Pièces de clavecin

Album by Antoine Forqueray & Christophe Rousset

Pièces de clavecin is a collection of harpsichord pieces by French composer Antoine Forqueray, published in 1747. The music is rooted in the French Baroque and draws on the expressive and technical language of the viol, combining elaborate ornamentation with striking harmonic turns and demanding technical writing that reflect Forqueray's background as a gambist and place the collection within the French clavecin tradition of the early 18th century.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Suite No. 1 in D minor: I. Allemande: La Laborde
    6:27
  2. 2.
    Suite No. 1 in D minor: II. La Forqueray
    4:11
  3. 3.
    Suite No. 1 in D minor: III. La Cottin
    3:03
  4. 4.
    Suite No. 1 in D minor: IV. La Bellmont
    3:26
  5. 5.
    Suite No. 1 in D minor: V. La Portugaise
    3:32
  6. 6.
    Suite No. 1 in D minor: VI. La Couperin
    4:01
  7. 7.
    Suite No. 2 in G major: I. La Bouron
    3:58
  8. 8.
    Suite No. 2 in G major: II. La Mandoline
    6:02
  9. 9.
    Suite No. 2 in G major: III. La de Breüil
    4:16
  10. 10.
    Suite No. 2 in G major: IV. La Leclair
    2:51
  11. 11.
    Suite No. 2 in G major: V. La Buisson: Chaconne
    5:24
  12. 12.
    Suite No. 3 in D major: I. La Ferrand
    6:05
  13. 13.
    Suite No. 3 in D major: II. La Régente
    5:16
  14. 14.
    Suite No. 3 in D major: III. La Tronchin
    3:28
  15. 15.
    Suite No. 3 in D major: IV. La Angrave
    2:40
  16. 16.
    Suite No. 3 in D major: V. La Du Vaucel
    4:12
  17. 17.
    Suite No. 3 in D major: VI. La Eynaud
    3:02
  18. 18.
    Suite No. 3 in D major: VII. La Morangis ou la Plissay
    6:56

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Suite No. 4 in G minor: I. La Marella
    3:00
  2. 3.
    Suite No. 4 in G minor: II. La Clément
    6:15
  3. 4.
    Suite No. 4 in G minor: III. Sarabande: La D'Aubonne
    4:40
  4. 5.
    Suite No. 4 in G minor: IV. La Bournonville
    2:47
  5. 6.
    Suite No. 4 in G minor: V. La Sainscy
    2:43
  6. 7.
    Suite No. 4 in G minor: VI. La Carillon de Passy
    4:13
  7. 8.
    Suite No. 4 in G minor: VII. La Latour
    2:39
  8. 9.
    Suite No. 4 in G minor: VIII. La Carillon de Passy (reprise)
    2:22
  9. 10.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor: I. La Rameau
    3:26
  10. 11.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor: II. La Guignon
    4:08
  11. 12.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor: III. La Léon: Sarabande
    4:45
  12. 13.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor: IV. La Boisson
    3:52
  13. 14.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor: V. La Montigni
    4:44
  14. 15.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor: VI. La Sylva
    7:02
  15. 16.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor: VII. Jupiter
    3:24

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