William Christie - Conversation - Gaspard Le Roux: Suites for 2 Harpsichords - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

An outlier in the French harpsichord world, Gaspard Le Roux composed music of unique inventiveness and richness at the end of the reign of Louis XIV. Juxtaposing his pieces with others by Lully, Marais and François Couperin, William Christie and Justin Taylor have found the ideal alchemy to do full justice to the myriad colors of these Suites, as virtuosic as they are rich in new emotions. Album Tracks 1. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.1 in D minor I. Prélude 2. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.1 in D minor II. Allemande InchLa VauvertInch 3. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.1 in D minor III. Courante 4. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.1 in D minor IV. Sarabande Grave 5. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.1 in D minor V. Menuet 6. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.1 in D minor VI. Passepied 7. Lully Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, LWV 43, Act IV Scene 5 Marche Pour la Cérémonie Des Turcs (Arr. for 2 Harpsichords By William Christie & Justin Taylor) 8. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.2 in D Major I. Allemande Grave InchLa LorenzanyInch 9. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.2 in D Major II. Courante 10. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.2 in D Major III. Sarabande Gaye 11. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.2 in D Major IV. Gavotte 12. Lully Armide, LWV 71, Act V Scene 1 Passacaille (Arr. for 2 Harpsichords By William Christie & Justin Taylor, After Jean-Henri D'anglebert) 13. Couperin Pièces de Clavecin, Book 2, Ordre VII in G Major & G minor I. La Ménetou (Arr. for 2 Harpsichords By William Christie & Justin Taylor) 14. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.3 in a Minor I. Prélude 15. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.3 in a Minor II. Allemande 16. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.3 in a Minor III. Courante 17. Le Roux Suite for 2 Harpsichords No.3 in a Minor