Couperin, François

Charpentier: Messe de Minuit; Handel: Organ Concertos / Brad Hughtey, organ

1 CD / Edition Lilac / 2013-05-28

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 9; In Nativitatem Domini Canticum, histoire sacrée for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo, H. 416;...
Conductors: Gosta, Predrag
Ensemble: Canterbury Choir; New Trinity Baroque

Couperin: Trois Lecons de Tenebres / The King s Consort, Carolyn Sampson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Susanne Heinrich

1 CD / Vivat / 2013-04-09

Works: François Couperin: Leçon de Ténèbres 1, for treble voice & continuo; Leçon de Ténèbres 2, for treble voice & continuo; Leçons de tenébres; Victoria, C...
Performers: Kielland, Marianne Beate; King, Robert; Sampson, Carolyn; Sayce, Lynda
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

Recording information: St Andrew's Church, Toddington, UK (03/05/2011-03/07/2011)....continue...

François Couperin: Concert Royaux; Les Gouts-Réunis ou Nouveaux Concerts / Musica Ad Rhenum

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: François Couperin: Concerts royaux, for harpsichord or violin, flute, oboe, viol & bassoon (Troisième livre de pièces d; Cinquième concert, for various instruments in F major (Les...
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Ensemble: Musica ad Rhenum

The Concerts are brought to you by Jed Wentz's Musica Ad Rhenum, which has earned a dedicated following in early music circles. With an active...continue...
Recording information: Maria Minor, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2004)....continue...

Couperin: Concerts Royaux, Clavecin en Concert / Luc Beauséjour

1 CD / Analekta / 2013-03-26

Works: François Couperin: Concerts royaux, for harpsichord or violin, flute, oboe, viol & bassoon (Troisième livre de pièces d
Performers: Beausejour, Luc
Conductors: Beauséjour, Luc
Ensemble: Clavecin en Concert

Royally yours!

Elegant, graceful, aristocratic, light and playful, Couperin's music is a reminder of the splendor and spirit of King Louis XIV's court. Internationally renowned

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Recording information: St. Augustin-de-Mirabel Church, Mirabel, Quebec, Canada (10/2012)....continue...

50 Best Organ Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Schübler Chorale no 1), BWV 645 (BC K22; Prelude and Fugue for...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Bayco, Frederic; Bunney, Herrick [Chorus Master]; Cook, Melville [Organ]; Duruflé, Maurice; Durufle-Chevalier, Marie-Madeleine; Eisenberg, Matthias; Germani, Fernando; Gil, Jea...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Bedford, Steuart; Plasson, Michel

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of some of the most popular compositions of organ music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics....continue...

Music from the Age of Louis XV - Music of Couperin, Forqueray, Rameau and Duphly / John Kitchen, 1769 Taskin harpsichord

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2013-02-12

Works: François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 2; Jean-Baptiste Forqueray: La Dubreüil (from Pièces de viole, Deuxième Divertissement); Antoine Forqueray: La Leclair; La L...
Performers: Kitchen, John

John Kitchen, uniquely familiar with Edinburgh's internationally acclaimed collections of early keyboard instruments, turns his attention to the world's most famous harpsichord: the Taskin harpsichord...continue...
Recording information: St. Cecilia's Hall, University of Edinburgh (04/11/2012-04/12/2012)....continue...

Couperin: Mass for the Parishes; Mass for the Convents / Gruppo Vocale Armoniosoincanto

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: François Couperin: Mass for Organ no 1 "à l'usage ordinaire des paroisses"; Chromorne sur la taille-Gloria
Performers: Falcioni, Adriano
Conductors: Radicchia, Franco
Ensemble: ; Gruppo Vocale Armoniosoincanto

François Couperin, the most important member of the renowned Couperin dynasty, is the foremost composer of the French Baroque. A prodigiously talented keyboard player, he...continue...
Recording information: Church of Santa Maria della Neve, Senigallia, Italy (02/2012-03/2012)....continue...

