Kenneth Gilbert’s complete recording of François Couperin’s Pièces de clavecin in 1970 was much more than a pioneering venture; he offered interpretations as virtuosic as...

Kenneth Gilbert’s complete recording of François Couperin’s Pièces de clavecin in 1970 was much more than a pioneering venture; he offered interpretations as virtuosic as they were elegant – and on a historical harpsichord. This first volume, devoted to the first three Ordres of the Premier Livre, conveys the infinite nobility of the immediately recognisable language forged by the most poetic French composer of the Grand Siècle. A thrilling step back in time with this great artist, who was to exert considerable influence on an entire generation of harpsichordists that followed.