This album was recorded by Little Tribeca from May 1 to 4, 2017, at the Hôtel de l'Industrie in Paris.
Instruments
Blandine Verlet, the performer, plays a faithful copy of a 1636 Andreas Ruckers harpsichord, which was enlarged in 1763 by Henri Hemsch and built in 1985 by Anthony Sidey and Frédéric Bal.
Compositional Technique
Couperin's 'Les Folies françaises, ou Les Dominos' is a galant divertimento that reinterprets the traditional 'Folies d'Espagne' as a masked ball with twelve allegorical sections, each associated with a color.
Compositional Technique
The piece 'Le Tic-toc-choc ou Les Maillotins' is an imitative work that uses percussive effects through hand-crossing and arpeggios distributed between both hands to create a light, childlike character.
Composition History
François Couperin, the composer, published his Third Book of Harpsichord Pieces in 1722, following the success of his previous two books from 1713 and 1716.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Couperin often included prefaces in his published works, detailing precise instructions for the correct performance of his pieces, including explanations for keyboard coupling and ornament interpretation.
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