Naoko Akutagawa, Glen Wilson - Le Roux: Complete Works for 1 and 2 Harpsichords (2006)

Tracklist

01. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 1 in D minor: I. Prelude (1 hpschd)
02. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 1 in D minor: II. Allemande la Vauvert (2 hpschd)
03. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 1 in D minor: III. Courante (1 hpschd)
04. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 1 in D minor: IV. Sarabande grave (1 hpschd)
05. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 1 in D minor: V. Minuet (1 hpschd)
06. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 1 in D minor: VI. Passepied (1 hpschd)
07. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 1 in D minor: VII. Courante luthee (2 hpschd)
08. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 2 in D major: I. Allemande grave la Lorenzany
09. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 2 in D major: II. Courante
10. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 2 in D major: III. Sarabande gaye
11. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 2 in D major: IV. Gavotte
12. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 3 in A minor: I. Prelude (1 hpschd)
13. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 3 in A minor: II. Allemande l'incomparable (1 hpschd)
14. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 3 in A minor: III. Courante (1 hpschd)
15. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 3 in A minor: IV. Sarabande (1 hpschd)
16. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 3 in A minor: V. Sarabande in rondo (2 hpschd)
17. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 3 in A minor: VI. Gavotte (2 hpschd)
18. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 3 in A minor: VII. Minuet (2 hpschd)
19. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 3 in A minor: VIII. Second Minuet (2 hpschd)
20. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 4 in A major: I. Allemande gaye (1 hpschd)
21. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 4 in A major: II. Courante la Venitiene (1 hpschd)
22. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 4 in A major: III. Gigue (2 hpschd)
23. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 5 in F major: I. Prelude (1 hpschd)
24. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 5 in F major: II. Allemande grave (1 hpschd)
25. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 5 in F major: III. Courante (1 hpschd)
26. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 5 in F major: IV. Chaconne (1 hpschd)
27. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 5 in F major: V. Minuet (1 hpschd)
28. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 5 in F major: VI. Passepied (2 hpschd)
29. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 5 in F major: VII. Allemande (1 hpschd)
30. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 6 in F sharp minor: I. Allemande gaye (1 hpschd)
31. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 6 in F sharp minor: II. Courante (1 hpschd)
32. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 6 in F sharp minor: III. Sarabande grave in rondo (1 hpschd)
33. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 6 in F sharp minor: IV. La favoritte (2 hpschd)
34. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 7 in G minor: I. Prelude (1 hpschd)
35. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 7 in G minor: II. Allemande (1 hpschd)
36. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 7 in G minor: III. Courante (2 hpschd)
37. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 7 in G minor: IV. Le bel-ebat (1 hpschd)
38. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 7 in G minor: V. La piece sans titre (2 hpschd)
39. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 7 in G minor: VI. Gigue (1 hpschd)
40. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 7 in G minor: VII. Sarabande in 12 couplets (1 hpschd)
41. Pieces de clavessin: Suite No. 7 in G minor: VIII. Minuet (1 hpschd)
42. Pieces de clavessin: Gigue in G major: Gigue for 2 harpsichords

Gaspard Le Roux belongs to the very first rank of clavecinistes of the seventeenth century, on a par with Louis Couperin. For sustained invention, refinement of ornamentation and profundity of expression, Le Roux’s Pièces de clavecin demonstrate that he had few equals. The impressively virtuosic Sarabande en 12 couplets concludes with an almost impressionistic variation, suggestive of moonlight sparkling on water flowing from a Moorish fountain.

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