The album cover features François Boucher's 1763 painting, 'Angelica and Medoro', which depicts a scene from Ludovico Ariosto's epic poem 'Orlando Furioso'.
Performer Biography
Fernando De Luca, the harpsichordist on this album, graduated with honors from the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome and has performed internationally.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The spirit of Dufour's harpsichord music is compared to the rococo painting style of François Boucher, a court artist known for lively colors and playful themes.
Performer Biography
Fernando De Luca founded 'Sala del Cembalo del Caro Sassone', an online platform that has become the largest source of recordings by a professional harpsichordist in the world.
Composer Biography
Pierre Thomas Dufour, an organist and composer, lived from approximately 1721 to 1786 in Paris.
Recording & Production
The harpsichord used for this recording is a French instrument, built by C. Caponi in 1985, modeled after a Blanchet harpsichord from 1754.
Composition History
Dufour's Pièces de Clavecin, published around 1772, is his only known extant work, though he likely composed others that are now lost.
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