François Couperin: Suites for Viola da gamba nos 1 & 2; Suite for Harpsichord no 27 / Mikko Perkola, viola da gamba; Aapo Hakkinen, harpsichord

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-01-29

Works: François Couperin: Suite 1, for viola da gamba & continuo (Pièces de viole); Pièces de violes, Suite no 2 in A minor; 27e ordre for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, IV)
Performers: Hakkinen, Aapo; Perkola, Mikko

François Couperin wrote some of France's greatest music in the classical style. The Suites for Viola da gamba and Harpsichordare late works, published in 1728,...continue...
Recording information: St. Catherine's Church, Karjaa, Finland (05/16/2011-05/18/2011)....continue...

Francois Couperin: La Convalescente; La Pucelle; La Steinquerque; La Superbe et al. / Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire, violin

1 CD / Ricercar / 2013-01-08

Works: François Couperin: La Sultane, for 2 violins & continuo; La Françoise (La pucelle), for 2 violins & continuo (Les Nations); La Steinquerque, trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo; La Convale...
Conductors: Malgoire, Florence
Ensemble: Les Dominos

After the success of a CD devoted to the sonatas of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Florence Malgoire's ensemble Les Dominos explores the first French...continue...
Recording information: Saintes, Abbaye aux Dames (05/2012)....continue...

Francois Couperin: Pieces de Violes, 1728 / Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman, Ariane Maurette

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2013-01-08

Works: François Couperin: Suite 1, for viola da gamba & continuo (Pièces de viole); Pièces de violes, Suite no 2 in A minor
Performers: Koopman, Ton

Originally released in 1975 by Astrée, this legendary recording was the first of many milestone recordings by Jordi Savall featuring Baroque repertoire. Couperin wrote these...continue...
Recording information: L'Église Romane de Saint Lambert des Bois, Yvelines (12/1975)....continue...

Baroque Legacy: Bach and his Contemporaries performed on Double Bass / Bach, Couperin, Eccles, Handel / Jeremy McCoy, double bass

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 1 in G major, BWV 1027; Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 2 in D major, BWV 1028; Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsich...
Performers: Donahue, Shirien Taylor; Grossman, Jerry [Cello]; McCoy, Jeremy; Milisavljevic, Milan; Muroki, Kurt; Murphy, Kevin; Szepes, Caterina

Jeremy McCoy is assistant principal double bass with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Now in his 28th season at the Met, he also maintains an active...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York (02/13/2011); Dominion Chalmers United Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canad (02/13/2011); American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York...continue...

The Trinity Hall, Cambridge Harpsichord / Music of Bach, Bohm, Greene, Purcell, Couperin, Handel / Andrew Arthur, harpsichord

1 CD / Priory / 2012-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor, BWV 849 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1); Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; Georg Böhm: W...
Performers: Arthur, Andrew

The harpsichord at Trinity Hall, Cambridge was built by Andrew Garlick in 2009 and is modeled on one made by Goujon in 1748 and offers...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (01/10/2012/01/11/2012)....continue...

Francois Couperin: Vol. 1 - The Tragic Muse; Pieces de Clavecin / Andrew Appel, harpsichord

1 CD / Orchid Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: François Couperin: 8e ordre for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, II); 3e ordre for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, I)
Performers: Appel, Andrew

Acclaimed American harpsichordist Andrew Appel here performs core repertoire for his instrument that is by turns both elegant and dramatic. Andrew Appel has embarked upon...continue...
Recording information: St. Mary's Church, Hudson, NY (09/1999)....continue...

Couperin: Les Nations / Jed Wentz, Musica Ad Rhenum

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: François Couperin: Les Nations, sonatas & suites for 2 violins & continuo
Conductors: Wentz, Jed
Ensemble: Musica ad Rhenum

Though Couperin was a contemporary of J.S. Bach, his fashionable life at Versailles could serve to make that great German seem quite stodgy. Always at...continue...
Recording information: Maria Minot, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2004)....continue...

Couperin: Les Nations / Ensemble Les Ombres

2 CD / Ambronay / 2012-11-13

Works: François Couperin: Les Nations, sonatas & suites for 2 violins & continuo
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Ombres

Although the composers of the French baroque were remarkably prolific, they left us relatively little chamber music. Luckily, the few works extant are as well-written...continue...
Recording information: Eglise Saint-Rémy, Dieppe (04/01/2012-04/09/2012); Temple Lanterne, Lyon, France (04/01/2012-04/09/2012); Eglise Saint-Rémy, Dieppe (06/06/2012); Temple Lanterne, Lyon...continue...

