Daniel-Ben Pienaar - Gaspard Le Roux: Complete Suites (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

CD1
01. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 1 in D Minor: I. Prelude
02. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 1 in D Minor: II. Allemande la Vauvert
03. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 1 in D Minor: III. Courante
04. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 1 in D Minor: IV. Sarabande grave
05. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 1 in D Minor: V. Menuet
06. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 1 in D Minor: VI. Passepied
07. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 1 in D Minor: VII. Courante luthée
08. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 2 in D Major: I. Allemande grave
09. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 2 in D Major: II. Courante
10. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 2 in D Major: III. Sarabande gaye
11. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 2 in D Major: IV. Gavotte
12. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 3 in A Minor: I. Prelude
13. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 3 in A Minor: II. Allemande l’Incomparable
14. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 3 in A Minor: III. Courante
15. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 3 in A Minor: IV. Sarabande
16. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 3 in A Minor: V. Sarabande en Rondeau
17. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 3 in A Minor: VI. Gavotte
18. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 3 in A Minor: VII. Menuet et Double, Second Menuet
19. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 4 in A Major: I. Allemande gaye
20. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 4 in A Major: II. Courante la Venetiene
21. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 4 in A Major: III. Gigue
22. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 5 in F Major: I. Prelude
23. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 5 in F Major: II. Allemande grave
24. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 5 in F Major: III. Courante
25. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 5 in F Major: IV. Chacone
26. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 5 in F Major: V. Menuet, Double, Double de la Basse
27. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 5 in F Major: VI. Passepied
28. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 5 in F Major: VII. Allemande

CD2
01. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor: I. Allemande gaye
02. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor: II. Courante et Double
03. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor: III. Sarabande grave en rondeau
04. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor: IV. La Favoritte
05. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 7 in G Minor: I. Prelude
06. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 7 in G Minor: II. Allemande
07. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 7 in G Minor: III. Courante
08. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 7 in G Minor: IV. Le Bel-ebat
09. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 7 in G Minor: V. La Piece sans titre
10. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 7 in G Minor: VI. Gigue
11. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 7 in G Minor: VII. Sarabande en 12 Couplets
12. Pièces de clavessin, Suite No. 7 in G Minor: VIII. Menuet
13. Pièces de clavessin, Gigue in G Major for 2 Harpsichords (Arr. for Solo Piano by Daniel-Ben Pienaar)
For his tenth Avie release, Daniel-Ben Pienaar flies the flag for the enigmatic French composer Gaspard Le Roux, by re-imagining his only published work - the exquisite Pieces de clavessin from 1705 - for its first ever recording on the modern piano. The original, mercurial manuscript presents different versions of these undeniably charming pieces - for solo harpsichord, harpsichord duet and trio sonata. Daniel-Ben distils the performing possibilities, explaining, For this first recording of these Suites on piano - in both the do-it-yourself spirit of the score, and also in that of inviting the modern listener to treat Le Roux's set as 'art object' - I have fashioned a version where I conflate Le Roux's solo harpsichord and trio iterations of the same music, adding some of the extra inner voices or descants from the trios to the keyboard version on repeats, but in such a way that the delicate poise and occasionally elliptical voice-leading of the original keyboard score would still be largely maintained. The result is by turns brilliant, pleasing, witty and affecting.

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