LE ROUX: Complete Works for 1 and 2 Harpsichords
Naoko Akutagawa, Glen Wilson
Gaspard Le Roux belongs to the very first rank of clavecinistes of the seventeenth century, on a par with Louis Couperin. For sustained invention, refinement of ornamentation and profundity of expression, Le Roux’s Pièces de clavecin demonstrate that he had few equals. The impressively virtuosic Sarabande en 12 couplets (Track 40) concludes with an almost impressionistic variation, suggestive of moonlight sparkling on water flowing from a Moorish fountain.
Le Roux, Gaspard
Pieces in D minor for 1 and 2 harpsichords
1. I. Prelude (1 hpschd) 00:01:06
2. II. Allemande la Vauvert (2 hpschd) 00:01:48
3. III. Courante (1 hpschd) 00:01:08
4. IV. Sarabande grave (1 hpschd) 00:01:32
5. V. Minuet (1 hpschd) 00:00:41
6. VI. Passepied (1 hpschd) 00:00:47
7. VII. Courante luthee (2 hpschd) 00:02:07
Pieces in D major for 1 harpsichord
8. I. Allemande grave la Lorenzany 00:02:37
9. II. Courante 00:01:12
10. III. Sarabande gaye 00:01:18
11. IV. Gavotte 00:00:52
Pieces in A minor for 1 and 2 harpsichords
12. I. Prelude (1 hpschd) 00:00:56
13. II. Allemande l'incomparable (1 hpschd) 00:02:00
14. III. Courante (1 hpschd) 00:01:24
15. IV. Sarabande (1 hpschd) 00:01:41
16. V. Sarabande in rondo (2 hpschd) 00:04:57
17. VI. Gavotte (2 hpschd) 00:01:22
18. VII. Minuet (2 hpschd) 00:01:03
19. VIII. Second Minuet (2 hpschd) 00:00:32
Pieces in A major for 1 and 2 harpsichords
20. I. Allemande gaye (1 hpschd) 00:02:04
21. II. Courante la Venitiene (1 hpschd) 00:01:12
22. III. Gigue (2 hpschd) 00:02:25
Pieces in F major for 1 and 2 harpsichords
23. I. Prelude (1 hpschd) 00:01:26
24. II. Allemande grave (1 hpschd) 00:02:36
25. III. Courante (1 hpschd) 00:01:13
26. IV. Chaconne (1 hpschd) 00:04:14
27. V. Minuet (1 hpschd) 00:01:06
28. VI. Passepied (2 hpschd) 00:00:47
29. VII. Allemande (1 hpschd) 00:02:05
Pieces in F sharp minor for 1 and 2 harpsichords
30. I. Allemande gaye (1 hpschd) 00:02:09
31. II. Courante (1 hpschd) 00:02:06
32. III. Sarabande grave in rondo (1 hpschd) 00:01:42
33. IV. La favoritte (2 hpschd) 00:01:56
Pieces in G minor for 1 and 2 harpsichords
34. I. Prelude (1 hpschd) 00:01:23
35. II. Allemande (1 hpschd) 00:01:55
36. III. Courante (2 hpschd) 00:01:26
37. IV. Le bel - ebat (1 hpschd) 00:01:14
38. V. La piece sans titre (2 hpschd) 00:00:59
39. VI. Gigue (1 hpschd) 00:01:16
40. VII. Sarabande in 12 couplets (1 hpschd) 00:13:00
41. VIII. Minuet (1 hpschd) 00:00:51
Gigue for 2 harpsichords
42. Gigue for 2 harpsichords 00:02:21
Total Playing Time: 01:20:29
