The titles of the pieces in Parant's Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin allude to people in his circle, such as La Angôt and De la Bauve, and places like Passy and Lyons.
Composer Biography
Jean-Baptiste Parant served as the organist at the Quinze-Vingts, a Parisian hospital established in the 13th century for 300 needy blind people.
Composer Biography
Jean-Baptiste Parant, the composer, is known through scant biographical details, with his first name inferred from a handwritten note on his 1762 publication.
Recording & Production
This album marks the first complete recording of Jean-Baptiste Parant's Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin.
Composition History
Jean-Baptiste Parant's Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin is dedicated to Louise Angélique d'Harcourt, daughter of a duke, who later became a mother superior.
Critical Reception
An advertisement for Parant's Livre de pièces de clavecin in the Mercure de France in 1762 praised the pieces as "agreeable and full of song, a virtue that regrettably is becoming rather rare."
Performer Biography
Eva del Campo, the harpsichordist on this recording, was a joint winner of the 8th International Early Music Competition in Gijón in 2018.
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