F Couperin - Ordres for Harpsichord
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Label: Naive
Cat No: AM154
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 24th November 2008
Contents
Works
Pieces de clavecin II » Ordre 9 in A major
» Ordre 11 in C major
Pieces de clavecin I » Ordre 2 in D major
» Ordre 4 in F major
Artists
Violaine Cochard (harpsichord)Works
Pieces de clavecin II » Ordre 9 in A major
» Ordre 11 in C major
Pieces de clavecin I » Ordre 2 in D major
» Ordre 4 in F major
Artists
Violaine Cochard (harpsichord)About
François Couperin’s 'Pièces de Clavecin' comprise 240 works divided into twenty-seven ordres (another name for a suite of dances). Published in four books from 1713 to 1730, they are the quintessence of his art. These four books are also the work of a musician who had reached his maturity. In 1713, the date of publication of the first of them, François was forty-five years old. He had retained the title of maître de clavecin, but the position entailed few obligations. His royal pupils had grown up or died.
Since 1694, the date of his appointment as maître de clavecin des Enfants de France, he had written dozens of pieces graded by technical difficulty. These were intended for the Dauphin, the Duke of Burgundy, Mademoiselle de Nantes, Mademoiselle de Blois, and Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, the son of Madame de Montespan. His fame had led to fraudulent copies of his works. This was one of the reasons François chose to supervise their publication himself. The first book of 1713 still refers to it in its nomenclature: the allemande, the courante, the sarabande, the gavotte, the minuet, the rigaudon. The chosen mode, major or minor, gives the succession of movements its unity. The suite often closes with a chaconne, a passacaille, or a tombeau, a form reserved for musical glorification of or deferential homage to a deceased personage.
Born in Angers in 1973, Violaine Cochard began studying the harpsichord with Françoise Marmin at the conservatoire there. In 1991 she was awarded a Premier Prix in the instrument, and the same year entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musiquen, Paris in the classes of Kenneth Gilbert and Christophe Rousset. She is a founder member of the award-winning ensemble Amarillis, and devotes much of her time to performing chamber music with Il Seminario Musicale.
Track Listing:
CD1
1. 2e Prélude de l’Art de Toucher
2e Ordre
2. Allemande. La Laborieuse
3. Première Courante
4. Deuxième Courante
5. Sarabande La Prude
6. L’Antonine
7. Gavote
8. Menuet
9. Canaries et Doubles
10. Passepied
11. Rigaudon
12. La Charoloise
13. La Diane. Gaiement
14. Fanfare: la Suitte de La Diane
15. La Terpsicore
16. La Florentine
17. La Garnier
18. La Babet
19. Les Idées heureuses
20. La Mimi
21. La Diligente
22. La Flateuse
23. La Voluptueüse. Rondeau
24. Les Papillons
25. 4e Prélude de l’Art de Toucher
4e Ordre
26. La Marche des Gris-vêtus
Les Baccanales
27. Première partie
28. Seconde partie
29. 3ième partie et dernière partie
30. La Pateline
31. Le Réveil-Matin
CD2
9e Ordre
1. Allemande à deux clavecins
2. La Rafraîchissante
3. Les Charmes
4. La Princesse de Sens
5. L’Olimpique
6. L’Insinuante
7. La Séduisante
8. Le Bavolet-flotant
9. Le Petit-Deuil
10. Menuet
11e Ordre
11. La Castelane
12. L’étincelante ou la Bomtems
13. Les Grâces Naturèles
14. La Zénobie
Les fastes de la Grande et Ancienne Mxnxstrxndxsx
15. Premier Acte : Les Notables & Jurés
16. Deuxième Acte : Les Viéleux et les Gueux
17. Troisième Acte : Les Jongleurs avec les Ours et les Singes.
18. Quatrième Acte : Les Invalides au service de Grande Mxnxstrxndxsx
19. Cinquième Acte : Désordre et Déroute de toute la troupe,causée par les Yvrognes, les Singes et les Ours.
Since 1694, the date of his appointment as maître de clavecin des Enfants de France, he had written dozens of pieces graded by technical difficulty. These were intended for the Dauphin, the Duke of Burgundy, Mademoiselle de Nantes, Mademoiselle de Blois, and Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, the son of Madame de Montespan. His fame had led to fraudulent copies of his works. This was one of the reasons François chose to supervise their publication himself. The first book of 1713 still refers to it in its nomenclature: the allemande, the courante, the sarabande, the gavotte, the minuet, the rigaudon. The chosen mode, major or minor, gives the succession of movements its unity. The suite often closes with a chaconne, a passacaille, or a tombeau, a form reserved for musical glorification of or deferential homage to a deceased personage.
Born in Angers in 1973, Violaine Cochard began studying the harpsichord with Françoise Marmin at the conservatoire there. In 1991 she was awarded a Premier Prix in the instrument, and the same year entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musiquen, Paris in the classes of Kenneth Gilbert and Christophe Rousset. She is a founder member of the award-winning ensemble Amarillis, and devotes much of her time to performing chamber music with Il Seminario Musicale.
Track Listing:
CD1
1. 2e Prélude de l’Art de Toucher
2e Ordre
2. Allemande. La Laborieuse
3. Première Courante
4. Deuxième Courante
5. Sarabande La Prude
6. L’Antonine
7. Gavote
8. Menuet
9. Canaries et Doubles
10. Passepied
11. Rigaudon
12. La Charoloise
13. La Diane. Gaiement
14. Fanfare: la Suitte de La Diane
15. La Terpsicore
16. La Florentine
17. La Garnier
18. La Babet
19. Les Idées heureuses
20. La Mimi
21. La Diligente
22. La Flateuse
23. La Voluptueüse. Rondeau
24. Les Papillons
25. 4e Prélude de l’Art de Toucher
4e Ordre
26. La Marche des Gris-vêtus
Les Baccanales
27. Première partie
28. Seconde partie
29. 3ième partie et dernière partie
30. La Pateline
31. Le Réveil-Matin
CD2
9e Ordre
1. Allemande à deux clavecins
2. La Rafraîchissante
3. Les Charmes
4. La Princesse de Sens
5. L’Olimpique
6. L’Insinuante
7. La Séduisante
8. Le Bavolet-flotant
9. Le Petit-Deuil
10. Menuet
11e Ordre
11. La Castelane
12. L’étincelante ou la Bomtems
13. Les Grâces Naturèles
14. La Zénobie
Les fastes de la Grande et Ancienne Mxnxstrxndxsx
15. Premier Acte : Les Notables & Jurés
16. Deuxième Acte : Les Viéleux et les Gueux
17. Troisième Acte : Les Jongleurs avec les Ours et les Singes.
18. Quatrième Acte : Les Invalides au service de Grande Mxnxstrxndxsx
19. Cinquième Acte : Désordre et Déroute de toute la troupe,causée par les Yvrognes, les Singes et les Ours.
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