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Couperin: Premier Livre De Clavecin - ORDRES I, II, III - Kenneth Gilbert (2 CDs)
Couperin: Premier Livre De Clavecin - ORDRES I, II, III - Kenneth Gilbert (2 CDs)
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Kenneth Gilbert - Harpsichord
Kenneth Gilbert’s complete recording of François Couperin’s Pièces de clavecin in 1970 was much more than a pioneering venture; he offered interpretations as virtuosic as they were elegant – and on a historical harpsichord. This first volume, devoted to the first three Ordres of the Premier Livre, conveys the infinite nobility of the immediately recognisable language forged by the most poetic French composer of the Grand Siècle. A thrilling step back in time with this great artist, who was to exert considerable influence on an entire generation of harpsichordists that followed.
Disc 1
Premier Ordre
sol/G
1Allemande. L'Auguste 3'19
2Première Courante 1'26
3Seconde Courante 2'11
4Sarabande. La Majestueuse 2'15
5Gavote 1'39
6La Milordine. Gigue. Gracieusement et légèrement 1'56
7Menuet & Double 2'25
8Les Silvains. Rondeau. Majestueusement, sans lenteur 4'44
9Les Abeilles. Rondeau. Tendrement 1'18
10La Nanète. Gayement 1'18
11Les Sentimens. Sarabande 3'00
12La Pastorelle. Naïvement 1'12
13Les Nonètes [I. Les Blondes. Tendrement. II. Les Brunes] 2'24
14La Bourbonnoise. Gavotte. Gayement 1'00
15La Manon. Vivement 1'19
16L'Enchanteresse. Rondeau 2'42
17La Fleurie ou la tendre Nanette. Gracieusement 2'51
18Les plaisirs de Saint Germain en Laÿe 3'05
Second Ordre
ré/D
19Allemande. La Laborieuse. Sans lenteur 4'45
20Première Courante 1'48
21Seconde Courante 2'15
22Sarabande. La Prude 2'16
23L'Antonine. Majestueusement, sans lenteur 1'44
24Gavotte 1'12
25Menuet 1'21
26Canaries & Doubles 2'24
27Passepied 2'11
28Rigaudon 2'16
29La Charoloise0'49
30La Diane. Gayement, Fanfare pour la Suitte de la Diane 2'06
31La Terpsicore. Modérément et marqué 4'19
Disc 2
Second Ordre
ré/D
1La Florentine. D'une légèreté tendre 2'06
2La Garnier. Modérément 4'20
3La Babet. Nonchalamment 2'08
4Les Idées heureuses. Tendrement, sans lenteur 5'02
5La Mimi. Affectueusement 1'44
6La Diligente. Légèrement 3'03
7La Flateuse. Affectueusement 2'48
8La Voluptueüse. Rondeau. Tendrement 2'50
9Les Papillons. Très légèrement 1'55
Troisième Ordre
ut/C
10La Ténébreuse. Allemande 4'01
11Première Courante 1'26
12Deuxième Courante 1'57
13La Lugubre. Sarabande 2'47
14Gavote 1'01
15Menuet 1'08
16Les Pélerines [La Marche, La Caristade, Le Remerciement] 3'33
17Les Laurentines 4'27
18L'Espagnolète. D'une légèreté modérée 1'39
19Les Regrets. Languissamment 4'01
20Les Matelotes Provençales. Gayement 2'47
21La Favorite. Chaconne à deux tems. Gravement, sans lenteur 4'45
22La Lutine. Très vivement et marqué 2'11

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