Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:36 Ordering of Louis Couperin's pieces
3:12 Choosing a temperament
8:35 Dynamic changes in the Gigue
13:17 Use of the short octave in the Gigue
18:15 The score accompanying the recording
19:33 Performance
19:50 Prélude
21:06 Allemande La Précieuse
24:12 Courante
26:06 Sarabande
28:40 Gigue
30:52 Chaconne La Bergeronnette
33:53 Patreon information

Links:

Louis Couperin, Prelude in c minor (with a discussion of the Bauyn and Parville manuscripts):
youtube.com/watch?v=V6ryRwqt2gs

Louis Couperin, Tombeau de Mr. de Blancrocher: youtube.com/watch?v=5Rglt26-aVI

Louis Couperin, Pavanne in f-sharp minor (performed in quarter-comma meantone temperament): youtube.com/watch?v=e1EtxSMJPeU



Louis Couperin: Suite in c minor:
I. Prélude
II. Allemande La Précieuse
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Gigue
VI. Chaconne La Bergeronnette

John Moraitis, harpsichord.
Harpsichord by Martine Argellies (Montpellier, 2012), after Dulcken.
Temperament: Rameau. A=415 Hz