This box set launches a new complete recording of François Couperin’s works for harpsichord: an extensive selection of vocal pieces and chamber music and the organ masses will be gathered around this rich corpus, each in its own way shedding further light on the keyboard music. In this first volume, Bertrand Cuiller draws the portrait of a mysterious alchemist: the ordres chosen here play with the colour of sounds, alliterations, double meanings and parodies, freely inspired by the world of the theatre. An enigmatic world to which Bertrand Cuiller undoubtedly holds the key . . .
Works:
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Couperin, F: Pièces de clavecin I: Ordre 3ème in C major
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Couperin, F: Pièces de clavecin I: Ordre 4ème in F major
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Couperin, F: Pièces de clavecin II: Ordre 11ème in C major
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Couperin, F: Pièces de clavecin II: Ordre 9ème in A major
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Couperin, F: Pièces de clavecin III: Ordre 19ème in D major
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Couperin, F: Pièces de clavecin IV: Ordre 20ème in G major
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Couperin, F: Pièces de clavecin IV: Ordre 27ème in B minor