Baroque Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo; L' Incoronazione di Poppea; George Frederick Handel: Serse; Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Dixit Dominus; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Water Mu...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Auger, Arleen; Bianchini, Chiara [Violin]; Brosse, Jean-Patrice; Caens, Thierry; Daniels, David; Deletre, Bernard; Desrochers, Isabelle; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Hantai, Jerom...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Norrington, Roger; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Reyne, Hugo; ; Christie, William; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Niquet, Hervé; Cohën-Akenine, Patri...
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Folies Françoises; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players; Trio Sonnerie

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

The Trio Sonata In 18th Century France - Couperin; Leclair; Boismortier; Guignon / London Baroque

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-08-16

Works: François Couperin: L'impériale, for 2 violins & continuo (Les Nations); Charles Dollé: Trio Sonata for violin, flute & continuo in G minor, Op. 1/6; Jean-Marie Leclair: Trio sonata for...
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Ensemble: London Baroque

With the previous installment of their survey of the trio sonata during the 17th and 18th centuries, the four members of London Baroque offered up...continue...

François Couperin: Pieces de clavecin (Harpsichord pieces) / Blandine Verlet, harpsichord

2 CD / Aparte / 2012-08-14

Works: François Couperin: 7e ordre for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, II); 8e ordre for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, II); 25e ordre for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, IV)...
Performers: Verlet, Blandine

Blandine Verlet is one of the last living legends of the harpsichord. After a few years of absence from the recording studio, she makes her...continue...
Recording information: l'Église Saint Rémi de Franc Warêt (Belgique) (11/12/2011-11/16/2011)....continue...

Marais: Pièces de Violes IIIe Livre / Dornenburg, et al

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-08-01

Works: Marin Marais: Pièces de viole, Book 3; Jean-Henri D'Anglebert: Pièces de clavecin; François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 2
Performers: Dornenburg, John; Proud, Malcolm; Tetenbaum, Lynn

Marin Marais was a preeminent player of the viol. He became first Musicien du Roy for Louis XIV in 1676 at the age of 20....continue...

Passacaglia - works by Reger, Buxtehude, Mendelssohn, Couperin, Kerll, Bach, et al. / Matthias Havinga, organ

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Max Reger: Introduction and Passacaglia for organ in D minor; Dietrich Buxtehude: Passacaglia for organ in D minor, BuxWV 161; Felix Mendelssohn: Little Piece (Passacaglia) for organ in C minor [Litt...
Performers: Havinga, Matthias

This original program by organist Matthias Havinga plays on the theme of the passacaglia throughout history: from its formal maturity in the 17th century through...continue...
Recording information: Kotka, Finland (09/16/2010-09/17/2010)....continue...

Couperin: The Complete Organ Masses / James Tibbles, organ

2 CD / Paladino Music / 2012-07-31

Works: François Couperin: Mass for Organ no 1 "à l'usage ordinaire des paroisses"; Chromorne sur la taille-Gloria
Performers: Tibbles, James
Conductors: Tibbles, James

James Tibbles is one of New Zealand's leading players of historic keyboards, having an active career as a soloist, accompanist, recording artist and conductor. The...continue...
Recording information: Église Notre Dame de la Nativité, Rosay-en-Brie, France (07/04/2011-07/08/2011); Music Theatre, University of Auckland, New Zealand (07/04/2011-07/08/2011); Églis...continue...

Baroque Conversations: works by Rameau, Feldman, Soler, Couperin, Porat, Handel et al. / David Greilsammer, piano

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-07-31

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Gavotte et Doubles; Morton Feldman: Piano Piece 1964, for piano; Antonio Soler: Sonata for Keyboard no 84 in D major; François Couperin: Les Baricades mistérieuses...
Performers: Greilsammer, David

Sony Classical is proud to announce the release of Baroque Conversations, the debut album from the visionary and internationally acclaimed pianist and conductor, David Greilsammer....continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem (10/10/2011-10/12/2011)....continue...

