Couperin:Pièces de violes

1. Suite 1, for viola da gamba & continuo (Pièces de viole)
Composed by Francois Couperin
with Robert Kohnen , Wieland Kuijken , Kaori Uemura

2. Suite 2, for viola da gamba & continuo (Pièces de viole)
Composed by Francois Couperin
with Robert Kohnen , Wieland Kuijken , Kaori Uemura

3. Concert 12 for 2 viols (or other instruments) & continuo (Les Goûts-réunis)
Composed by Francois Couperin
with Robert Kohnen , Wieland Kuijken , Kaori Uemura

4. Concert 13, for 2 instruments & continuo (Les Goûts réunis)
Composed by Francois Couperin
with Robert Kohnen , Wieland Kuijken , Kaori Uemura

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Average customer rating: Warm, Reflective, and Austere: Some of Couperin's Finest Later Works Simply the best recording of this music out there.

François Couperin: Pièces de violes, 1728 Manufacturer: Astree ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Couperin, François | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Antoine Forqueray: Pieces de Viole, Tome I, 1re & 2ème suites Bach: Sonatas for Viola da gamba und Cembalo La Parnasse de la Viole - Works by Sainte Colombe and Marais Jordi François Couperin: Les Concerts Royaux Tobias Hume: Musicall Humors, London 1605 ASIN: B00004R7PL Release Date: 2000-03-14

Customer Reviews:

Warm, Reflective, and Austere: Some of Couperin's Finest Later Works.......2005-10-11

It is often in a composer's later years such as Beethoven's that one can find the summation of the man and his passionate pursuits into further unexplored musical domains. Couperin was such a composer and this piece is one of his treasures which he composed in the contemplation of a retired life reflecting on the heritage left to him by Lully, Marais, and his other influences for the viola. Couperin returning to the viola in his older age ironcially parallels the life of the instrument he used as the viola too was nearing its end and being abandoned for the cello. More reserved and methodical than the freely emotive styles of his predecessors such as Marais, Couperin's viola suites are most charming in their executions. The last movement 'La Chemise Blanche' is probably the nicest of all the pieces in conveying the reflective mood of the work. What is even more charming is Jordi Savall performing them as he is the foremost virtuoso of the viola da gamba and an accomplished conductor for French Baroque pieces. The performance and recording quality of this CD is fantastic. This is a great purchase for anyone who wishes to expand their horizons into French Baroque or music for viola da gamba. You really can't go wrong with your purchase here as virtually no other performer rises much higher than average in comparison to Savall's unique and passionate style for the viola.

Simply the best recording of this music out there........2004-08-20

The music itself is an expression of Couperin the mystic, and Savall et al. meet its challenges with both fire and refinement.

Average customer rating: hauntingly irresistable

Violes Esgales Manufacturer: Cbc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Couperin, François | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Marais | Marais, Marin | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000025VDA Release Date: 2001-07-01

Tracks:

1. I. Prelude
2. II. Allemande
3. III. Courante
4. IV. Sarabande
5. V. Gigue
6. VI. Gavotte En Rondeau
7. VII. Menuet
8. VIII. Gavotte
9. IX. Fant En Echo
10. X. Chaconne
11. XI. Tombeau De Monsieur Meliton
12. Concert For Two Equal Bass Viols, No.41
13. Concert For Two Equal Bass Viols, No.44
14. I. Vivement
15. II. Air (Agreablement)
16. III. Sarabande (Tendrement)
17. IV. Chaconne Legere
18. I. Prelude
19. II. Badinage
20. III. Lentement Et Pathetiquement
21. IV. Air (Gracieusement Et Legerement)

Customer Reviews:

hauntingly irresistable.......2003-09-05

I impulse-purchased this cd after a Baroque concert in Portland, OR, and it was probably one of the best purchases I've ever made.

I can listen to this cd over and over and never get bored of the harmonies the two violes are able to achieve. I wish I had more music along the same lines.

Think: rainy day, an empty house, and a meditative mood... the music on this cd completes the picture.

