Composer: François Couperin
Orchestra: Les Folies Françoises
Conductor: Patrick Cohen-Akenine
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles
Catalogue: CVS099
Release: 2023
Size: 1.12 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Premier concert
01. Prélude
02. Allemande
03. Sarabande
04. Gavotte
05. Gigue
06. Menuet en trio
Deuxième Concert
07. Prélude
08. Allemande fuguée
09. Air tendre
10. Air contre fugué
11. Échos
Troisième concert
12. Prélude
13. Allemande
14. Courante
15. Sarabande grave
16. Gavotte
17. Musette
18. Chaconne légère
Quatrième Concert
19. Prélude
20. Allemande
21. Courante Françoise
22. Courante à l’italienne
23. Sarabande
24. Rigaudon
25. Forlane en Rondeau
Louis XIV enjoyed holding private concerts for himself, performed by the musicians in his service. In 1714, Francois Couperin composed an ensemble of short pieces for this very purpose, brought together in four Concerts, each one a marvel of the King’s Chamber Music. By turns dancing or mysterious, the pieces by Couperin, who presided over the harpsichord during these musical moments in the twilight years of the Sun King’s reign, form a veritable compendium of Grand Siecle music. They dazzle like never before at the hands of Patrick Cohen-Akenine and his Folies Francoises…