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Luc Beausejour

Moments Baroques Au Piano

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J. S. Bach : Aria from Goldberg Variations
1 Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D Minor, K. 1  
2 Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in C Major, K. 159  
3 Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 - Andante  
4 Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 - Adagio  
5 Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 - Presto  
6 Henry Purcell: Ground in C Minor, ZD 221  
7 Rameau: Les Indes gallants - Air pour les Esclaves affricains  
8 Rameau: Les Indes gallants - Rigaudon 1-Rigaudon 2, en rondeau  
9 Rameau: Les Indes gallants - Les Sauvages  
10 Georg Bohm: Prelude, Fugue and Postlude in G Minor  
11 Girolamo Frescobaldi: Corrente prima  
12 Girolamo Frescobaldi: Corrente seconda  
13 Girolamo Frescobaldi: Corrente terza  
14 Girolamo Frescobaldi: Corrente quarta  
15 Bach: Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914  
16 Couperin: Pavane in F-sharp Minor  
17 Handel: Suite in D Minor, HWV 437 - Allmand  
18 Handel: Suite in D Minor, HWV 437 - Corrent  
19 Handel: Suite in D Minor, HWV 437 - Saraband  
20 Handel: Suite in D Minor, HWV 437 - Jigg  
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The repertoire on this recording was written for harpsichord during the Baroque period, generally considered to span the years 1600 to 1750. While many pianists have played Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, Rameau, and even Couperin and Froberger, few harpsichordists have come to the defence of the harpsichord repertoire on the modern piano. The idea was born during a meeting with Analekta president, François Mario Labbé. I was submitting some recording proposals for harpsichord and clavichord, and he asked me, "Why not make a CD of piano music?" Somewhat taken aback, I asked for a few days to think about it. Not long after, I suggested a program that would not only include harpsichord repertoire already covered by pianists–Bach, Scarlatti, and Handel– but would also feature some lesser-known works.

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  • Luc Beausejour - Moments Baroques Au Piano / KDFC: Download Of the Week
    Posted At: May 24, 2016

    Each week KDFC: San Francisco members can download a free mp3 from some of the biggest releases in the world of Classical music. Baroque Session from Luc Beausejour started as an idea was born during a meeting with Analekta president, François Mario Labbe who asked: "Why not make a CD of piano music?" Somewhat taken aback, Beausejour asked for a few days to think about it. Not long after, the pian...

  • Luc Beausejour - Moments Baroques Au Piano / KDFC: Album Of the Week
    Posted At: May 16, 2016

    French-Canadian musician Luc Beausejour branches out with this new recording of keyboard works from the Baroque period (roughly 1600-1750). A noted harpsichordist, Beausejour carefully selected only those pieces that he felt "translated" well to themodern piano on this recording. For example, he decided not to include any Bach Fugues, explaining that it is much more difficult to create def...

  • Luc Beausejour - Baroque on Piano / WFMT: Featured Release
    Posted At: April 17, 2016

    Luc Beauséjour is a highly sought-after musician for his virtuosity and the subtlety of his playing on the harpsichord and organ. The repertoire heard on this recording, originally written for the harpsichord during the Baroque period, is played on piano. Beauséjour selected works that appealed to him most and that he felt worked best on the piano. The Bach: Concerto in D minor, BWV 974...

  • Luc Beausejour - Moments Baroques Au Piano / CBC: First Play
    Posted At: February 5, 2016

    We would like to have seen the look on Luc Beauséjour's face when Mario Labbé, president of the Analekta record label, suggested Beauséjour's next album should be a collection of baroque keyboard music played - anachronistically - on piano. Beauséjour, one of Canada's leading harpsichordists who has spent decades championing the authentic performance of this m...
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