Rameau: Suite in G minor from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin (c1729–30)

“You come away from the recording of these two complete suites with great respect for the young Frenchman's musicality and technical facility, and even greater respect for Rameau's imagination and harmonic invention, which is exactly as it should be.” John Armstrong, bbc.co.uk, 20th November 2002

“Tharaud combines pianistic imagination and stylistic sensitivity to locate the fidgety energy of La poule, the rhythmic playfulness of Les tricotets and the grandeur and verve of the Gavotte et doubles, and his playing has clarity and brilliance. To my mind no other pianist has reproduced the spirit of this composer more enchantingly.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2011

“The pianist Alexandre Tharaud has recorded a disc of Rameau that quashes the "period instrument" argument as successfully as Glenn Gould does for Bach…warmly expressed and beautifully recorded.” The Independent

“Hewitt clearly relishes the colour and rhythmic energy of these dance sequences; her performances have a wonderfully fluid stylishness, with scrupulous ornamentation that never seems self-consciously correct, and they are founded upon a willingness to use the full tonal resources of a modern concert grand in a way that seems to make utterly irrelevant any question of what is historically or musicologically "correct" in playing this music” The Guardian

"I like the unequal temperament tuning and superb timbre of the Clayson & Garrett instrument, the magnificent recording, and last but not least, Trevor Pinnock's playing which is as persuasive as it is scholarly" BBC CD Review