Louis Couperin: Prélude à l'imitation de Mr Froberger.

Recorded in 2012, on a 2007 Michael Johnson Franco-Flemish harpsichord.  Pitch a=415hz, Werckmeister III temperament. 

Louis Couperin : Prélude à l'imitation de Mr Froberger

Passacaille in G minor/Major (M98, Oiseau Lyre edition) by Louis Couperin.  Harpsichord by Peter Smalley 2003, after Taskin 1769. Ordinaire Temperament.

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Louis Couperin: Passacaille in G minor/Major (M98)

Passacaille in C Major (M27, Oiseau Lyre edition) by Louis Couperin. Harpsichord by Peter Smalley 2003, after Taskin 1769. Ordinaire Temperament.

Louis Couperin: Passacaille in C Major (M27)

L'Enharmonique (from Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin, 1728) by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Harpsichord by Peter Smalley 2003, after Taskin 1769.

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Rameau - L'Enharmonique

Les Baricades Mistérieuses, from Sixième Ordre (Second Livre, 1717) by François Couperin. Harpsichord by Peter Smalley 2003, after Taskin 1769.

Couperin - Les Baricades Mistérieuses

A very quick (if slightly imperfect) playthrough of the stunning Les Grâces by Jacques Duphly (from Troisième Livre, 1756). 

Harpsichord by Peter Smalley, 2003, after Taskin, 1769.

Duphly - Les Grâces

Chaconne in D Major (M.62 in the Davitt Moroney/Oiseau Lyre edition) by Louis Couperin. Harpsichord by Peter Smalley 2003, after Taskin 1769.

Live recording from a concert performed in Nano Nagle Place, Cork City (8th June 2018).

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Louis Couperin: Chaconne in D Major, M.62

La Garnier, from Second Ordre (Premier Livre, 1713) by François Couperin.  Harpsichord by Peter Smalley 2003, after Taskin 1769.

Live recording from a concert performed in Nano Nagle Place, Cork City (8th June 2018).

François Couperin - La Garnier

Le Réveil-Matin from François Couperin's Pieces de Clavecin, Premier Livre (1713), recorded during a recent concert. 
Franco-flemish harpsichord by Michael Johnson, 2007.  Pitch: A=415hz, Werckmeister III temperament.

F. Couperin: Le Réveil-Matin

François Couperin: Passacaille in B minor from Huitième Ordre (Second Livre de Pieces de Clavecin, 1717), recorded during a recent concert.   

Franco-flemish harpsichord by Michael Johnson, 2007.  A=415hz, Werckmeister III temperament.

F.Couperin - Passacaille in B minor (1717)

François Couperin: Passacaille, from Huitième Ordre in B minor (Second Livre, 1717).

Live recording. Played on a 1738 Antoine Vater harpsichord, during the 2012 East Cork Early Music Festival.  Tom Ó Drisceoil, harpsichord.

François Couperin: Passacaille, from Huitième Ordre in B minor

François Couperin: Sarabande L'Unique, from Huitième Ordre in B minor (Second Livre, 1717).

Live recording. Played on a 1738 Antoine Vater harpsichord, during the 2012 East Cork Early Music Festival.  Tom Ó Drisceoil, harpsichord.

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