The Art of Playing the Harpsichord
Donald Macleod explores Couperin's famous instruction manual L'art de toucher le clavecin, with Olivier Baumont playing excerpts on the harpsichord.
Donald Macleod returns to Hatchlands Park in Surrey, the home of the Cobbe Collection of Keyboard Instruments. Today he takes a look at François Couperin's duties at the court of Louis XIVth, and explores the joys of his famous instruction manual L'Art de Toucher le Clavecin with Olivier Baumont playing examples on an original seventeenth century harpsichord.
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François Couperin
La bourbonnoise
Performer: Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
- Erato 0630106942.
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François Couperin
Audite Omnes Et Expavescite
Performer: Paul Agnew (counter-tenor) Performer: Catherine Girard, Maia Silberstein (violin) Performer: Anne-Marie Lasla (viola da gamba) Performer: William Christie (director)
- Virgin Classics 7243 5 45720 2 9.
- 2.
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François Couperin
La Charolaise and La princess de sens
Performer: Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
- Erato Musifrance 4509963642.
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François Couperin
Fourth concert in E minor
Performer: Trio Sonnerie
- ASV CDGAU 101 R.
- 2.
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François Couperin
Eight Préludes
- Olivier Baumont (harpsichord).
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François Couperin
Allemande a deux clavecins
Performer: William Christie Performer: Christophe Rousset (harpsichords)
- Harmonia Mundi HMC 901269.
- 22.
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- Tue 10 Jan 201212:00BBC Radio 3
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