Louis Couperin (c.1626-1661)

Louis Couperin edition vol.3: Chaconne de Mr Couperin

Pièces de clavecin

Bob van Asperen

Anonymous French harpsichord (c.1700), Villa Medici

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AE 80013 Louis Couperin: Complete works for harpsichord

Contents:
Louis Couperin (c.1626-1661) :
Suite in a ( Prélude à l'imitation de Mr. Froberger [6] - Allemande L'Amiable [101] - La Piémontaise [102] - Courante La Mignonne [105] - Courante [106] - Sarabande [108] - Sarabande [109] - Menuet de Poitou / Le Double du Menuet fait par Mr. Couperin [111] )
Suite in C ( Prélude [10] - "Allemande Louis Couperin" - Allemande Le Moutier de Mr de Chambonnières / Le Double du Moutier fait par Mr Couperin [126] - Courante [18] - Courante [19] - Sarabande [23] - Sarabande [24] - Sarabande [28] - Menuet [29] )
Suite in d ( Prélude non mesuré (anonym.) - Allemande [35] - Courante [38] - Courante [39] - Sarabande [44] - Sarabande [45] - Sarabande en Canon [47] - Gavotte [124] - Canaries [52] )
Suite in G ( Prélude (anonym.) - Allemande [83] - Courante [90] - Courante [91] - Courante [92] - Sarabande [87] )
Suite in c ( Prélude [128] - Allemande La Précieuse [30] - Courante [31] - Sarabande [32] - Gigue [33] - Chaconne La Bergeronnette [34] )
Suite in g ( Prélude [5] - Chaconne "1658" [121] )

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Bob van Asperen, Harpsichord
Playing time: 1:11 (h:m)
Booklet: 40p., English German French
Order Nr. AE 10124
EAN 4026798101244
Product category: SACD
Release date: 01/06/2013

Once again with a great effort, Bob van Asperen and AEOLUS have now realized the third volume of the Louis Couperin Edition. In addition, the valuable harpsichord from the Villa Medici in Rome has been recorded here for the first time in high resolution and with Surround-Sound technology. The Super Audio CD contains some of the wonderful harpsichord suites composed by Louis Couperin (an uncle of François Couperin), who lived in Paris in the 17th century.

The album's title, "Chaconne de Mr Couperin", refers to the genre of the chaconne, which is characteristic – together with the related genre of the passacaille – of Couperin's work. The thick booklet even provides the score of a recently discovered piece by Couperin.
The Couperin Edition will be made up of four volumes of harpsichord alone, and additionally offer the composer’s other preserved and seldom heard works.

€ 18,99 (including tax)

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CD Audio: Stereo

SACD: Stereo High Resolution + Multichannel Surround High Resolution

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Reviews on “Couperin: Louis Couperin edition vol.3: Chaconne de Mr Couperin”

Diapason Philippe Ramin, 10/2013 :

“Cette maturité et cette aisance face aux micro ménent l'auditeur au plus près du langage hyperexpessif de Louis Couperin. (...) Prise de son superlative - comme toujours chez Aeolus.”

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American Record Guide B.Lehman, October 2016 :

“Terrific ... Everything is so superlative, there is nothing more to say.”

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Klassieke Zaken Marcel Bijlo, 10/2013 :

“Couperin in flamboyante Stijl”

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Diapason :

Cette maturité et cette aisance face aux micro ménent l'auditeur au plus près du langage hyperexpessif de Louis Couperin. (...) Prise de son superlative - comme toujours chez Aeolus.