Complete Works for Harpsichord

Couperin (Artist), Moroney (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 16, 1992)
• Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
• ASIN: B00008F6DG
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #765,801 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: I. Suite in C major: 9. Prélude

2. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: I. Suite in C major: 126. Allemande Le Moutier (Chambonnières). Double (Couperin)

3. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: I. Suite in C major: 17. Courante

4. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: I. Suite in C major: 28. Sarabande

5. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: I. Suite in C major: 24. Sarabande

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Disc: 2

1. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: VI. Suite in A major: 8. Prélude

2. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: VI. Suite in A major: 112. Courante

3. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: VI. Suite in A major: 113. Sarabande

4. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: VI. Suite in A major: 114. Gigue

5. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: VII. Prélude et Chaconne in G minor: 4. Prélude

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Disc: 3

1. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: XI. Suite in A minor: 6. Prélude à l'imitation de Mr. Froberger

2. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: XI. Suite in A minor: 101. Allemande L'Amiable

3. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: XI. Suite in A minor: 105. Courante La Mignonne

4. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: XI. Suite in A minor: 106. Courante

5. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: XI. Suite in A minor: 107. Sarabande

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Disc: 4

1. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: XVII. Trois pièces in G minor: 95. Sarabande

2. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: XVII. Trois pièces in G minor: 98. Passacaille

3. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: XVIII. Quatre pièces in G major: 83. Allemande

4. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: XVIII. Quatre pièces in G major: 90. Courante

5. Pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord: XVIII. Quatre pièces in G major: 86. Courante

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4.0 out of 5 stars A new sound world, March 23, 2011

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I have long been an admirer of the Laurence Cummings CD on Naxos, which included four suites. Many other issues of this music have been removed from the catalogue, including this one by Moroney. It was a pleasure to find it. Cummings has the perfect touch for the languid unmeasured preludes, chaconnes and passacaglia. Moroney's renditions are earthier, but no less impressive. The suites unfamiliar to me are a revelation. Discovering this music is a great pleasure. It is like one felt when encountering Francois Couperin's complete harpsichord works many years ago. Louis only had ten short years of composition before he died prematurely in his 30's, but his output is certainly as inspired as his illustrious nephew's. I would have given it five stars but the sound is rather muddy in places, probably due to the transistion from analogue tapes to CD.