Christophe Rousset - François Couperin: Deuxième livre de Pièces de clavecin (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.13 Gb | Total time: 60:24+58:02+63:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | HMC 901447.49 | Recorded: 1994
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.13 Gb | Total time: 60:24+58:02+63:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | HMC 901447.49 | Recorded: 1994
In his Second Book of harpsichord pieces, Couperin moves away from the suite form based on a collection of dance movements, to a new conception consisting of a collection of miniatures with fanciful nicknames, some of which are clear, and some of which remain a mystery to this day. Couperin loved the harpsichord–he wrote one of the definitive instructional manuals for the instrument–and this set also includes the eight Preludes that he included in his L'Art de toucher le clavecin. At the time these discs were first issued, it was clear that Christophe Rousset's survey of Couperin's complete keyboard works was setting new standards in this music. His playing is simply magnificent.