Composer: François Couperin
Performer: Mathilde Vialle, Louise Bouedo-Mallet, Thibaut Roussel, Sébastien Daucé
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles
Catalogue: CVS035
Release: 2021
Size: 1.32 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Suite en mi
01. Prélude, Gravement
02. Allemande, Légère
03. Courante
04. Sarabande, Grave
05. Gavote, Gracieusement, sans lenteur
06. Gigue, Gayment
07. Passacaille ou Chaconne
08. Les Idées Heureuses, Tendrement, sans lenteur
09. La Mézangère, Luthe mesuré
10. Le Tic Toc Choc ou Les Maillotins, rondeau légèrement et marqué
11. La Chazé, Très lié, sans lenteur
12. Les Sylvains
13. La Ménetou, rondeau, Gracieusement, sans lenteur
Suite en la
14. Prélude, Gravement
15. La Fuguette
16. La Pompe Funèbre, Très gravement
17. La Chemise Blanche, Très viste
18. La Séduisante, Tendrement, sans lenteur
19. Le Dodo ou l’Amour au Berceau, rondeau
If the cherished corpus of Pièces de Violes by François Couperin Le Grand, the celebrated organist of the Chapelle Royale de Versailles, constitutes a major contribution to the viol repertoire in France at the beginning of the 18th century, this unique volume published in Paris in 1728 is also shrouded in mystery for any musician who might wish to immerse himself in these sumptuous pieces. Might they have been composed for an exceptional performer, Marin Marais or Antoine Forqueray, Couperin’s colleagues at the Court of Louis XIV? Arranged in two suites of splendid pieces, blending Italian and French styles, they represent all the spirit and finesse of the music of the King’s Chamber at its apogee. Accompanied by the finest French musicians, Mathilde Vialle divinely plays her viol, in turn both devilish and sweet-toned, intense and acute, virtuoso and sensitive, and through such outstanding portraits of the human soul, brings the spirit of Versailles to life by exalting it….