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One of my favorite trends of the last few years has been the number of guitarists (particularly young ones) who are exploring the keyboard works of the great French Baroque composer (and Bach contemporary) Jean-Philippe Rameau<\/a> (1683\u20131764). It’s true that transcribing works by Rameau for guitar is nothing new\u2014Segovia recorded Minuets<\/em><\/a> by Rameau in 1939, 1944, and 1954, and played them later in life, too. Julian Bream was playing an Alegretto<\/em> by Rameau in the early 1950’s. Christopher Parkening included a Rameau Rondo<\/em>\u00a0in his first method book. Not surprisingly, guitar duos have done splendid work with Rameau, including the Assad Brothers<\/a>. <\/span>But as I said, there’s been an explosion in Rameau interpretations the last several years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This wonderful recent performance of Rameau’s popular piece Les Sauvages<\/em>, from the composer’s Nouvelles Suites de Pi\u00e8ces de Clavecin<\/em><\/span> (1726\u20131727), is delivered by one of the finest young players on the contemporary guitar scene, Frenchman Rapha\u00ebl Feuill\u00e2tre<\/a>, who was the deserving winner of the 2018 Guitar Foundation<\/a><\/span> of America competition. Rapha\u00ebl\u00a0 included this piece on his superb 2019 Naxos Guitar Recital<\/a> album (part of his GFA prize package), along with two other Rameau works. The splendid video comes courtesy of the good folks at Guitar Salon International. <\/a>\u2014Blair Jackson<\/em><\/p>\n Rapha\u00ebl Feuill\u00e2tre Puts His Stamp on the Classical Guitar World<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n