You will not regret getting this cd.

Average customer rating: "An expansive, superbly played disc."

Marais: Pièces de violes, IIIe Livre (1711) Marin Marais , Jean-Henri D'Anglebert , Francois Couperin , John Dornenburg , Malcolm Proud , and Lynn Tetenbaum Manufacturer: Centaur ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Couperin, François | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Marais | Marais, Marin | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00002S7DV Release Date: 1999-11-24

Customer Reviews:

"An expansive, superbly played disc.".......1999-11-18

"In the four suites by the French Baroque master Marin Marais, Dornenburg takes the measure of this resourceful and evocative music. The shows of virtuosity are dazzling, and the eloquence of the slow, oratorical movements no less rewarding."

Joshua Kosman, Music Critic The San Francisco Chronicle October 24, 1999

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Couperin:Pièces de violes Manufacturer: Accent Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Couperin, François | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000443A Release Date: 1999-01-01

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Couperin: Organ Works Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Louis Couperin | Couperin, Louis | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Improvisation | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004W47C Release Date: 2001-05-01

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François Couperin, Antoine Forqueryqa: Pièces de violes Manufacturer: Alpha Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Couperin, François | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002JP2DE Release Date: 2004-07-20

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François Couperin / Antoine Forqueray: Pièces de Violes - Nima ben David, Bass Viol Manufacturer: Alpha Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000AOKO5 Release Date: 2003-07-09

Tracks:

1. Prélude (3'57)
2. Allemande légère (2'13)
3. Courante (1'57)
4. Sarabande grave (3'47)
5. Gavotte (2'14)
6. Gigue (2'06)
7. Passacaille ou Chaconne (4'54)Deuxième suite
8. Prélude (2'30)
9. Fuguète (1'59)
10. Pompe funèbre (7')
11. La Chemise blanche (4')Antoine Forqueray (1672 - 1745)Première suite
12. Allemande La Laborde (6'30)
13. La Forqueray (4'21)
14. La Cottin (3'24)
15. La Bellmont (4'05)
16. La Portuguaise (3'51)
17. La Couperin (4'57)

Album Description

Nima Ben David, basse de viole; Jonathan Rubin, théorbe & guitare baroque; Sophie Bauchet, basse de viole; Hélène Clerc-Murgier, clavecin

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Masterpieces of the French Baroque Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Charpentier | Charpentier, Marc-Antoine | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Couperin, François | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Louis Couperin | Couperin, Louis | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Marais | Marais, Marin | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rameau | Rameau, Jean Philippe | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Trio Sonatas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001K61 Release Date: 1992-11-04

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The Art of the Viola da Gamba Manufacturer: Arion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Couperin, François | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Marais | Marais, Marin | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Telemann, Georg Philipp | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Telemann, Georg Philipp | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Viola | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000K0PY Release Date: 1999-08-17

Tracks:

1. Livre De Pieces: La Provencale
2. Livre De Pieces: La Reveuse
3. Son O Partite. Partita XIV: Prld
4. Son O Partite. Partita XIV: Allemande
5. Son O Partite. Partita XIV: Corrente
6. Son O Partite. Partita XIV: Sarabande
7. Son O Partite. Partita XIV: Giga
8. La Romanesca
9. Vars Sur Deux Themes
10. Seconde Ste in A: Prld
11. Premier Livre De Pieces. Ste No.1 in A: La Milanaise
12. Paysan En Rondeau
13. Menuets I & II
14. Der Getreue Musikmeister. Son in G: Siziliana
15. Der Getreue Musikmeister. Son in G: Vivace
16. Der Getreue Musikmeister. Son in G: Dolce
17. Der Getreue Musikmeister. Son in G: Scherzando
18. La Ferrand
19. Son in G: Adagio
20. Son in G: Allegro
21. Son in G: Menuets I & II
22. IVe Livre De Pieces: Feste Champestre
23. Seconde Ste in A: Fuguette
24. Premier Livre De Pieces: L'Iconstant
25. Premier Livre De Pieces: Menuets I & II
26. Son in C: Vivace
27. Son in C: Adagio
28. Son in C: Minuetto

