Couperin - Music for Two Harpsichords 1 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Tilman Skowroneck writes InchThis recording was initiated by Bengt Nassen, the owner of the harpsichord by Martin Skowroneck (1926-2014) that is featured here. Initially, I was planning to play music by Bach and Handel on this German instrument, which is based on early eighteenth-century models, but after acquainting myself with the instrument's possibilities, I was led in a different direction. It's sound is located somewhere between Italian brilliance and a more intimate vocal character. Some French builders of the seventeenth century made instruments whose characteristics were quite similar, even though they arrived at these results by different constructions. And so the idea was born to use this sound to retrace the connections between the Italian and French sound worlds of the late seventeenth century.Inch Tilman Skowroneck was born in Bremen in 1959 and studied harpsichord in The Hague and Amsterdam. After his studies he established himself as a freelance harpsichordist in Germany and Holland. Since 1996, Tilman Skowroneck has participated at various early piano seminars at the University of Gothenburg and the Gothenburg organ centre GOArt. He is currently senior lecturer for musical performance at the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg.

Album Tracks 1. Pieces de Clavecjn Du Sixieme Ordre, en Si Bemol Majeur 2. Suite de Pieces de Clavecin en Re Mineur 3. Pieces de Clavecin Du Septieme Ordre, en Sol Majeur Et Mineur

Album Tracks 1. Troisième Prélude 2. La Ménetou 3. Les Petits Âges La Muse Naissante 4. Les Petits Âges L'enfantine 5. Les Petits Âges L'adolescente 6. Les Petits Âges Les Délices 7. La Basque 8. La Chazé 9. Les Amusemens 10. Septième Prélude 11. Les Moissonneurs 12. Les Langueurs-Tendres 13. Le Gazoüillement 14. La Bersan 15. Les Baricades Mistérieuses 16. Les Bergeries 17. La Commére 18. Le Moucheron 19. La Ténébreuse Allemande 20. Premiere Courante 21. Seconde Courante 22. La Lugubre Sarabande 23. Gavotte 24. La Favorite Chaconne À Deux Temps