A Tribute to Gustav Leonhardt: The Last Recordings / with Philippe Herreweghe, Elisabeth Joye, Gilles Cantagrel

5 CD / Alpha Productions / 2012-07-10

Works: François Couperin: Messe propre pour les convents de religieux & religieuses; Suite 1, for viola da gamba & continuo (Pièces de viole); Suite 2, for viola da gamba & continuo (Piè...
Performers: Leonhardt, Gustav; Valetti, Pablo
Conductors: ; Leonhardt, Gustav
Ensemble: Café Zimmerman; Café Zimmermann

Alpha pays homage to Gustav Leonhardt in a lavish box set comprising the last five recordings made by this great pioneer. The set also includes...continue...

Alfred Deller - Portrait of a Legend: Opera & Stage; Sacred Song; Solo Song; Folksong [4 CDs]

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Indian Queen, Z 630; Olinda in the shades unseen, song, Z. 404; Thus to a ripe, consenting maid (from "Old Bachelor"), so...
Performers: Arditti, Irvine; Bevan, Maurice; Buttrey, John; Chapuis, Michel; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupré, Desmond; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Elliott, R...
Conductors: Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: Deller Choir; Deller Consort; Jaye Consort of Viols; King's Musick; Stour Music Festival Chorus; Stour Music Festival Orchestra

An inspired and always deeply moving artist, Alfred Deller was not only one of the greatest countertenors of all time but also an exceptional musician...continue...

Portrait of François Couperin - Suites for viola de gamba & keyboard / Emmanuelle Guigues, Bruno Procopia

1 CD / Paraty / 2012-06-12

Works: François Couperin: Suite 2, for viola da gamba & continuo (Pièces de viole); La Manon, for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, I, 1ère ordre); La Garnier, for harpsichord (Pi...
Performers: Abramowicz, Sylvia; Cassaigne, Remi; Guigues, Emanuelle; Procopio, Bruno

Paraty Records offers homage to François Couperin on this disc, which includes two suites for viola da gamba and basso continuo, the fourteenth Royal Concert,...continue...
Recording information: Chaumont-en-Vexin, France (10/2009)....continue...

Le Clavecin Français: François Couperin Pièces de Clavecin Premier Livre (1713)

3 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-05-29

Works: François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin...premier livre, for harpsichord; Sicilienne, for harpsichord (Pièces choisies pour le clavecin)
Performers: Moroney, Davitt

Harpsichord Music for a Thin Place - works by F. Couperin, L. Couperin, Forqueray and J.S. Bach / Paul Cienniwa, harpsichord

1 CD / Whaling City Sounds / 2012-05-08

Works: François Couperin: Premier prélude for harpsichord in C major (L'Art de toucher le clavecin); Quatrième prélude for harpsichord in F minor (L'art de toucher le clavecin); Cinqui&#...
Performers: Cienniwa, Paul

This recording contains slow, meditative harpsichord pieces, favoring major keys over minor keys. From the selection of repertoire to its preparation to the recording venue...continue...
Recording information: St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Swansea, MA (09/07/2011-09/08/2011)....continue...

Les Graces Francoises: Music Of The French Baroque / Les Grâces

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-05-08

Works: Nicolas Bernier: Le Caffé, for ensemble; François Couperin: Neuviéme Concert, intitulé "Ritratto Dell'Amore"; Marin Marais: Prélude, for viola da gamba & continuo in A minor ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Grâces

The early music ensemble Les Grâces, offers a program of music of the French Baroque. Founded in 2008 the ensemble of soprano, viola da gamba,...continue...
Recording information: Hertz Hall, University of California, Berkeley (06/03/2010-06/05/2010)....continue...

For the Moment - Duos for two cellos by Boccherini, Flores, Albeniz, Boismortier, Kosma, Gliere et al. / Violoncello a deux

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-05-08

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Sonata in C; Carlos Vicente Geroni Flores: A la luz del Candil, tango song; Gabriel Koeppen: Jiddish Song, for cello duo; Édith Piaf: La vie en rose, song; Luis Teisseire: Cala...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Violoncello à Deux

A selection of colorful and well-known tunes in new arrangements for "violoncello à deux."...continue...
Recording information: MusicMakingPeople Studio, Düsseldorf, Germany (03/2011)....continue...

