Claudio Rufa, Paolo Pandolfo, Rinaldo Alessandrini - Couperin: Concerts royaux (2012)

Tracklist

01. Concerts royaux, Concerto No. 3 in A Major: I. Prélude
02. Concerts royaux, Concerto No. 3 in A Major: II. Allemande
03. Concerts royaux, Concerto No. 3 in A Major: III. Courante
04. Concerts royaux, Concerto No. 3 in A Major: IV. Sarabande
05. Concerts royaux, Concerto No. 3 in A Major: V. Gavotte
06. Concerts royaux, Concerto No. 3 in A Major: VI. Muzette
07. Concerts royaux, Concerto No. 3 in A Major: VII. Chaconne
08. Concerts royaux, Concerto No. 4 in E Minor: I. Prélude
09. Concerts royaux, Concerto No. 4 in E Minor: II. Allemande
10. Concerts royaux, Concerto No. 4 in E Minor: V. Sarabande
11. Concerts royaux, Concerto No. 4 in E Minor: VII. Fuguere
12. Les goûts-réunis, Concerto No. 9 in E Major, Ritratto dell'amore: I. Le charme
13. Les goûts-réunis, Concerto No. 9 in E Major, Ritratto dell'amore: II. L'enjouement
14. Les goûts-réunis, Concerto No. 9 in E Major, Ritratto dell'amore: III. Courante françoise. Les grâces
15. Les goûts-réunis, Concerto No. 9 in E Major, Ritratto dell'amore: IV. Le je ne scay quoy
16. Les goûts-réunis, Concerto No. 9 in E Major, Ritratto dell'amore: V. La vivacité
17. Les goûts-réunis, Concerto No. 9 in E Major, Ritratto dell'amore: VI. Sarabande. La noble fierté
18. Les goûts-réunis, Concerto No. 9 in E Major, Ritratto dell'amore: VII. La douceur
19. Les goûts-réunis, Concerto No. 9 in E Major, Ritratto dell'amore: VIII. Menuet. L'et cætera

François Couperin’s three Concerts are part of a cycle of 14 works printed in two series by Boivin et Le Clerc. The first series includes the first four concerts and appeared in 1722 under the title «Concerts Royaux ... qui . Conviennent non seulement au Clavecin, maís aussy au Violon, à la Flûte, au Hautbois, à la Viole et au Basson»; the second was published in 1724 and was entitled «Les Goúts Réùnis ou Nouveaux Concerts à l’usage de toutes les sortes d’Instruments de Musique». The three «Concerts» represent three different aspects of Couperin’s musical production: the third is an exemplary homage to the French tradition of dance suites; the ninth is one of the most extraordinary examples of that genre inappropriately referred to as «descriptive»; and the fourteenth is a synthesis of the results obtained by Couperin in his use of certain compositional techniques typical of Italian instrumental music in general and of that of Corelli in particular.

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