Composer: Armand-Louis Couperin
Performer: Yago Mahúgo
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Brilliant Classics
Catalogue: 95459
Release: 2021
Size: 2.35 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Pièces De Clavecin in G Major
01. I. La Victoire
02. II. Allemande
03. III. Courante. La De Croissy
04. IV. Les Cacqueteuses
05. V. La Grégoire
06. Vi. L’intrépide
07. VII. Menuets in G Major I & II
08. VIII. L’arlequine Ou La Adam
09. IX. La Blanchet
10. X. La De Boisgelou
11. XI. La Foucquet
12. XII. La Semillante Ou La Joly
Pièces De Clavecin in B-Flat Major
13. I. La Turpin
14. II. Gavottes I & II
15. III. Menuets in B Major I & II
16. IV. La Du Breüil
17. V. La Chéron
18. Vi. L’affligée
19. VII. L’enjouée
20. VIII. Les Tendres Sentiments
21. IX. Rondeau. Gracieux
Les Quatre Nations:
22. I. L’italienne
23. II. L’angloise
24. III. L’allemande
25. IV. La Françoise
26. La Chasse
Armand-Louis Couperin was a notable French composer, organist, and harpsichordist of the late Baroque and early Classical period. He was a member of the Couperin family of musicians, of which the most famous were his great uncle Louis and his cousin François. He was born in Paris and was raised by his father, Nicolas, also a composer and the successor to François “Le Grand” as organist at Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais Church in 1748, a post Armand-Louis inherited after his father’s death. Subsequent posts included the Notre Dame (from 1755), the Sainte Chapelle (from 1760), L’église Sainte-Marguerite, and the royal chapel (from 1770).
Armand-Louis Couperin was one of the last great harpsichord composers of France, and he remained attached stylistically to la grande tradition française. His works show a bold harmonic language, a remarkable degree of improvisational impulse and a tendency to explore new ways of using the instrument.
Harpsichordist Yago Mahúgo is winner of several prestigious Competitions, notably the Bruges Early Music Competition. His previous recordings on Brilliant Classics of works by Royer, Clérembault and Marchand received several 5 star reviews in international music magazines, and a “CD of the Month” in the Spanish magazine Scherzo.