Butterflies, princesses and mysterious barricades – works for harpsichord by Couperin

“I have to admit that I love music that moves me much more than that which surprises me,” François Couperin once said, and Laurent Stewart agrees. Between 1713 and 1730 Couperin published four collections of harpsichord suites, or ordres as he called them: 233 pieces in all that in many ways marked the culmination of the French Baroque. Stewart has picked out some portraits, scenes and dances the enigmatic titles and elegant twists of which reflect the fastidious, exacting culture of life at the French court. A student of Jos van Immerseel, Stewart is one of the most eminent interpreters of the French Baroque in the world today.

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