Suites for Harpsichord

Album by Louis Couperin & Christopher Hogwood

Suites for Harpsichord is a collection of keyboard pieces by French Baroque composer Louis Couperin, composed around 1650. The works exemplify French Baroque keyboard style, combining ornate ornamentation, expressive melodic lines and dance-derived movements alongside free, improvisatory preludes, and they occupy an early, formative place in the development of the French harpsichord suite.
First released: 1990

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Suite in F major: 13. Prélude
    3:00
  2. 2.
    Suite in F major: 67. Allemande grave
    3:26
  3. 3.
    Suite in F major: 68. Courante
    1:18
  4. 4.
    Suite in F major: 74. Sarabande
    2:56
  5. 5.
    Suite in F major: 76. Gigue
    2:00
  6. 6.
    Suite in F major: 78. Chaconne
    2:53
  7. 7.
    Suite in F major: 73. Branle de Basque
    1:09
  8. 8.
    Suite in F major: 77. Gaillarde
    1:33
  9. 9.
    Suite in F major: 80. Chaconne
    2:44
  10. 10.
    Suite in F major: 81. Tombeau de Mr de Blancrocher
    7:18
  11. 11.
    Suite in C minor: 128. Prélude
    2:23
  12. 12.
    Suite in C minor: 30. Allemande la précieuse
    1:40
  13. 13.
    Suite in C minor: 31. Courante
    1:56
  14. 14.
    Suite in C minor: 32. Sarabande
    2:21
  15. 15.
    Suite in C minor: 33. Gigue
    2:14
  16. 16.
    Suite in C minor: 34. Chaconne la Bergeronette
    2:37
  17. 17.
    Suite in D minor: 37. Pièce de trois sortes de mouvements
    1:56
  18. 18.
    Suite in D minor: 51. Sarabande
    2:58
  19. 19.
    Suite in D minor: 52. Canarie
    1:12
  20. 20.
    Suite in D minor: 53. Volte
    1:13
  21. 21.
    Suite in D minor: 54. La pastourelle
    1:33
  22. 22.
    Suite in D minor: 124. Gavotte
    1:07
  23. 23.
    Suite in D minor: 55. Chaconne
    3:21

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