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Pièces de violes
François Couperin

Pièces de violes

La Bellemont

Label: Challenge Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917200676
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Catalog number: CC 720067
Releasedate: 28-08-26
- Couperin’s final masterpiece for viola da gamba, recorded here with exceptional historical insight
- A rich and expressive journey through the elegance and emotion of the French Baroque
- Performed by award-nominated ensemble La Bellemont with warmth, refinement, and virtuosity
- Features rare and highly idiomatic viol writing inspired by the great French viol tradition
- An intimate recording that brings Couperin’s timeless belief to life: music should “touch rather than surprise”
-Couperin's word are so true: this music goes straight to the heart!
François Couperin’s Pièces de violes comes alive in this deeply expressive new recording by La Bellemont, revealing the viola da gamba at the height of its emotional and rhetorical power. Written in 1728, these works are among Couperin’s final publications and blend the refinement of the French Baroque with striking intimacy, elegance, and imagination. Through two contrasting suites - from the tender melancholy of the E minor Prelude and Sarabande to the radiant brilliance of the A major suite - the album explores a world of subtle emotion, poetic silence, and richly colored harmony, where every phrase speaks with the nuance of the human voice. 

Performed with exceptional sensitivity by La Bellemont, this recording highlights the ensemble’s celebrated warmth, precision, and expressive depth. The musicians illuminate Couperin’s unique ability to move beyond virtuosity in search of something more profound and human, - music that, in Couperin’s own words, “touches rather than surprises.” With its refined interplay of viola da gamba, theorbo, baroque guitar and harpsichord, the album offers an immersive journey into one of the most beautiful and sophisticated sound worlds of the French Baroque.