Browse: CD, Couperin, L (composer)

Pienaar displays his collections thematically, connecting dances and variations, imitative and evocative works that suggest battles and birdsong, that paint portraits, tell stories and write... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Staier avoids the potential didactic pitfall that the concept might have laid for him. But the surprise comes in the form of music by Staier himself, a suite of six pieces (or ‘meditations’)... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2024 More…

He’s commandeered a Yamaha concert grand and had it regulated in two ways: one nurturing darker and even more rounded sounds to enhance what he perceives to be the music’s singing qualities;... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Rousset is just the sort of player to take advantage with his precise yet silken touch and immense authority in the French harpsichord style, which sees contrapuntal lines delineated with clarity,... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018 More…

Conceived as ‘an audio voyage’, this programme makes associations between diverse repertoire through timbre, texture, colour and ‘affect’...In the hands of a gifted virtuoso like Eller, one understands... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

What strikes me most about this recording is the judicious use of registrations and stops by harpsichordist Brice Sailly. This not only gives the necessary timbral variety to the various movements,... — Fanfare, September/October 2021 More…