Louis Couperin: The Complete Works for Clavecin / Blandine Verlet

Although Louis Couperin is less often mentioned than his nephew Francois Couperin, he was an important clavecin composer in 17th century France along with Jacques Champion de Chambonniere and Jean-Henri d’Anglebert. He is also known as the composer who established the technique of “prelude non mesure”, which can be seen in the Prelude of Rameau’s First Suite. Compared to the works of Francois Couperin, his style is closer to the language of lute music. I have the complete works of Blandine Verlet on CD, but I also liked the analog version by Alan Curtis that I had a long time ago. There is nothing more graceful than a Clavecin piece from this period played in meantone tuning. #baroque #couperin #片山俊幸