Couperin L'Alchimiste: Les Années de jeunesse (2020)

Couperin: L'Alchimiste is a complete cycle of François Couperin's voluminous keyboard music, shepherded by, but not exclusively featuring, harpsichordist Bernard Cuiller. Indeed, more than half of this three-CD set, the second in Cuiller's series, is given over to a pair of organ masses performed by organist Jean-Luc Ho. The "L'Alchimiste" title is a bit quizzical but appears to refer to the composer's ability to combine diverse elements in his music, which is not presented chronologically in the series. Cuiller might argue ... Read More

Couperin: L'Alchimiste is a complete cycle of François Couperin's voluminous keyboard music, shepherded by, but not exclusively featuring, harpsichordist Bernard Cuiller. Indeed, more than half of this three-CD set, the second in Cuiller's series, is given over to a pair of organ masses performed by organist Jean-Luc Ho. The "L'Alchimiste" title is a bit quizzical but appears to refer to the composer's ability to combine diverse elements in his music, which is not presented chronologically in the series. Cuiller might argue that the titles given to the individual harpsichord pieces in Couperin's ordres are themselves meant to be a bit mysterious. The first two ordres recorded here are much later than the organ masses and are not quite from the composer's années de jeuness e, years of youth. The concepts, then, are a bit murky, but the performances are quite stirring. Cuiller's harpsichord, a modern copy of a 17th century French instrument, is a powerful thing, and Harmonia Mundi records it with... Read Less

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