Composer: François Couperin
Performer: Andrew Appel
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Orchid Classics
Catalogue: ORC100026
Release: 2012
Size: 470 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Pieces de clavecin, Book 2: 8th Ordre in B minor
01. La Raphaele
02. Allemande L’Ausioniene
03. Premiere Courante
04. Seconde Courante
05. Sarabande L’unique
06. Gavotte
07. Rondeau
08. Gigue
09. La Morinete
10. Passacaille
Pieces de clavecin, Book 1: 3rd Ordre in C major-minor
11. La tenebreuse
12. Premiere courante
13. Seconde courante
14. La lugubre
15. Gavotte
16. Menuett
17. Les pelerines: La Marche
18. Les pelerines: La Caristade
19. Les pelerines: Le Remerciement
20. Les laurentines
21. L’Espagnolete
22. Les regrets
23. Les matelotes provencales
24. La lutine
25. La favorite
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 a project which will see him eventually record all of Couperin’s music for solo harpsichord, nine volumes in total of which this is Volume No.1.
Andrew Appel performs regularly as soloist and with his ensemble Four Nations throughout the United States and Europe, and is a member of the Smithsonian Players and Opera Lafayette. He has received much critical acclaim for his previous solo and ensemble recordings with Bridge Records and Gaudeamus.