Average customer rating: Delicate, Nasal, Melancholy

François Couperin: Pièces de violes, 1728 Manufacturer: Naive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Couperin, François | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000DETC1 Release Date: 2002-01-01

Customer Reviews:

Delicate, Nasal, Melancholy.......2007-04-02

Francois Couperin (1668 - 1733), Pièces de Violes avec la basse chifrée par Mr. F. C. (1728). Performed by Jordi Savall (anonymous bass viol with seven strings, made in France before 1800); Ton Koopman (harpsichord by Gilbert de Ruisseaux, second half of 17th century); Ariane Maurette (bass viol by Barak Norman, London 1697). Recorded at the Church of St. Lambert des Bois, Yvelines, France in December 1975. Re-issued in 1988 (and often since then) by Naive/Astrée as E 7744. Total time: 43'35".

The delicate, somewhat nasal and often melancholy sound of the bass viol or bass viola da gamba as it is more commonly known in Europe is perhaps an acquired taste, but one which delighted royalty and nobility throughout the seventeenth and on into the eighteenth century, when it was replaced more and more by the more robust-sounding violoncello. The instrument found its most devoted supporters in early 17th century England (where the so-called "viol consort" was much-loved) and in late 17th century France, where composers such as Marais, Forqueray and Sainte-Colombe created for it a repertoire which reached heights previously unknown. Jordi Savall, today perhaps best known and loved as a conductor, is one of Europe's leading bass viol virtuosos, his fame based not least on his recordings of viol music by Marais. But during the 1970s Savall, together with ace Dutch harpsichordist Ton Koopman, expanded his repertoire with classic recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's Sonatas for Viola da gamba for EMI and of Francois Couperin's swansong, the two suites of "Pièces de Violes" published in 1728 and surviving in a sole printed copy kept in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. These suites (one in the more traditional French form with the usual dances, the other leaning towards the Italian sonata form in four movements) are perhaps the least-known of Couperin's work, but they appear to continue his efforts of "uniting" the French and Italian musical tastes, and are written for two bass viols, the second of which is joined by a harpsichord playing the figured bass line. Music such as this is, of course, introspective, meditative, sometimes sad and requires devoted listeners and ditto performers. But such are Jordi Savall and Ton Koopman indeed, and it will be many years, I suspect, until this performance is bettered. As the sound engineering by Dr. Thomas Gallia under the perfectionist auspices of the late Michel Bernstein is, even 30 years later, beyond criticism, I can only recommend that fans of the viol or of Couperin should get hold of this disc, currently available as part of a 5 disc re-release by Naive Marais, Saint Colombe, Forqueray, Couperin: Pièces de Viole (Box Set).

Track Listings:

1. Der Ferne Spiegel: Music by Women Composers for Flute & Piano
2. Domenico Mazzocchi: Sacrae Concertationes / Jacobs, Scholl
3. Dvorák: String Quartets, Vol. 3: Op.34 & 16
4. El Cancionero de la Catedral de Segovia
5. Felix Draeseke: Christus - A Mystery in an Introduction and Three Oratorios
6. Florian Leopold Gassmann: Die junge Gräfin
7. Francois Couperin: Les Nations
8. Frantisek Tuma: Miserere Mei Deus & Stabat Mater
9. French Cello Sonatas, Vol.2
10. French Sonatas for Violin and Piano

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Immolated [Import]

Noel En Sol Maj

La Bel Indifferent [Import]

Music: Swing

My Suitor [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

New Beginning

Intermission: The Greatest Hits

Le Nozze Di Teti E Di Peleo

Last Sessions: Their Complete Victor Recordings - 1934-1941

Jazz Music: 15 Corridos/Caballos

Our House: Best of Madness [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Les Chants De Maldoror [Import]

Live Album [Import] [Live]

Telemann for Trumpet

The Second Barbra Streisand Album