Francois Couperin: Klavierwerke Vol.2 on CD

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Angela Hewitt's hugely successful first volume of François Couperin's Pièces de Clavecin presented works from Books II and III of the cycle. Here we have a further twenty-one pieces, this time from Book IV.

Critical acclaim for the first volume (Hyperion CDA67440) surely makes this new disc a self-recommending classic.

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»For someone of Angela Hewitt's pulling power to invite her fans so enticingly down so unfashionable a path – a poncy ancien régime twiddler? And on the piano! – is brave; and it's right« (BBC Music Magazine)

»La pianiste canadienne y séduit par une conduite très narrative, délicate, rendant chaque pièce de manière très caractéristique, et avec une éloquence certaine« (Classica-Répertoire, France)

»Angela Hewitt is a remarkable musician with a highly refined sensibility. She makes use of the best qualities of the piano without stepping out of stylistic bounds … Such intelligent musicianship« (American Record Guide)

»Wit, tenderness, and sensibility – these essential elements of the Couperin style Hewitt provides with grace and scholarly affection, her Steinway piano singing in glorious Technicolor« (Audiophile Audition)

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