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Couperin: Concerts Royaux

Pierre Gallon

Classical - Released March 15, 2024 | harmonia mundi

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François Couperin's Concerts Royaux were keyboard dance suites from 1714, preceding those of the set known as Les Goûts Réunis. Couperin wrote them for a single keyboard but noted that they could also be performed by a small ensemble, and the many available recordings of the pieces have availed themselves of both options. This one by Pierre Gallon and Matthieu Boutineau, however, is unique; it is for two harpsichords, with a few continuo additions from theorbo and Baroque guitar. The suites are presented as versions for two harpsichords; these are not credited to anyone but have been created by the performers. The reasoning for this, as presented in the booklet, draws from the ideas that Couperin, even if he did not suggest this option, clearly imagined the instrumentation as flexible, that Couperin did suggest a two-harpsichord option for the Apothéoses for chamber ensemble, and that harpsichord works by the composer Gaspard Le Roux were said by the composer to be playable on two harpsichords. These factors do not quite prove the point being made by the performance, and this recording might better be regarded as an elaboration on Couperin's music. In some pieces, the two players each perform the bass line, distributing the rest of the music between them, and this creates a rich, monumental sound that differs quite a bit from the usual intimate detail one associates with Couperin. The effect is intensified by Harmonia Mundi's booming church sound environment, which doesn't correspond with what Couperin imagined, either. It is true that those who want the versions Couperin himself approved have plenty of major recordings to choose from, and this one is genuinely novel. The bottom line is that a bit of sampling will inform listeners as to whether they find the approach convincing or not.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Trois siècles d'orgue à Notre Dame de Paris

Olivier Latry

Classical - Released April 22, 2012 | naïve classique

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Handel: Suites de pièces pour le clavecin

Paolo Zanzu

Classical - Released May 5, 2017 | Musica Ficta

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J.S. Bach: Miscellaneous Pieces for Harpsichord

Pieter-Jan Belder

Classical - Released September 28, 2022 | Brilliant Classics

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Over a career spanning more than 30 years, the Dutch harpsichordist and conductor Pieter-Jan Belder has become renowned as a Bach interpreter with his surveys in concert and on record of the keyboard and orchestral masterpieces such as The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Brandenburg Concertos and no fewer than three recordings of the Goldberg Variations. On this album, recorded in 2020 and 2021 on a modern Titus Crijnen copy of a Ruckers model, Pieter-Jan Belder turns to the overlooked corners of Bach’s early writing for the harpsichord. These include standalone fugues, fantasias and suites based on themes by contemporary composers such as Reincken and Albinoni. Nevertheless, there is no sense of routine or technical exercise about them. The pieces here are almost all extrovert, playing to the strengths of the young Bach as a performer as well as composer, and already demonstrating that confidence which would go on to mark his mature compositions. An appreciation of French flair is discernible in the F minor Suite, BWV 823 and elsewhere, but the dominant influence is the keyboard writing of Girolamo Frescobaldi, whose toccatas and canzonas were studied by Bach from an early age. The better-known pieces here include the sober and songful Aria variata, BWV 989 with its courtly French theme, and the E-flat Prelude, Fugue and Allegro originally written for lute, but which also finds a happy home on the harpsichord. The most famous but also most uncharacteristic piece is the mysterious Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother which appears to be a work of Bach’s late teenage years, though no definite corroborative proof of its commission or purpose has yet come to light. Rather, it seems unique in Bach’s output as a humorous parody of styles and emotions. © Brilliant Classics
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Érik Satie by France Clidat - Piano Works: 3 Gymnopédies, Gnossiennes..

France Clidat

Classical - Released November 6, 2020 | Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording

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Time Zones

Lautten Compagney

Classical - Released November 6, 2020 | deutsche harmonia mundi

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Abdel Rahman El Bacha: Arabesques

Abdel Rahman El Bacha

Classical - Released February 9, 2018 | Mirare

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Haendel, Marais & Destouches: Semele

Les Ombres

Classical - Released January 26, 2015 | Mirare

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Plus fort que l'orage

Bekar

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released March 30, 2023 | Panenka Music

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Oh, ma belle brunette

A Nocte Temporis - Reinoud Van Mechelen

Classical - Released May 27, 2022 | Alpha Classics

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The term "brunette" refers not only to a young woman with brown hair, but also to a musical form that was highly fashionable from the late seventeenth century to the early eighteenth. The genre evolved from the air de cour, extremely popular in France since the beginning of the seventeenth century. The compositional process, however, remained very similar: to write a short, tender song, dealing with themes of love or nature, which could be sung alone or accompanied by a harmonic instrument. The late seventeenth century also saw the appearance of an instrument that soon became a favourite of composers and amateur musicians: the German flute, now called the traverso or Baroque flute. In this new programme, tenor Reinoud van Mechelen, flautist Anna Besson and A nocte temporis present an anthology of airs and brunettes ranging from the most touching song to the heartiest drinking song (air à boire). © Alpha Classics
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Träume und Visionen

Les Escapades

Chamber Music - Released September 15, 2023 | Christophorus

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Satie: Gymnopedies & Gnossiennes etc.

Anne Queffélec

Classical - Released August 2, 2004 | Warner Classics

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Satie: Piano Works

Anne Queffélec

Classical - Released July 3, 2006 | Warner Classics

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Plus fort que l'orage

Bekar

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released May 31, 2023 | Panenka Music

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Plus fort que l'orage

Bekar

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released November 29, 2023 | Panenka Music

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Satie: Piano Works

Pascal Rogé

Classical - Released January 1, 1989 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

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The Music of Erik Satie

Alessandro Simonetto (Pianist, Harpsichordist)

Classical - Released September 18, 2023 | OnClassical

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Pièces de clavecin & airs d'après M. de Lully

Café Zimmermann

Classical - Released January 1, 2005 | Alpha Classics

Once again, Alpha has released a package that combines aesthetic edification with intellectual education, superlative performances with exquisite production values, sublime art with mundane commerce. The conceit here is Jean-Henri d'Anglebert's virtuosic and characterful harpsichord suites, as well as his arrangements of excerpts from Lully's ballets and operas played by Céline Frisch, coupled with performances of Lully's originals played by Café Zimmerman, and concluded with Frisch playing five of d'Anglebert's fugues for organ. Thus the listener is able to hear not only insightful and exciting performances of d'Anglebert's music, but to hear them in context of brilliant performances of the originals, thereby setting the seal on d'Anglebert's inventiveness. Frisch is a first-rate player with a powerful technique, a complete command of the keyboard, and a wonderfully fresh approach to the repertoire. The chamber orchestra Café Zimmerman attacks Lully's originals with spirit, sensitivity, and fire. And as always, Alpha's sound is warm, close, and real. Anyone who enjoys the music of the French Baroque will enjoy this two-disc set.© TiVo
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Amarante

Céline Scheen

Classical - Released November 12, 2010 | Flora

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Satie, E.: Pieces Froides / Gnossiennes / Gymnopedies

Patrick Cohen

Classical - Released January 1, 1998 | Glossa