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L'Unique - Harpsichord Music of Francois Couperin / Vinikour
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L'Unique - Harpsichord Music of Francois Couperin / Vinikour

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Composer
COUPERIN, FRANCOIS
Artist
Jory Vinikour
Format
CD
Label
Cedille
Released
Apr 24, 2020
Catalog #
CDR 194
UPC
735131919425

About

Two-time Grammy Award-nominated harpsichordist Jory Vinikour plays historically groundbreaking works by François Couperin (1668–1733) on an album comprising three inventive Couperin suites — the composer called them “Ordres” — combining traditional French Baroque dance movements with witty and atmospheric character pieces — miniature tone poems for solo harpsichord. Couperin’s suites “are elegantly composed, concealing a complex, allusive and varied emotional world behind their highly wrought surface” (Norton Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music). Chicago-born, French-trained harpsichordist Vinikour is especially enamored of Couperin’s Ordres Nos. 6, 7, and 8, calling them “remarkable” for their harmonically driven melodic invention and atmospheric unity within each suite. Highlights include the celebrated Les Baricades Mistérieuses from Ordre No. 6, which England’s The Guardian calls “shimmering, kaleidoscopic and seductive, a sonic trompe l’oeil.” The compelling Les Amusemens from Ordre No. 7 is irresistibly sweet and melancholic. Order No. 8 offers masterful examples of established forms, culminating with a dramatic Passacaille.

REVIEWS:

L’Unique presents all the wit and melancholy of Vinikour’s distinctive interpretations of the sixth, seventh, and eighth suites.

– BBC Radio 3 Record Review Extra

Playfully and decorously brought music to life by American harpsichordist Jory Vinikour. The recording places the instrument in a really lifelike perspective.

– BBC Record Review

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 Les moissoneurs (gayement) 02:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    Les moissoneurs (gayement)
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  2. 2 Les langueurs-tendres 05:13
    Track
    2
    Title
    Les langueurs-tendres
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  3. 3 Le gazoüillement (gracieusement et coule) 02:14
    Track
    3
    Title
    Le gazoüillement (gracieusement et coule)
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  4. 4 La Bersan (légèrement) 02:28
    Track
    4
    Title
    La Bersan (légèrement)
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  5. 5 Les baricades mistérieuses (vivement) 02:27
    Track
    5
    Title
    Les baricades mistérieuses (vivement)
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  6. 6 Les bergeries (naivement) 04:19
    Track
    6
    Title
    Les bergeries (naivement)
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  7. 7 La commére (vivement) 02:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    La commére (vivement)
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  8. 8 Le moucheron (légèrement) 01:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    Le moucheron (légèrement)
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  9. 9 La Ménetou (gracieusement, sans lenteur) 03:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    La Ménetou (gracieusement, sans lenteur)
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  10. 10 Les petits âges: La muse naissante 02:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    Les petits âges: La muse naissante
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  11. 11 Les petits âges: L'enfantine 02:07
    Track
    11
    Title
    Les petits âges: L'enfantine
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  12. 12 Les petits âges: L'adolescente 02:33
    Track
    12
    Title
    Les petits âges: L'adolescente
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  13. 13 Les petits âges: Les délices 03:29
    Track
    13
    Title
    Les petits âges: Les délices
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  14. 14 La Basque 02:29
    Track
    14
    Title
    La Basque
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  15. 15 La Chazé (tres lie, sans lenteur) 05:25
    Track
    15
    Title
    La Chazé (tres lie, sans lenteur)
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  16. 16 Les amusemens (sans lenteur) 03:59
    Track
    16
    Title
    Les amusemens (sans lenteur)
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  17. 17 La Raphaéle 05:53
    Track
    17
    Title
    La Raphaéle
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  18. 18 Allemande L'Ausoniéne 02:15
    Track
    18
    Title
    Allemande L'Ausoniéne
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  19. 19 Premiere courante 01:46
    Track
    19
    Title
    Premiere courante
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  20. 20 Seconde courante 02:17
    Track
    20
    Title
    Seconde courante
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  21. 21 Sarabande L'unique 03:27
    Track
    21
    Title
    Sarabande L'unique
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  22. 22 Gavotte 02:02
    Track
    22
    Title
    Gavotte
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  23. 23 Rondeau 01:23
    Track
    23
    Title
    Rondeau
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  24. 24 Gigue 02:41
    Track
    24
    Title
    Gigue
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  25. 25 La Monéte 01:34
    Track
    25
    Title
    La Monéte
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour
  26. 26 Passacaille 05:34
    Track
    26
    Title
    Passacaille
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Jory Vinikour