Monsieur Couperin: Pieces De Clavecin / Brice Sailly

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Ricercar
Release Date
February 12, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      COUPERIN, LOUIS
    • PERFORMER
      Brice Sailly
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 12, 2021
    • UPC
      5400439004276
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RIC427
    • LABEL
      Ricercar
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prélude in D Minor, BG 1

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    2. Allemande in D Minor, BG 36

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    3. Courante in D Minor, BG 42

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    4. Courante in D Minor, BG 43

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    5. Sarabande in D Minor, BG 51

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    6. Canaries in D Minor, BG 52

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    7. La Pastourelle in D Minor, BG 54

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    8. Chaconne in D Minor, BG 55

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    9. Volte in D Minor, BG 53

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

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

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    11. Prélude in E Minor, BG 14

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    12. Allemande de la Paix in E Minor, BG 63

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    13. Courante in E Minor, BG 64

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    14. Sarabande in E Minor, BG 65

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    15. La Piémontoise in A Minor, BG 102

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    16. Prélude in C Major, BG 9

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    17. Allemande la Precieuse in C Minor, BG 30

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    18. Courante in C Minor, BG 31

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    19. Courante in C Major, BG 16

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    20. Sarabande in C Minor, BG 32

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    21. Sarabande in C Major, BG 25

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    22. Gigue in C Minor, BG 33

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    23. Passacaille in C Major, BG 27

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly

    24. Menuet in C Major, BG 29

      Composer: Louis Couperin

      Performer: Brice Sailly


Careful examination of the manuscript sources of the harpsichord pieces of the ancestors of Francois Couperin ‘Le Grand’ reveals that nowhere are these compositions indisputably attributed to one of the three brothers Louis, Francois and Charles, born in Chaumes-en-Brie in 1626, 1630 and 1638. In these sources, the signatures mention an enigmatic ‘Monsieur Couperin’. The question of the authorship of all these compositions thus remains open. What is certain is that, for various reasons, Louis, who died in 1661, cannot under any circumstances be the composer of all the pieces in the corpus generally attributed to him. Which pieces can be restored to Charles and perhaps Francois, who died in 1679 and 1701 respectively? It is this riddle, worthy of a detective story, that this recording attempts to solve...