Louis Couperin

Louis Couperin: Pièces pour clavessin
Pavane, Suites, Passacailles
Laurent Stewart
Pierre Vérany 796112

Contents:

    Suite in D minor
  1. Prélude
  2. Allemande
  3. Courante
  4. Sarabande
  5. Gavotte
  6. Canaries
  7. Volte
  8. La Pastourelle
  9. Chaconne
  10. Passacaille
  11. Allemande "L'Amiable"

    12. Suite in F major
  12. Prélude
  13. Allemande grave
  14. Courante
  15. Sarabande
  16. Branle de Basque
  17. Tombeau de Mr Blancrocher
  18. Gigue
  19. Gaillarde
  20. Allemande
  21. La Piemontoise
  22. Pavane in F# minor

    23. Suite in C minor
  23. Prélude
  24. Allemande "La Précieuse"
  25. Gigue
  26. Chaconne "La Bergeronnette"
  27. Passacaille

Playing time: 65'

Recording date: September 1995

Instrument: French harpsichord - Vincent Tibaut, Toulouse (1681); courtesy of Yannick Guillou, tuned to A=400 mean-tone by Martin Kather

This is definitely a Louis Couperin performance to be heard, and maybe the preferred version.

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Todd M. McComb