François Couperin: Apothéoses / Ricercar Consort

1 CD / Mirare / 2012-04-10

Works: François Couperin: Le Parnasse, ou L'Apothéose de Corelli, trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo (Les Goûts réunis); L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & c...
Conductors: Pierlot, Philippe
Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

Philippe Pierlot and his superb Ricercar Consort present the two Apothéoses by François Couperin, written in the memory of Arcangelo Corelli and Jean-Baptiste Lully respectively....continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Jean-L'Évangéliste de Beaufays, Belgium (09/2010)....continue...

Couperin: Les nations / Kuijken Ensemble

2 CD / Accent / 2012-04-02

Works: François Couperin: Les Nations, sonatas & suites for 2 violins & continuo
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kuijken Ensemble

The Grandeur of the Baroque / David Russell, guitar

1 CD / Telarc / 2012-02-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita no 6 in E minor, BWV 830; Three-Part Invention (Sinfonia), for keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 788 (BC L43); Three-Part Invention no 11 in G minor, BWV 797; Three-Part In...
Performers: Russell, David [Guitar]

Multi award winning guitarist David Russell's latest recording for Telarc features a collection of some of his favourite music from the baroque repertoire including five...continue...
Recording information: Clonick Hall, Oberlin Conservatory of Music....continue...

Holzhey Organ Rot an der Rot: works by Bach, Couperin, Lefebure-Wely, Rheinberger et al. / Franz Raml, organ

1 CD / Oehms / 2012-01-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasie in G major, BWV 572; Pastorale in F major, BWV 590; François Couperin: Messa a l'usage des paroisses; Messa a l'usage des couvents; Anonymous: Toccata for organ; ...
Performers: Raml, Franz

This recording features the enormous range of the great Holzhey organ of the former monastery church Rot an der Rot with works from the baroque,...continue...
Recording information: St. Verena, Rot an der Rot, Germany (07/2011)....continue...

A Tribute to Pierre Fournier: works by Martinu, Vivaldi, Couperin / John Walz, cello; Edith Orloff, piano

1 CD / Yarlung / 2012-01-31

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1; Concerto for Cello no 1, H. 196 (3 versions); Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Cello, strings & continuo in E minor, RV 409; François Couperin: Pi...
Performers: Orloff, Edith; Walz, John
Conductors: Feeman, Paul
Ensemble: Czech National Symphony Orchestra

This album features John Walz, master cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra and first chair of the Los Angeles Opera orchestra. Walz dedicated this album...continue...

Couperin: Exultent Superi; Motets Choisis / Edward Higginbottom

1 CD / Novum / 2012-01-31

Works: François Couperin: Resonent organa, motet for St. Cécile, 3 voices, 2 violins & continuo; Tantum ergo sacramentum, motet for 3 voices & continuo; Ornate aras, motet for voice(s), 2 violins ...
Performers: Coltart, George; Cutting, Guy; Edwards, Tom; Higginbottom, Edward; Pritchard, Nick; Saunderson, Duncan
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: ; Collegium Novum

From the foreword by Edward Higginbottom: When I wrote the entry on François Couperin for the New Grove Dictionary of Music, I read through every...continue...
Recording information: St Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (03/21/2011-03/24/2011)....continue...

French Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, symphonic movement for orchestra (Mouvement symphoniqu...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Amar, Genevieve; Baumont, Olivier; Demarquette, Henri; Domingo, Placido; Engerer, Brigitte; Fontaine, Robert; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hadley, Jerry; Jo, Sumi; Larmore, J...
Conductors: Devos, Louis; Dutoit, Charles; Sado, Yutaka; Runnicles, Donald; Jordan, Armin; Nagano, Kent; Janowski, Marek; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boulez, Pierre; Carella, Giuliano; Jennings, Joseph; Barenboim, Dan...
Ensemble: ; Chanticleer; Ensemble InterContemporain

1 1/2 hours of French sparkle and wit...continue...

