L. Couperin - Selected Harpsichord Works - 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. Gravement, Et Rondement 2. Vivement 3. Gravement, Notes E'gales Et Rondement 4. Vivement, Et Marqué 5. Air, Gracieusement 6. Second Air 7. Air, Gracieusement 8. Gravement, Et Marqué 9. Légèrement 10. Allemande. Noblement, Et Sans Lenteur 11. Courante 12. Seconde Courante. Un Peu Plus Gayement 13. Sarabande. Tendrement 14. Rondeau. Gayement 15. Gigue. Affectueusement; Quoy-Que Légèrement 16. Les Baricades Mistérieuses. Vivement 17. Menuet en Trio 18. La Létiville 19. Gravement, Et Mesuré 20. Vivement 21. Affectueusement 22. Légèrement - Repos 23. Gayement - Repos 24. Air Tendre 25. Vivement, Et Marqué 26. Allemande. Gracieusement 27. Courante. Noblement 28. Seconde Courante. Un Peu Plus Vivement 29. Sarabande. Gravement 30. Gigue Lourée. Modérément 31. Gavotte. Tendrement, Sans Lenteur 32. Rondeau. Affectueusement 33. Bourée. Gayement. Double de la Bourée Précédente 34. Passacaille. Noblement Et Marque 35. La Julliet. Gayement 36. Muzette. Naivement

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