Couperin: Pieces de Clavecin - The Complete Harpsichord Works / Richard Egarr

Couperin: Pieces de Clavecin - The Complete Harpsichord Works / Richard Egarr -

Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalog No: HAR 907511
Format: CD
Release Date: 2011-08-09
Number of Discs: 4
Running time: 4 hr. 59 min.
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
UPC Code: 093046751128

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>Couperin, Louis : Allemande for Harpsichord in A minor "L' Amiable"
>Couperin, Louis : Les Carillons de Paris, for organ (Pieces d'orgue, no 140)

Album Summary

>Couperin, Louis : Allemande for Harpsichord in A minor "L' Amiable"
>Couperin, Louis : Les Carillons de Paris, for organ (Pieces d'orgue, no 140)
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Notes & Reviews:

Hailed for his "revelatory" account of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier (The New York Times), Richard Egarr turns to one of the least-known and most entrancing collections in the repertory for solo harpsichord. This complete recording of the works for solo keyboard by Louis Couperin (c.1626-1661) revels in the music's rich harmonic and contrapuntal textures, which are marked by a poignant use of dissonance. None of Couperin's music was published during his lifetime, but manuscript copies of some 200 pieces survive, some of them only rediscovered in the mid-20th century. The first historically important member of the Couperin family, Louis Couperin made seminal contributions to the development of both the French organ school and French harpsichord school. His innovations included composing organ pieces for specific registrations and inventing the genre of the unmeasured prelude for harpsichord, for which he devised a special type of notation.

"Egarr revels in the variety, both harmonic and rhythmic, that this music contains, and the interpretative opportunities it offers. I don't think anyone, even Egarr, would suggest listening to all four of these CDs at a single sitting, but in smaller portions they are genuinely exhilarating and constantly surprising." -The Guardian

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Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London (02/20/2010-02/24/2010); Potton Hall, Suffolk, England (02/20/2010-02/24/2010); Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London (04/16/2009-04/20/2009); Potton Hall, Suffolk, England (04/16/2009-04/20/2009).



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Works Details

>Couperin, Louis : Allemande for Harpsichord in A minor "L' Amiable"
  • Performer: Richard Egarr (Harpsichord)
  • Notes: Potton Hall, Suffolk, England (02/20/2010-02/24/2010); Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London (02/20/2010-02/24/2010); Potton Hall, Suffolk, England (04/16/2009-04/20/2009); Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London (04/16/2009-04/20/2009)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque

>Couperin, Louis : Les Carillons de Paris, for organ (Pièces d'orgue, no 140)
  • Performer: Richard Egarr (Harpsichord)
  • Notes: Potton Hall, Suffolk, England (02/20/2010-02/24/2010); Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London (02/20/2010-02/24/2010); Potton Hall, Suffolk, England (04/16/2009-04/20/2009); Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London (04/16/2009-04/20/2009)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque