Louis‐Claude Daquin: Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin

Album by Louis‐Claude Daquin & Anne Robert

Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin is the first published collection of harpsichord pieces by the French composer Louis‑Claude Daquin, published in 1735. The music exemplifies French Baroque keyboard style, characterised by dance-based forms, intricate ornamentation and contrasts of texture, and it occupies an early place in Daquin's output and the broader repertoire of 18th-century French harpsichord music.

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  1. 1.
    Suite no. 1: I. Allemande
    3:42
  2. 2.
    Suite no. 1: II. Rigaudons 1 & 2
    3:15
  3. 3.
    Suite no. 1: III. Musette et rondeau, tambourin en rondeau
    2:19
  4. 4.
    Suite no. 1: IV. La Guittarre, rondeau
    2:49
  5. 5.
    Suite no. 1: V. Les Vents en couroux
    2:44
  6. 6.
    Suite no. 1: VI. Les Bergères
    7:03
  7. 7.
    Suite no. 1: VII. La Ronde Bachique
    3:18
  8. 8.
    Suite no. 1: VIII. Les trois cadences
    6:35
  9. 9.
    Suite no. 2: I. Allemande
    5:24
  10. 10.
    Suite no. 2: II. Courante
    2:35
  11. 11.
    Suite no. 2: III. La Favorite, le double de la favorite
    4:15
  12. 12.
    Suite no. 2: IV. Les enchaînements harmonieux
    3:21
  13. 13.
    Suite no. 2: V. Le Dépit généreux, le double du dépit généreux
    5:09
  14. 14.
    Suite no. 2: VI. l’Hirondelle
    3:27
  15. 15.
    Suite no. 3: I. Le Coucou
    2:57
  16. 16.
    Suite no. 3: II. La Joyeuse
    2:24
  17. 17.
    Suite no. 3: III. l’Amusante
    5:27
  18. 18.
    Suite no. 3: IV. La Tendre Silvie
    4:00
  19. 19.
    Suite no. 4: I. La Mélodieuse
    3:48
  20. 20.
    Suite no. 4: II. Menuets 1 & 2
    3:46

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