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Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in g minor, BWV 995 – Sarabande (new recording). John Moraitis, harpsichord.
Harpsichord by Martine Argellies (Montpellier, 2012), after Dulcken.
Temperament: Rameau. A=415 Hz.
The Suite in g minor, BWV 995 is Bach's own transcription for lute of his 5th cello suite in c minor, BWV 1011. While technically not a harpsichord composition, both the lute and the harpsichord are plucked instruments, the predominantly low range highlights the wonderful resonance of the harpsichord's bass register, and, perhaps most importantly, this is too beautiful of a suite to resist performing it :)
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in g minor, BWV 995 – Sarabande (new recording). John Moraitis, harpsichord.
Harpsichord by Martine Argellies (Montpellier, 2012), after Dulcken.
Temperament: Rameau. A=415 Hz.
The Suite in g minor, BWV 995 is Bach's own transcription for lute of his 5th cello suite in c minor, BWV 1011. While technically not a harpsichord composition, both the lute and the harpsichord are plucked instruments, the predominantly low range highlights the wonderful resonance of the harpsichord's bass register, and, perhaps most importantly, this is too beautiful of a suite to resist performing it :)
![Louis Couperin: Chaconne la Complaignante. John Moraitis, harpsichord.
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Louis Couperin: Chaconne la Complaignante [57] in d minor. John Moraitis, harpsichord.
Harpsichord by Martine Argellies (Montpellier, 2012), after Dulcken.
Temperament: meantone. A=415 Hz. Louis Couperin: Chaconne la Complaignante. John Moraitis, harpsichord.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zg7KT2JuZys/mqdefault.jpg)
![Louis Couperin: Suite in d minor. John Moraitis, harpsichord.
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Chapters:
0:00 Assembling a suite
1:31 Choosing a prelude
4:28 The Allemande
6:32 The two Courantes
9:42 Tempo in the Courantes
11:53 The Sarabande
11:42 The Chaconne
19:05 The Canaries
19:43 The score
20:25 Order of movements
20:40 Prélude [Anonymous]
24:23 Allemande
28:05 Courante I
29:35 Courante II
31:26 Sarabande
34:12 Canaries
35:31 Chaconne
38:25 Patreon information
Link to the video of the anonymous Prelude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wKG_TgFqxU
Louis Couperin: Suite in d minor
I. Prélude [Anonymous]
II. Allemande
III. Courante I
IV. Courante II
V. Sarabande
VI. Canaries
VII. Chaconne
John Moraitis, harpsichord.
Harpsichord by Martine Argellies (Montpellier, 2012), after Dulcken.
Temperament: Rameau. A=415 Hz Louis Couperin: Suite in d minor. John Moraitis, harpsichord.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/znQI7aOYFSo/mqdefault.jpg)