L. Couperin: Complete Harpsichord Music / Berghella

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
July 28, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Louis Couperin
    • PERFORMER
      Massimo Berghella
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 28, 2023
    • UPC
      5028421962382
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96238
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      5
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prélude, BG 3

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    2. II. Allemande, BG 93

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    3. III. Courante, BG 94

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    4. IV. Sarabande, BG 95

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    5. V. Chaconne ou Passacaille, BG 96

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    6. VI. Sarabande, BG 97

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    7. VII. Passacaille, BG 98

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    8. Prélude, BG 1

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    9. Allemande, BG 36

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    10. Pièces de trois sortes de mouvemens, BG 37

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    11. Courante, BG 38

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    12. Courante, BG 39

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    13. Courante, BG 40

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    14. Courante, BG 41

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    15. Sarabande, BG 44

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    16. Sarabande en Canon, BG 47

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    17. Sarabande, BG 45

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    18. Sarabande, BG 46

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    19. Sarabande, BG 49

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    20. Sarabande, BG 48

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    21. Canaries, BG 52

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    22. Volte, BG 53

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    23. Chaconne, BG 55

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    24. I. Prélude, BG 2

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    25. II. Allemande, BG 58

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    26. III. Courante, BG 59

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    27. IV. Sarabande, BG 60

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    28. V. Gaillarde, BG 61

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    29. VI. Chaconne, BG 62

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    30. I. Prélude, BG 4

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    31. II. Allemande in B-Flat Major, BG 118

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    32. III. Courante in B-Flat Major, BG 119

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    33. IV. Chaconne, BG 121

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    34. Prélude non mesuré in G Minor, BG 5

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    35. Prélude à l'imitation de Monsieur Froberger, BG 6

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    36. La Piémontoise, BG 102

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    37. Allemande l'Amiable, BG 101

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    38. Courante, BG 106

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    39. Courante La Mignone, BG 105

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    40. Sarabande, BG 109

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    41. Sarabande, BG 110

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    42. Gavotte de Mr. Hardel (J. Hardel) - Double, BG 125

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    43. Prélude, BG 7

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    44. Allemande, BG 99

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    45. Courante, BG 103

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    46. Courante, BG 104

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    47. Sarabande, BG 107

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    48. Sarabande, BG 108

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    49. Menuet de Poitou et son Double, BG 111

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    50. I. Prélude, BG 8

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    51. II. Allemande in A Minor, BG 100

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    52. III. Courante, BG 112

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    53. IV. Sarabande, BG 113

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    54. V. Gigue, BG 114

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    55. Prélude, BG 9

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    56. Allemande, BG 15

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    57. Courante, BG 17

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    58. Courante, BG 16

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    59. Sarabande, BG 20

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    60. Sarabande, BG 21

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    61. Sarabande, BG 22

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    62. Sarabande, BG 23

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    63. Gavotte de Monsieur Le Bègue - Double par Mr [Louis] Couperin, BG 131

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    64. Chaconne, BG 26

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    65. Sarabande, BG 28

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    66. Menuet, BG 29

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    67. Prélude, BG 10

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    68. Prélude, BG 11

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    69. Le Moutier, Allemande de Monsieur de Chambonnières - Double par Mr [Louis] Couperin, BG 126

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    70. Courante, BG 18

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    71. Courante, BG 19

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    72. Sarabande, BG 24

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    73. Sarabande, BG 25

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    74. Rigaudon - Double, BG 127

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    75. Passacaille, BG 27

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    76. Prélude, BG 12

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    77. Allemande, BG 66

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    78. Courante, BG 68

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    79. Courante, BG 69

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    80. Sarabande, BG 72

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    81. Branle de Basque, BG 73

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    82. Gigue, BG 76

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    83. Gaillarde, BG 77

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    84. Chaconne, BG 78

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    85. Prélude, BG 13

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    86. Allemande grave, BG 67

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    87. Courante, BG 70

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    88. Courante, BG 71

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    89. Sarabande, BG 74

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    90. Sarabande, BG 75

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    91. Gigue, BG 79

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    92. Chaconne, BG 80

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    93. Tombeau de Monsieur Blancrocher, BG 81

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    94. I. Prélude, BG 14

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    95. II. Allemande de la Paix, BG 63

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    96. III. Courante, BG 64

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    97. IV. Sarabande, BG 65

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    98. I. Prélude, BG 128

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    99. II. Allemande la Precieuse, BG 30

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    100. III. Courante, BG 31

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    101. IV. Sarabande, BG 32

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    102. V. Gigue, BG 33

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    103. VI. Chaconne la Bergeronnette, BG 34

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    104. I. Prélude, BG 129

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    105. II. Allemande, BG 83

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    106. III. Courante, BG 84

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    107. IV. Courante, BG 85

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    108. V. Courante, BG 86

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    109. VI. Sarabande, BG 87

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    110. VII. Chaconne, BG 89

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    111. I. Allemande, BG 82

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    112. II. Courante, BG 90

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    113. III. Courante, BG 91

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    114. IV. Courante, BG 92

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    115. V. Gaillarde, BG 88

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    116. I. Allemande, BG 35

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    117. II. Courante, BG 42

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    118. III. Courante, BG 43

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    119. IV. Sarabande, BG 51

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    120. V. Sarabande, BG 50

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    121. VI. La Pastourelle, BG 54

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    122. VII. Gavotte, BG 124

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    123. VIII. Gigue, BG 122

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    124. IX. Sarabande, BG 56

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    125. X. Chaconne la Complaignante, BG 57

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    126. I. Allemande, BG 115

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    127. II. Courante, BG 116

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    128. III. Sarabande, BG 117

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella

    129. Pavanne (Pavane) in F-Sharp Minor, BG 120

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Massimo Berghella


Performers and listeners alike have long gravitated to Louis Couperin's music more than to that of any other member of the French keyboard school of the time, probably because of its fascinating and surprising harmonic language. There are 129 pieces catalogued as authentic.

In making this new recording of all 129 pieces, Massimo Berghella has chosen to take the Preludes as starting points for ‘suites’ – 17 in all – which gather up the remaining dance movements into coherent sequences cast in the same key as the relevant Prelude.

Among the most distinguished active Italian harpsichordists, Massimo Bergella studied with Kenneth Gilbert at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. He has a 30-year-long career as a teacher himself, as well as a performance diary and discography that has taken him across Europe for recitals, broadcasts and recordings. Of a previous album of d’Anglebert, La Nazione remarked that Berghella ‘grasps the reconstructive necessity of the scores, performing them in all their poetic complexity.’