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Special offer. Couperin, F: Pieces de Viole
Jordi Savall (bass viol 7-string, anon, French, XVII century), Ton Koopman (harpsichord, Gilbert des Ruisseaux, end XVII century) & Ariane Maurette (bass viol Barak Norman, London 1697)
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Re-issue of the Month
Although still at the beginning of his career as a viol player, Savall, serenely supported by Ton Koopman, plays with consummate mastery of Couperin's style. He caresses the notes, and shapes...
Special offer. Couperin, F: Pieces de Viole
Jordi Savall (bass viol 7-string, anon, French, XVII century), Ton Koopman (harpsichord, Gilbert des Ruisseaux, end XVII century) & Ariane Maurette (bass viol Barak Norman, London 1697)
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Re-issue of the Month
Although still at the beginning of his career as a viol player, Savall, serenely supported by Ton Koopman, plays with consummate mastery of Couperin's style. He caresses the notes, and shapes...
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The first album made by Jordi Savall for the Astrée label!
After Mr Marin Marais and Sainte Colombe, Jordi Savall presents another summit of music for viola da gamba in his Heritage collection. This 1975 disc confirmed Couperin as a master, if proof were needed, and of his affinitities with the masters of French music.
This remastered high definition multi-channel SACD and very informative booklet complete this reissue of a must-have of the Savall oeuvre.
Contents and tracklist
- Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman, Ariane Maurette
- Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman, Ariane Maurette
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineApril 2013Re-issue of the Month
April 2013
Although still at the beginning of his career as a viol player, Savall, serenely supported by Ton Koopman, plays with consummate mastery of Couperin's style. He caresses the notes, and shapes and moulds the phrases, adding just the right amount of silence, allowing the music to breathe. However, some tempi now seems a little slow.
16th December 2012
Savall and co play with a warmth, a passion and a sense of freedom unsurpassed since.
Early Music Today
Jordi Savall’s interpretations of the two suites, which comprise Couperin’s Pièces de Viole, are free, spontaneous and sensible to the elusive nuances of what Couperin called ‘le bon goût’.
Classical Music June 2013
handsomely packaged with excellent documentation … his [Savall] account of the ‘Sarabande grave’ has all the requisite poetry and melancholy
