Couperin: Two Harpsichords
) | Label: TOCCATA CLASSICS Catalog: TOCC0203 Format: CD Schwarz; BuckleyComposed by: Couperin, Francois Francois Couperin’s Concerts Royaux (1722) and Les Nations (1726) use open scoring, indicating that they could be performed by whatever instruments were at hand. He later confessed that he himself preferred to perform them on two harpsichords. This suggestion had to wait for these two CDs to be taken up in a recording (the second CD is being readied for future release). Also presented are a number of his Pices de clavecin, also in rarely heard realizations for two harpsichords.  Price: $27.98 |