Hey – what about Couperin?!

Posted on August 1st, 2009 and filed in Cello, Couperin, Hey - what about Couperin?!, Piano

Francois Couperin popped into my mind the other day. I thought:

‘Wasn’t he an important Baroque composer?… Then how come I only have one piece by him in my library?”

So I went surfing in my paid download sites. I found that Bach loved his 4 volumes of harpsichord music – Richard Strauss and Ravel admired his music and Brahms piano music was inspired by him.
Since I don’t like the harpsichord or vocal (and that’s mostly what he composed) – I was looking for other stuff. I found these pieces adapted for the piano (originally for harpsichord) AND some killer cello!
The piano artist  on these pieces, Alexandre Tharaud, says about the first piece below: ” I have a particularly soft spot for Duphly’s La Pothoïn, which for me is one of the loveliest pieces ever composed for keyboard.”

duphly-la-pothouin
http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/20-duphly-la-pothouin.mp3Right Click to Download

More ‘piano adapted’ pieces from the Tic Toc Choc series. I like these two from the series: La Visionnaire and Les Jumeles

la visionnaire
http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/16-la-visionnaire.mp3Right Click to Download

les jumeles
http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/18-les-jumeles.mp3Right Click to Download

And then some ‘killer cello’ I love this first one

Pieces en concert / Prelude

couperin-cello
http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/couperin-cello.mp3Right Click to Download

more lovely cello Pieces en concert / Plainte

pieces en concert plainte
http://jimsclassicalmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/couperin-pieces-en-concert-plainte.mp3Right Click to Download

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