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Pi?ces de Clavecin (Stücke für Cembalo) 4. Buch 21. Ordre Nr. 1-5 01. "Nr. 1 La Reine des c urs" Quatri?me livre de pi?ces de clavecin, Vingt-et-uni?me ordre: II. La bondissante 02. "Nr. 2 La Bondissante" Quatri?me livre de pi?ces de clavecin, Vingt-et-uni?me ordre: III. La Couperin 03. "Nr. 3 La Couperin" Quatri?me livre de pi?ces de clavecin, Vingt-et-uni?me ordre: IV. La harp?e 04. "Nr. 4 La Harp?e" Quatri?me livre de pi?ces de clavecin, Vingt-et-uni?me ordre: V. La petite pince-sans-rire 05. "Nr. 5 La Petite Pince-sans-rire" Suite bergamasque 06. "1. Pr?ludium" Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: II. Menuet 07. "2. Menuett" Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune 08. "3. Clair de lune" Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: IV. Passepied 09. "4. Passepied" Miroirs (5 Stücke für Klavier) 10. "Nr. 1 Noctuelles (Tr?s l?ger)" Miroirs, M. 43: II. Oiseaux tristes 11. "Nr. 2 Oiseaux tristes (Tr?s lent)" Miroirs, M. 43: III. Une barque sur l'oc?an 12. "Nr. 3 Une barque sur l'oc?an (D'un rythme souple)" Miroirs, M. 43: IV. Alborada del gracioso 13. "Nr. 4 Alborada del gracioso (Assez vif)" Miroirs, M. 43: V. La vall?e des cloches 14. "Nr. 5 La vall?e des cloches (Tr?s lent)"
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Description: | â??Oiseaux tristes brings together works by three prominent French composers,â? writes Fazıl Say. â??Ravelâ??s Miroirs is one of the most interesting works in the piano repertoire and Suite bergamasque is one of Debussyâ??s most significant piano works ... François Couperinâ??s Ordre No. 21 in E minor from the fourth book of his Pièces de clavecin was suggested to me by a harpsichordist friend and I decided to adapt it for piano. Couperin believed that music and poetry together had a particular elegance, and the evocative titles of the five pieces reflect his unique style.â?
The album takes its name (â??Sad birdsâ??) from the second movement of Miroirs, but the best-known piece on the programme â?? the rapturous â??Clair de luneâ?? â?? is from Debussyâ??s Suite bergamasque. Both Ravel and Debussy admired Couperin (1668-1733) as a model of French musical style. During World War I Ravel paid explicit tribute to his predecessor with the suite Le Tombeau de Couperin, while Debussy makes oblique reference to him in the Suite bergamasque: it evokes the early 18th century with a minuet and passepied, while its title and the name â??Clair de luneâ?? both recall poems from Paul Verlaineâ??s 1869 collection Fêtes galantes. Verlaineâ??s texts reimagine the paintings of Couperinâ??s contemporary Antoine Watteau, with their courtly ladies and gentlemen, pierrots and harlequins, misty landscapes and subtle emotional ambivalence.
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