clarinetist David Shifrin, and Erhu artist Fei Song. A versatile partner for both instrumentalists and vocalists, he is also a superb opera coach and assistant conductor. He has appeared on professional rosters of the New York City Opera, Opera America, and Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in Connecticut. He is the founding artistic director of Liederfest in Suzhou. As an educator and administrator, Lucas Wong was a founding faculty member at the Soochow University School of Music (China), where he served as piano professor and coordinator for chamber music, collaborative piano, and staff accompanists. He has been regularly invited to give masterclasses and adjudications in top institutions, festivals, and competitions.


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Composer(s)

François Couperin

François Couperin was a French composer. He is the most imporant and best known member of the Couperin family, which consisted of a whole dynasty of composers. Couperin was nicknamed 'Le Grand' (the Great), and is considered to be one of the most seminal composers of the Baroque period, especially in regard to his music for harpsichord. His keyboard music is characterised by a strong idiomatic nature, both in its personal style and in its close relation to the instrument's features.  Next to his harpsichord music, Couperin composed music for organ, vocal music, both sacred and secular, and chamber music. Moreover, he published several theoretical treatises on the playing techniques on the harpsichord and its role in the accompaniment of music. 
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François Couperin was a French composer. He is the most imporant and best known member of the Couperin family, which consisted of a whole dynasty of composers. Couperin was nicknamed 'Le Grand' (the Great), and is considered to be one of the most seminal composers of the Baroque period, especially in regard to his music for harpsichord. His keyboard music is characterised by a strong idiomatic nature, both in its personal style and in its close relation to the instrument's features.

Next to his harpsichord music, Couperin composed music for organ, vocal music, both sacred and secular, and chamber music. Moreover, he published several theoretical treatises on the playing techniques on the harpsichord and its role in the accompaniment of music.


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Jean-Philippe Rameau

The Frenchman Jean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important music theorists in the history of Western music. He introduced the term of the'subdominant' and divided chord structures into triads (chords with three notes) and tetrads (chords with four notes), and laid the foundation for the modern study of harmonics. Yet, he was also a seminal composer, and his contribution to the development of opera should not be underestimated. In the first 40 years of his life, Rameau remained in obscurity as an organ player in the country side of France. In 1722, he moved to Paris, where he published his Traite de l'Harmonie (treatise on Harmony). Here, Rameau was recognised as a major music theorist and teacher, and soon he...
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The Frenchman Jean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important music theorists in the history of Western music. He introduced the term of the"subdominant" and divided chord structures into triads (chords with three notes) and tetrads (chords with four notes), and laid the foundation for the modern study of harmonics. Yet, he was also a seminal composer, and his contribution to the development of opera should not be underestimated. In the first 40 years of his life, Rameau remained in obscurity as an organ player in the country side of France. In 1722, he moved to Paris, where he published his Traite de l'Harmonie (treatise on Harmony). Here, Rameau was recognised as a major music theorist and teacher, and soon he would achieve fame as a harpsichordist and composer. Yet, Rameau had even greater ambitions. He desired to become an opera composer. His first operas Hippolyte et Aricie, Castor et Pollux en zijn opera-ballet Les Indes Galantes became huge hits. The music was harmonically a lot complexer than the audience of the time was used to, yet it was also more dramatic. Rameau received financial support from the fabulously rich La Pouplinière and his ties with the royal court. Around 1750, Rameau was at the peak of his fame and his works were being performed throughout France. However, he slowly lost the support of the philosophers and artists of the Enlightenment and after his death in 1764 his operas went into oblivion. Only in the last couple of decades, his music was rediscovered and Rameau gained the attention he deserves.


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01.
L'art de toucher le clavecin: Premier Prelude
01:54
(Francois Couperin) Lucas Wong
02.
L'art de toucher le clavecin: Deuxieme Prelude
02:05
(Francois Couperin) Lucas Wong
03.
L'art de toucher le clavecin: Troisieme Prelude
00:59
(Francois Couperin) Lucas Wong
04.
L'art de toucher le clavecin: Quatrieme Prelude
02:13
(Francois Couperin) Lucas Wong
05.
Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en re: Les Tendres Paintes. Rondeau
05:01
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
06.
Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en re: Les Niais de Sologne - Premier Double
08:48
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
07.
Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en re: Les Soupirs. Tendrement
08:46
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
08.
Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en re: La Joyeuse. Rondeau
01:46
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
09.
Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en re: La Follette. Rondeau
02:27
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
10.
Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en re: L'Entretien des Muses
10:34
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
11.
Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en re: Les Tourbillons. Rondeau
03:22
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
12.
Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en re: Les Cyclopes. Rondeau
05:15
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
13.
Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en re: Le Lardon. Menuet
00:33
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
14.
Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en re: La Boiteuse
00:46
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
15.
L'art de toucher la clavecin: Cinquieme Prelude
04:07
(Francois Couperin) Lucas Wong
16.
L'art de toucher la clavecin: Sixieme Prelude
02:27
(Francois Couperin) Lucas Wong
17.
L'art de toucher la clavecin: Septieme Prelude
03:54
(Francois Couperin) Lucas Wong
18.
L'art de toucher la clavecin: Huitieme Prelude
02:03
(Francois Couperin) Lucas Wong
19.
Suites de Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en la: Allemande
10:31
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
20.
Suites de Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en la: Courante
05:57
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
21.
Suites de Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en la: Sarabande
03:24
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
22.
Suites de Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en la: Les Trois Mains
08:27
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
23.
Suites de Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en la: Fanfarinette
04:18
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
24.
Suites de Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en la: Triomphante
02:13
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
25.
Suites de Pieces de Clavecin: Suite en la: Gavotte avec les Doubles de la Gavotte
11:49
(Jean-Philippe Rameau) Lucas Wong
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