The French Baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) wrote three books of Pièces de clavecin for the harpsichord from 1706 to 1727. It is in the second one - Pièces de clavessin, published in 1724 - that Les Cyclopes can be found as the eighth movement of this Suite in D major.Here, the subject of the work is centred on one-eyed giants as portrayed in Homer’s Odyssey. It follows the pure tradition of the French suite as being imitative and characterful. Due to its innovative form, it ...