Moments baroques au piano / Beausejour

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Label
Analekta
Release Date
March 4, 2016
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      BACH COUPERIN HANDEL
    • PERFORMER
      Luc Beausejour
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 04, 2016
    • UPC
      774204912826
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AN29128
    • LABEL
      Analekta
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.1/L.366/P.57

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    2. Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K.159/L.104/P.418

      Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    3. I. [Andante]

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    4. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    5. III. Presto

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    6. Ground in C Minor, Z. D221

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    7. Air pour les esclaves africains

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    8. Rigaudon 1 – Rigaudon 2 en Rondeau

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    9. Les sauvages

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    10. Prelude, Fugue and Postlude in G Minor

      Composer: Georg Böhm

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    11. Corrente prima

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    12. Corrente seconda

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    13. Corrente terza

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    14. Corrente quarta

      Composer: Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    15. Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    16. Pavanne (Pavane) in F-Sharp Minor, BG 120 [Bauyn Manuscript, F-Pn Rés. Vm7 675, folio 73, 73v]

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    17. I. Allemande

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    18. II. Courante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    19. III. Sarabande

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour

    20. IV. Jigg

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Luc Beauséjour


Luc Beauséjour, a highly sought-after musician for his virtuosity and the subtlety of his playing on the harpsichord and organ, is never short of ideas when it comes to offering concert programs imbued with refinement. The repertoire heard on this recording, originally written for the harpsichord during the Baroque period, is being played here on piano. If many pianists have played Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, Rameau, and even Couperin and Froberger, few harpsichordists have come to the defense of the harpsichord repertoire on the modern piano with such conviction and audacity. Fascinating!