Les Baricades Misterieuses : Hanneke van Proosdij

Les Baricades Misterieuses by Hanneke van Proosdij

Hanneke van Proosdij : Les Baricades Misterieuses.
Vibrant harpsichord-music.

Les Baricades Mistérieuses features Dutch harpsichordist Hanneke van Proosdij, renowned for the elegance, virtuosity, and expressiveness of her playing. She performs on a harpsichord based on the Ruckers-Goujon harpsichord in the Musee d'Art et d'Histoire in Neuchatel, Switzerland; it has more than a frisson of the original Ruckers, and tenders energy and complexity to the works of Jean–Henri D'Anglebert, François Couperin, Antoine Forqueray, Jacques Duphly & Claude Balbastre. The title of the album derives from Couperin's famous work "Les Baricades Mistérieuses" which was published in 1717 in his VIth Ordre de Clavecin. Although countless theories have been advanced as to the meaning of the title, none is convincing, and the ineluctable modality of the piece has captured the imaginations of composers, writer and artists. In 1961, René Magritte painted "Les Barricades Mystérieuses," which eventually was transformed into a grand mural in Halle Delvaux at the Palais des Congrès in Brussels.

The French harpsichord school of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is known as Les Clavecinistes. They flourished and achieved a refinement of keyboard writing which was constantly admired and often imitated outside their home country. The French Clavecinistes flourished at the royal court and the aristocratic salons of Paris. This recording will take you on a journey among the different generations and styles of French harpsichordists and composers.

Songs:

1. Les Baricades Misterieuses (Francois Couperin)
2. Prelude (Jean-Henri d'Anglebert)
3. Cesses mortels de soupirer (Pierre Guedron)
4. Courante (Jacques Champion de Chambonnieres)
5. Chaconne (Louis Marchand)
6. La Cheron (Armand-Louis Couperin)
7. Soeur Monique (Francois Couperin)
8. La Forqueray (Jacques Duphly)
9. La Lugeac (Claude Balbastre)
10. L'Amour reciproque (Louis-Antoine Dornel)
11. Seconde Courante (Francois Couperin)
12. La Sylva (Antoine Forqueray)
13. L'Harmonieuse (Jean-Francois Dandrieu)
14. La St Jean de Paris (Louis-Antoine Dornel)
15. Chaconne ou Passacaille (Louis Couperin)
16. Canaries (avec double) (Francois Couperin)
17. La Couperin (Antoine Forqueray)
18. Les Tendres Plaintes (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
19. La Felix (Jacques Duphly)
20. Les Baricades Misterieuses (Francois Couperin)

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Release date: 4/9/2010
Hanneke van Proosdij lives in California USA

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Instrumental, Composer: Antoine Forqueray, Composer: Armand-Louis Couperin, Composer: Francois Couperin, Composer: Jacques Champion de Chambonnieres, Composer: Jacques Duphly, Composer: Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer: Louis Couperin, Composer: Pierre Guedron, Harpsichord

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