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Julie Anne Sadie Sakaï benefits from just the right support from Christophe Rousset and Marion Martineau (who apparently retunes her viol in the E minor Sarabande for one low G in bar 11!). They are joined by Isabelle Saint‑Yves, delightfully blending their instruments in Couperin’s nostalgic Plainte and a bewitchingly beautiful suite of pieces by Antoine Forqueray – three of which were found in a manuscript in Lille and the fourth, a whimsical La girouette (‘Weathervane’), surviving as a solo in a Paris manuscript and arranged here for a trio. The Forqueray suite has also been recorded by Vittorio Ghielmi (Passacaille, 2014) and Justin Taylor, who transcribed it for solo harpsichord (Alpha, 11/16). The inclusion of the Forqueray pieces on this disc highlights the known professional connections between the Couperins and the Forquerays. Sakaï’s faithfully rendered performances of the Couperin suites, especially when compared with those of the more independently minded, Forqueraian Pandolfo, suggest the warmer, more measured approach and sensibilities of Marin Marais. Couperin was equally well acquainted with Marais (his Versailles colleague and Paris neighbour) who died in 1728, the year in which Couperin issued the suites, and the ‘Pompe funèbre’ of the D minor Suite, sublimely interpreted here, is often mentioned as his tribute to Marais. A ravishing disc! |
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