David Ponsford - Couperin: French Organ Music from the Golden Age, Vol. 10 (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: I. Prelude - Autre Livre - Grand Livre d'Orgue
02. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: II. Fantaisie
03. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: III. Fantaisie
04. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: IV. Ad Coenam Agni Providi, comme il se chante a Montmartre
05. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: V. (Ad Coenam Agni Providi) 3e, Verset
06. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: VI. Fugue
07. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: VII. Fantaisie
08. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: I. Fugue
09. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: II. Fugue sur la tierce du Grand Clavier
10. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: III. Conditor, en haultcontre avec le poulce en trio
11. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: IV. Conditor, a 2 dessus
12. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: V. Fugue sur la tierce
13. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: VI. Fugue sur la cromhorne
14. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: VII. Fugue qu'il fault jouer d'un mouvement fort lent sur la tierce du Grand Clavier aec le tremblant lent
15. Pieces in Tone 5 in C Major: I. Fantaisie
16. Pieces in Tone 5 in C Major: II. Fantaisie
17. Pieces in Tone 2 in G Minor: I. Fantaisie
18. Pieces in Tone 2 in G Minor: II. Duo
19. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: VIII. Beata nobis Gaudia
20. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: IX. Beata nobis guadia - Trio
21. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: X. Duretez fantaisie
22. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: XI. Fantaisie
23. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: XII. Ave Maris Stella
24. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: XIII. Ave Maris Stella - Trio
25. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: XIV. Fantaisie
26. Pieces in Tone 1 in D Minor: XV. Fantaisie
27. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: VIII. Pange Lingua - En basse
28. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: IX. Pange Lingua - Trio
29. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: X. Pange Lingua - Trio
30. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: XI. Fugue
31. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: XII. Fantaisie sur le cromhorne
32. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: XIII. Fantaisie sur la tierce du Grand Clavier avec le tremblant lent
33. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: XIV. Fugue renversée
34. Pieces in Tone 4 in E Minor: XV. Fugue grave sur Urbs Beata Jherusalem

For this 400th anniversary of the birth of Louis Couperin, it has been a great privilege to record this selection of his music on an organ built in the style of a mid-seventeenth French instrument, and tuned in meantone temperament. No mid-seventeenth century French organs in original condition and tuning are now extant, but this marvellous instrument built by Dominique Thomas in 2008 is the closest to the authentic sounds which Louis Couperin would have recognised.