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

  24. Suite in C minor
  25. Prélude
  26. Allemande "La Précieuse"
  27. Gigue
  28. Chaconne "La Bergeronnette"
  29. 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