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Couperin: Complete Solo Harpsichord Music / Mahúgo
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Couperin: Complete Solo Harpsichord Music / Mahúgo

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Composer
COUPERIN, ARMAND LOUIS
Artist
Yago Mahugo
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Aug 27, 2021
Catalog #
BRI95459
UPC
5028421954592

About

Towards the end of the renowned Couperin dynasty, Armand-Louis was born in 1727 as the nephew of François Couperin (‘le grand’), and in due course he became titulaire organist at the Église Saint-Gervais in the Marais district of Paris, as generations of Couperins in a continuous sequence stretching back to 1653. In 1752 he married Elisabeth-Antoinette Blanchet, daughter of the harpsichord-maker François-Étienne Blanchet and herself the third generation of a family of musicians and luthiers. They had four children, three of whom lived to maturity and became musicians, including their son Pierre, who succeeded Armand-Louis at Saint- Gervais after a tragic accident with a runaway horse brought about the composer’s premature end in 1789. It has been suggested that personal modesty, as well as the demands of a schedule which saw him in demand at churches across Paris, was the cause of Armand-Louis publishing so little of his music. Certainly it was highly esteemed during his lifetime. These Pièces de Clavecin were published in 1751 as his ‘Opus 1’ and succeeded only by lesser-known collections of violin sonatas and trios. The Pièces de clavecin deserve consideration alongside the viol fantazias of Purcell and the Lachrymae of Dowland for their rich, saturated exploitation of an idiom passed its high noon. The collection is divided into two parts by key, G major/minor and B flat major/minor. The titles allude to friends and well-known figures of the time, and much is lost or rather buried within and between the notes in this kind of portraiture, yet the pieces spring to life in the right hands.

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 I. La Victoire 06:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. La Victoire
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  2. 2 II. Allemande 10:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    10:44
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  3. 3 III. Courante la de Croissy 04:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Courante la de Croissy
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  4. 4 IV. Les Cacqueteuses 02:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Les Cacqueteuses
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  5. 5 V. La Gregoire 04:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. La Gregoire
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  6. 6 VI. L'Intrepide: Rondeau 01:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. L'Intrepide: Rondeau
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  7. 7 VII. Menuet I-II 03:05
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Menuet I-II
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  8. 8 VIII. L'Arlequine ou La Adam: Rondeau 02:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. L'Arlequine ou La Adam: Rondeau
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  9. 9 IX. La Blanchet 03:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    IX. La Blanchet
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  10. 10 X. La de Boisgelou 04:25
    Track
    10
    Title
    X. La de Boisgelou
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  11. 11 XI. La Foucquet 02:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    XI. La Foucquet
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  12. 12 XII. La Semillante ou La Joly 05:37
    Track
    12
    Title
    XII. La Semillante ou La Joly
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  13. 13 XIII. La Turpin 05:39
    Track
    13
    Title
    XIII. La Turpin
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  14. 14 XIV. Gavotte I-II 03:41
    Track
    14
    Title
    XIV. Gavotte I-II
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  15. 15 XV. Menuet I-II 01:57
    Track
    15
    Title
    XV. Menuet I-II
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  16. 16 XVI. La du Breuil 05:08
    Track
    16
    Title
    XVI. La du Breuil
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  17. 17 XVII. La Cheron 05:07
    Track
    17
    Title
    XVII. La Cheron
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  18. 18 XVIII. L'Affligee 11:10
    Track
    18
    Title
    XVIII. L'Affligee
    Duration
    11:10
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  19. 19 XIX. L'Enjouee 04:10
    Track
    19
    Title
    XIX. L'Enjouee
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  20. 20 XX. Les Tendres Sentiments 04:24
    Track
    20
    Title
    XX. Les Tendres Sentiments
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  21. 21 XXI. Rondeau gracieux 02:42
    Track
    21
    Title
    XXI. Rondeau gracieux
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  22. 22 I. L'Italienne 04:28
    Track
    22
    Title
    I. L'Italienne
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  23. 23 II. L'Angloise 02:04
    Track
    23
    Title
    II. L'Angloise
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  24. 24 III. L'Allemande 03:32
    Track
    24
    Title
    III. L'Allemande
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  25. 25 IV. La Francoise 04:41
    Track
    25
    Title
    IV. La Francoise
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo
  26. 26 La chasse 02:07
    Track
    26
    Title
    La chasse
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Armand-Louis Couperin
    Performer
    Yago Mahúgo