Couperin - Concerts Royaux

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Louis XIV adorait la musique et appréciait particulièrement les concerts privés de François Couperin. Patrick Cohën-Akenine et les Folies françoises ont su ressusciter cette magie musicale de l'ère du Grand Siècle avec une splendeur inégalée. More details

FRANCOIS COUPERIN (1668-1733)
LES CONCERTS ROYAUX

From the Third Book of Pièces de clavecin, 1722

Les Folies françoises
Patrick Cohën-Akenine Violin & Conductor

Emmanuel Balssa Violincello and viola da Gamba
Niels Collin Coppalle Recorder and bassoon
Jocelyn Daubigny Flute
Béatrice Martin Harpsichord
Jean-Marc Philippe Oboe

Louis XIV enjoyed holding private concerts for himself, performed by the musicians in his service. In 1714, François Couperin composed an ensemble of short pieces for this very purpose, brought together in four Concerts, each one a marvel of the King’s Chamber Music. By turns dancing or mysterious, the pieces by Couperin, who presided over the harpsichord during these musical moments in the twilight years of the Sun King’s reign, form a veritable compendium of Grand Siècle music. They dazzle like never before at the hands of Patrick Cohën-Akenine and his Folies françoises…

Recorded from 27th to 29th July 2021 at the Museum of Instruments in Provins.

Booklet French/English/German - Duration: 60'20

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