Les Cyclopes from the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau is the eighth piece from his Suite in D major, RCT 3 (Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin, 1706). The subject of the work is centered on the race of one-eyed giants as portrayed in the Odyssey, an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer. – Watch more performances by Grigory Sokolov
Les Cyclopes: other performance
Scott Ross on harpsichord (audio with score)
Others Rameau’s pieces by Sokolov
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