The Couperin Sketchbooks

Instrumentation

Piano
1

Additional Information

This piece, which is about ten minutes long, is made up of many short sections which have ‘Couperinesque’ titles, and share something of the spirit of Couperin’s music. In a number of places these fragments are linked by short passages from the Couperin ordres. The music moves seamlessly between the different styles, and passes through a wide range of moods and textures. The final bars of the piece are taken from the opening of a harpsichord piece Graham wrote a number of years ago, Pastorale, which in itself was a response to the idea of the unmeasured prelud

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Year
Publisher
Composers Edition
Minutes
10

Recordings

Date published
2021
Performers
Paul Sanchez
Record company
Divine Art
Title
Seria Ludo