A French Soirée / Rachel Barton Pine, Trio Settecento

1 CD / Cedille / 2011-11-15

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Ballet Royal de Flore; François Couperin: Les Goûts réunis; Sicilienne, for harpsichord (Pièces choisies pour le clavecin); Gavotte, for harpsichord (Piè...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Settecento

A French Soirée is the newest installment in Trio Settecento's acclaimed, country-by-country grand tour of the European Baroque on Cedille Records. Performing on antique instruments...continue...
Recording information: Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, Evans (08/10/2010-08/14/2010)....continue...

A Tribute to Phyllis Sellick - Couperin, Tippett, etc / Phyllis Sellick

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: François Couperin: Le Bavolet-flotant, for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, II, 9e ordre); Le Carillon de Cythére, for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, III, 14e ordre); Jean-Phili...
Performers: Sellick, Phyllis

The death of Phyllis Selllick in 2007 removed the last of the great British female pianists of her generation - artists who had begun to...continue...

Couperin: Concerts Royaux / Haynes, Haas, Napper

1 CD / ATMA / 2011-08-30

Works: François Couperin: Les Goûts réunis ou Nouveaux Concerts, for various instruments; Cinquième prélude for harpsichord in A major (L'art de toucher le clavecin); Pièces ...
Performers: Haas, Arthur; Napper, Susan

Bruce Haynes was one of the pioneers of the 20th-century renaissance of Baroque wind instruments. In memory of his death last May, ATMA is re-issuing...continue...

The Art of the Chorister: works by Alain, Bach, Couperin, Hewstone and Jenkinson

1 CD / Novum / 2011-08-30

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Laudate pueri ("O praise the Lord"), motet for female chorus & organ in E flat major, Op. 39/2; Veni Domine ("Hear my prayer, O Lord"), motet for female chorus & organ in G minor,...
Performers: Brooks, Robert; Hewstone, William; Jenkinson, Henry; Jones, Otta; Newsholme, David; Wearne, Nicholas
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: Choir Of New College Oxford

The English 'cathedral' tradition is defined by the sound and musicianship of choristers: in New College's case, boys aged between 9 and 13. A mixture...continue...
Recording information: New College Chapel (03/19/2006-03/20/2006); New College Chapel (07/10/2006)....continue...

Court of the Sun King / works by Lully, Couperin, Gilles, Grigny, Lalande, et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Erato / 2011-07-26

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Troisième Magnificat à 4 voix, motet for 4 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 79; Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H...
Performers: Abdoun, Georges; Alain, Marie-Claire; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Arizcuren, Elias; Backensteiner, Anne-Marie; Beckensteiner, Anne-Marie; Bessac, Francine; Boulay, Laurence; Brodard, Michel; Ca...
Conductors: Martini, Louis; Paillard, Jean-François; Devos, Louis; Frémaux, Louis; Corboz, Michel; Boulay, Laurence; Caillard, Philippe; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Cabré, Josep; Caillat, Stép...
Ensemble: ; Chorale des Jeunesses Musicales de France; Ensemble Vocal Stéphane Caillat; Gulbenkian Orchestra; Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra; Musica Polyphonica

The Court of the Sun King is a 10CD set celebrating both the glories of the French Baroque and the glories of the Erato catalogue....continue...

Most Relaxing Classics / Cziffra, Meyer, Plasson, Lawrence-King

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto for Clarinet no 2; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for lute and two violins in D; François Couperin: Les Baricades mistérieuses, for harpsichord (Pièces ...
Performers: Bailes, Anthony; Cziffra, György; Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Lawrence-King, Andrew; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Ragin,...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; ; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Parrott, Andrew; Plasson, Michel; Downes, Edward; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Wallberg, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Danske Strings

Known Unknowns: Concertos by CPE Bach, Haydn, Boccherini, Couperin / Lynn Harrell, cello

1 CD / Azica / 2011-07-26

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto for cello, strings & continuo ("No. 3") in A major, H. 439, Wq. 172; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, H. 7b/2 (Op. 101); Luigi Boccherini: C...
Performers: Carver, Lucinda; Erdody, Stephen; Gigante, Julie; Kato, Roland; Nightengale, Helen
Conductors: Nowak, Michael
Ensemble: Angeli Ensemble

In June, Lynn Harrell also appears on "The Known Unknowns" from Azica Records. Accompanied by the Angeli Ensemble, Harrell performs some of the most known...continue...
Recording information: Colburn School of Music, Los Angeles (2008-12-29_2008-12-31&2009-)....continue...

