This latest MarchVivo release is a remastering of the concert given by Benjamin Alard at the FundaciÃ³n Juan March on 1 February 2020 as part of a series entitled The Couperins at the harpsichord. The album focuses on the stylistic connections between different members of the most significant family in the history of the French Baroque: the Couperins. The harpsichord epitomized the intimacy and sophistication of salon music and, with the repertoire they composed for their instrument, the clavecinistes franÃ§ais helped forge a distinctive national style. This was renewed and enlivened by successive generations of the Couperin dynasty as they introduced innovative aspects of contemporary Italian style into their works, thereby creating an eloquent new idiom that was to have a lasting influence on the history of keyboard music.

Tracklist:

Suite in A minor. Allemande (Bauyn Manuscript)
Suite in A minor. Courante (Bauyn Manuscript)
Suite in A minor. Sarabande (Bauyn Manuscript)
Tombeau de M. de Blancrocher
Chaconne
art de toucher le clavecin~Allemande
QuatorziÃ¨me ordre de piÃ¨ces de clavecin~Le rossignol-en-amour
QuatorziÃ¨me ordre de piÃ¨ces de clavecin~Les fauvettes plaintives
QuatorziÃ¨me ordre de piÃ¨ces de clavecin~Le carillon de CithÃ¨re
QuatorziÃ¨me ordre de piÃ¨ces de clavecin~Le petit-rien
ChÃ©ron
AffligÃ©e
quatre nations~La FranÃ§oise
Chaconne de M. Couperin in F major

UPC: 8436605991467
Label: Marchvivo
Release Date: 1.13.23
Format: CD

Couperin / Alard - Couperin Family (CD)