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Francois Couperin Edition

Francois Couperin Edition

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The “Bach” of the Sun King: François Couperin on 16 CDs for his 350th birthday. He came from a famous family of musicians, shaped an entire era of music history, combined the national styles of his time, was rediscovered only generations after his death and has been considered a national sounding monument in his homeland for over 100 years. Anyone here thinking of Johann Sebastian Bach is wrong this time: all this also applies to his contemporaries François Couperin, who would celebrate his 350th birthday on 10 November. The edition for this occasion combines a comprehensive, top-class retrospective of this grandmaster with an additional section containing historical photographs. A number of the remastered recordings are CD premieres — including the complete works for harpsichord in Laurence Boulay's recording. So that he was not confused with other offs of his clan, François Couperin was called “Le Grand”. The splendour of his work is also evident in his top-class departments: at the age of 25, the young organist won an audire, which brought him to the court of Louis XIV. He did not limit himself to playing the organ in Versailles, but taught members of the highest circles in harpsichords, composed music for keyboard instruments, church works and chamber music. Couperin was a master of small forms, his pieces are often influenced by poetic ideas and bear some enigmatic titles (The Mysterious Barricades, The Eel). His work inspired later colleagues such as Ravel and Debussy. The birthday edition features all of Couperin's work groups — interpreted by the greatest experts of early music such as William Christie, Frans Brüggen, Gustav Leonhardt, Christophe Rousset or John Eliot Gardiner. The historical recordings document Couperin interpretations by Georges Cziffra, Lynn Harrell and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, among others.
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Release Date:
2018-10-19
Publication Date:
2018-10-19
Publisher:
Erato (Warner)
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
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