Sylvie Proulx LES TENDRES PLAINTES

Canadian classical guitarist Sylvie Proulx has added to the transcription catalogue of music by a leading French Baroque composer with her new recording, Les Tendres Plaintes: Works by Jean-Philippe Rameau.

The CD was released on January 5, 2018 on the Centaur label. It features dance movements from Rameau’s harpsichord suites, of the sort developed in the 17 th century, and short, descriptive works. The transcriptions are by such celebrated guitarists as Andrés Segovia, John Duarte and Venancio Garcia Velasco.

Sylvie Proulx herself has created three, among them the title track (in English The Tender Complaints), from Rameau’s method book on finger mechanics.2018 marks the 335 th anniversary of the birth of Rameau (1683-1764), the pre-eminent opera composer in 18 th century France, who first made his name as an organist, theorist and composer of keyboard music. (Centaur)