François Couperin’s early publications include a number of airs serieux, as well as several short pieces that were included in the collection of Pièces choisies pour le clavecin published by Ballard in 1707. Here Christophe Rousset and Cyrille Dubois reveal little-known aspects of the art of François Couperin. Some of these pieces testify to the composer’s taste for music in the Italian style, which is also evident in his sonatas, which include not only the famous La Steinkerque, but also La Superbe and La Sultane, in which Rousset conducts Les Talens Lyriques. The programme also presents a hitherto uncatalogued drinking song, Souvent dans le plus doux sort, the only known autograph piece so far discovered.
Airs sérieux & air à boire Les Pèlerines “Au Temple de l’Amour” “Qu’on ne me dise plus” “Doux liens de mon cœur” La Pastorelle “Il faut aimer” Les Solitaires “Dans l’île de Cythère” Brunette “Zéphire, modère en ces lieux” “Souvent dans le plus doux sort”
Sonatas La Sultane (sonate en quatuor) La Superbe (sonate en trio) La Steinkerque (sonate en trio)
Pièces choisies pour le clavecin de différents auteurs, Ballard 1707
Recorded by Little Tribeca in July 2016 at Couvent des Dominicains, Guebwiller, in September 2017 at the Galerie Dorée of the Banque de France, Paris, and in April 2021 at Temple Saint-Pierre, Paris
Cover by Nathanaël Mergui
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