The Best Of François Couperin

Subscribe and turn on notifications to be alerted of our uploads! 00:00:00 Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin Le tic-toc-choc, ou Les maillotins Ordre XVIII, 6 00:03:33 Second livre de pièces de clavecin Les Baricades Mistérieuses Ordre VI, 5 00:09:04 Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin La linote-éfarouchée Ordre XIV, 3 00:14:21 Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin Les fauvétes plaintives Ordre XIV, 4 00:25:04 Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin Le rossignol-vainqueur Ordre XIV, 5 00:28:04 Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin Le petit-rien Ordre XIV, 8 00:32:48 Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin Le dodo, ou L’amour au berceau Ordre XV, 2 00:38:37 Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin L’evaporée Ordre XV, 3 00:42:04 Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin La douce et piquante Ordre XV, 6 00:45:48 Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin La Princesse de Chabeüil, ou La muse de Monaco Ordre XV, 8 00:49:27 Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin Le rossignol-en-amour Ordre XIV, 1 00:53:49 Second livre de pièces de clavecin Passacaille Ordre VIII, 7 01:06:11 Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin Les rozeaux Ordre XIII, 2 01:11:57 Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin Les folies françoises, ou Les dominos Ordre XIII, 4 Leonardo Locatelli P C 2020 Classical Tunes All Rights Reserved François Couperin was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand (“Couperin the Great“) to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family. Couperin was born into a prominent musical family. His father Charles was organist at the Church of Saint-Gervais in Paris, a position previously held by Charles’s brother Louis Couperin, the esteemed keyboard virtuoso and composer whose career was cut short by an early death. As a boy François must have received his first music lessons from his father, but Charles died in 1679. The church council at Saint-Gervais hired Michel Richard Delalande to serve as new organist on the understanding that François would replace him at age 18. The 11-year-old was taken care of and taught, meanwhile, by organist Jacques-Denis Thomelin, who served both at court and at the church of St Jacques-de-la-Boucherie. Biographer Évrard Titon du Tillet wrote that Thomelin treated the boy extremely well, becoming a second father to him. François’ talent must have shown itself early on because by 1685 the church council began providing him a salary, although he had no contract. At twenty-one Couperin also lost his mother, Marie (née Guérin), but otherwise his life and career were accompanied by good fortune. In 1689 he married one Marie-Anne Ansault, daughter of a prosperous family. The next year saw the publication of his Pièces d’orgue, a collection of organ masses praised by Delalande, who may have assisted with the project. In three more years Couperin succeeded Thomelin at Louis XIV’s court. The appointment brought him in touch with some of the finest composers of the day as well as the aristocracy. His earliest chamber music dates from this time. Couperin met his court duties in tandem with those he now had as organist at Saint-Gervais, while also composing. Check our Fantastic Selection with the best Classical Music for Relaxation, Meditation, Focus, Reading, Studying and Stress Relief: Check our channel including the best music from Grieg, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, Debussy, Brahms, Handel, Chopin, Schubert, Haydn, Dvorak, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and many more: We also have a fine selection with the best Baroque Music: Follow us also on Spotify: #Couperin #BaroqueMusic #PianoClassical