Les Grâces Naturelles
French music of the High Baroque

Les Graces Naturelles CD

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Marin Marais (1656-1728)
1. Le Labyrinthe

Armand-Louis Couperin (1727-1789)
2. L’Intrépide
3. Menuet I-II
4. L’Arlequine

Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1749)
Sonate Sixième in B minor
5. Grave
6. Legèrement
7. Gracieusement
8. Viste

Marin Marais (1656-1728)
9. La Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts Troisième concert
10. La Lapopliniere: Rondement
11. La Timide: Rondeaux gracieux
12. Tambourins I et II

Total 51 minutes of music.

Rachael Beesley - violin
Cassandra Luckhardt - viola da gamba
Regina Albanez - theorbo
Pieter Dirksen - harpsichord

Violin - John Johnson, London 1759
Viola da Gamba - John Pringle, 1987, after Barbé, Paris 1684
Theorbo - Richard Berg, 1996, after M.Sellas
Harpsichord - Sebastian Nuñez, 1989
Harpsichord - Sebastian Nuñez, 1996 (Rameau & Couperin)

Pitch: a' = 413 Hz
Recorded: 6 & 7 November 2003 & 4 February 2005
St. Caeciliakapel, Tiel, The Netherlands

Producer: Rachael Beesley & La Suave Melodia
Recording engineer & editor: Nico Jonker
Recording and editing: Music Evolution

© 2011 nico jonker