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Couperin / Accardo / Bissolo- Les Nations (CD)

SKU: 8011570371188
$18.99
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François Couperin, the main representative of a dynasty that dominated French music from the 16th well into the first half of the 19th century. In 1726 Couperin published his own musical atlas. According to the most plausible reconstructions based on the surviving manuscripts, the author had picked up three sonatas from a series of six trio sonatas written on Corelli's model of "sonata da chiesa" (four movements, typically alternating slow-fast-slow-fast). These three chosen works were renamed this way: La Pucelle became La Françoise, La Visionnaire turned into L'Espagnole, L'Astrée into La Piédmontoise. To these three works Couperin added a fourth, the most extended of all, called L'Imperiale. To each Sonata, he further added a French Suite whose length suited diplomatic protocols: eight dances each for France and Spain, nine for the Holy Roman Empire, six for Piedmont. In all, four ordres for those Catholic powers that, in a typically French-centred perspective, were considered natural allies in the effort to break the siege by a hostile geopolitical bloc: Anglican Great Britain, Lutheran Prussia and Sweden, Orthodox Russia. Couperin himself writes in the preface to L'Apothéose de Lully: "[...] the complete book of trios that I hope to publish next July (Les Nations), can be played on two harpsichords, as well as on any other instrument.

Tracklist:

  1. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): I. Gravement - Vivement Et Marqué
  2. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): II. Allemande. Sans Lenteur
  3. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): III. Courante
  4. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): IV. Seconde Courante. Plus Marqué
  5. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): V. Sarabande. Tendrement
  6. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VI. Bourrée. Gayement
  7. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VII. Gigue. D'une Légè
  8. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VII. Rondeau. Gayement
  9. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VII. Chaconne
  10. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VIII. Menuet
  11. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): I. Gravement
  12. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): II. Allemande. Sans Lenteur
  13. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): III. Premiere Courante. Noblement
  14. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): IV. Seconde Courante. Un Peu Plus Viste
  15. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): V. Sarabande. Gravement
  16. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VI. Gigue. Gayement
  17. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VII. Chaconne Ou Passacaille. Modér&
  18. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VIII. Gavotte
  19. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): IX. Menuet
  20. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): I. Gravement, Et Rondement
  21. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): II. Allemande. Noblement, Et Sans Lenteur
  22. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): III. Courante
  23. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): IV. Courante II. Un Peu Plus Gayement
  24. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): V. Sarabande. Tendrement
  25. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VI. Rondeau. Gayement
  26. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VII. Gigue. Affectueusement; Quoy-Que L&e
Format: New CD/Classical

Couperin / Accardo / Bissolo- Les Nations (CD)

SKU: 8011570371188
$18.99

Release Date: 02.01.2019

 
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François Couperin, the main representative of a dynasty that dominated French music from the 16th well into the first half of the 19th century. In 1726 Couperin published his own musical atlas. According to the most plausible reconstructions based on the surviving manuscripts, the author had picked up three sonatas from a series of six trio sonatas written on Corelli's model of "sonata da chiesa" (four movements, typically alternating slow-fast-slow-fast). These three chosen works were renamed this way: La Pucelle became La Françoise, La Visionnaire turned into L'Espagnole, L'Astrée into La Piédmontoise. To these three works Couperin added a fourth, the most extended of all, called L'Imperiale. To each Sonata, he further added a French Suite whose length suited diplomatic protocols: eight dances each for France and Spain, nine for the Holy Roman Empire, six for Piedmont. In all, four ordres for those Catholic powers that, in a typically French-centred perspective, were considered natural allies in the effort to break the siege by a hostile geopolitical bloc: Anglican Great Britain, Lutheran Prussia and Sweden, Orthodox Russia. Couperin himself writes in the preface to L'Apothéose de Lully: "[...] the complete book of trios that I hope to publish next July (Les Nations), can be played on two harpsichords, as well as on any other instrument.

Tracklist:

  1. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): I. Gravement - Vivement Et Marqué
  2. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): II. Allemande. Sans Lenteur
  3. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): III. Courante
  4. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): IV. Seconde Courante. Plus Marqué
  5. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): V. Sarabande. Tendrement
  6. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VI. Bourrée. Gayement
  7. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VII. Gigue. D'une Légè
  8. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VII. Rondeau. Gayement
  9. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VII. Chaconne
  10. Les Nations, 3rd Ordre "L'impériale" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VIII. Menuet
  11. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): I. Gravement
  12. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): II. Allemande. Sans Lenteur
  13. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): III. Premiere Courante. Noblement
  14. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): IV. Seconde Courante. Un Peu Plus Viste
  15. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): V. Sarabande. Gravement
  16. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VI. Gigue. Gayement
  17. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VII. Chaconne Ou Passacaille. Modér&
  18. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VIII. Gavotte
  19. Les Nations, 1st Ordre "La Françoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): IX. Menuet
  20. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): I. Gravement, Et Rondement
  21. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): II. Allemande. Noblement, Et Sans Lenteur
  22. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): III. Courante
  23. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): IV. Courante II. Un Peu Plus Gayement
  24. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): V. Sarabande. Tendrement
  25. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VI. Rondeau. Gayement
  26. Les Nations, 4th Ordre "La Piémontoise" (Version For 2 Harpsichords): VII. Gigue. Affectueusement; Quoy-Que L&e