All Time Classics with Marian Arnold

3 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-19

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 174 'Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte' (I love the most High with my whole heart; François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 2; Claud...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Peter; Forbes, Colin; Harvey, Michael Kieran; Hutchinson, Joyce; Kirkby, Emma; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lacey, Genevieve; Pinn...
Conductors: ; Kleiber, Carlos; Pesek, Libor; Tate, Jeffrey; Kempe, Rudolf; Khachaturian, Aram; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Santi, Nello; De Waart, Edo; Challender, Stuart; Thomas, Patrick; Hopkins, John
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players; The English Concert

Essential Harp / Nancy Allen, Ann Griffiths, Julia Thornton, Annie Challan, et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Harp Concerto in B flat, Op. 4/6 (from the film Interview with the Vampire); Theme and Variations for harp in G minor (spurious); Antonio Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D, RV 93 (...
Performers: Allen, Nancy [Harp]; Challan, Annie; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Galway, James [Flute]; Geliot, Martine; Griffiths, Ann; Helmis, Fritz; Klinko, Markus; Nordmann, Marielle; Shifrin, David; Thornt...
Conductors: Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Olah, Erno; Karajan, Herbert von; ; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Guschelbauer, Theodor; Witold, Jean; Bátiz, Enrique; Cluytens, André
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Instrumental Sinfonia; Paris National Opera Orchestra

Inspired By Bells: English & French Music for Carillon & Recorder

1 CD / Globe / 2011-07-12

Works: John Jenkins: The Five Bells, suite for lyra viol consort in D major; Pavan, for 6 parts in A minor ("The Belle Pavine"), MB39; Giles Farnaby: A Toye; Giles Farnaby's Dream; His Rest; Peter Philips: ...
Performers: Abbenes, Arie; Coolen, Saskia

In this very unique program, renowned virtuoso recorder player Saskia Coolen steps into the world of Jacob van Eyck....continue...
Recording information: Protestantse kerk, Cothen (2010-05-??&2010-07-??&2010-)....continue...

François Couperin: Pièces de Clavecin, Ordre 8 & 24 / Lisa Goode Crawford, harpsichord

1 CD / Centaur / 2011-07-03

Works: François Couperin: 8e ordre for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, II); 24e ordre for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, IV)
Performers: Crawford, Lisa Goode

Recording information: Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France (05/27/2008-06/05/2008)....continue...

Thomas Adès: America - A Prophecy

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Thomas Adès: America (a prophecy), for soprano & large orchestra (optional large chorus), Op. 19; The Fayrfax Carol; Fool's Rhymes, for chorus, harp, prepared piano, organ & percussion, Op. 5; J...
Performers: Benjafield, Richard; Bickley, Susan; Blaze, Robin; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Maltman, Christopher; McFadden, Claron; Poster, Tom; Watkins, Huw; Webb, Hugh
Conductors: Adès, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Composers Ensemble

The music of Thomas Adès taps into the spirit of our restless times with unquiet brilliance and an uncompromising vigour evident throughout this survey of...continue...

Ring a Ring O'Roses

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-04-26

Works: John Playford: Work(s); Division for trebles; English Traditional: Ring around the Rosie, children's song (a.k.a. "Ring a ring o' roses"); All in a garden green, folk song; The Duke of York; Golden S...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musica Donum Dei

This album brings together familiar nursery rhymes and folk tunes that we learn as children. It is a telling tribute to the durability of these...continue...

György Cziffra in Prague 1955

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata in B minor, Wq 55/3; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in F major, K 446/L 433; Sonata for Harpsichord in C major, K 159/L 104; Sonata for keyboard in A maj...
Performers: Cziffra, György

This recital by Georges Cziffra is extremely rare, having been remastered from a collector's LP. Out of the four Scarlatti Sonatas, Cziffra includes three that...continue...