Franois Couperin: The Eight Preludes From L'Art de toucher le Clavecin

Here are the eight preludes crowning François Couperin’s essential and rightfully famous book, with the ’appetizing’ title “L’Art de toucher le Clavecin“, It is a subtle title - hinting more how to ’touch’ the instrument - rather than ’just playing’ it. Equally subtle and expressive are these short preludes - concise in form and yet, delightfully free and agreeable - with unending inspiring to young and old! The book was first published in 1717 - also as a handy ’compendium’ to his first two Livres of harpsichord pieces. I have been wanting to do this video for a long time - to share this breathtakingly beautiful & tender music with you all - and wish for us all to delight in François Couperin’s world of non-compromised beauty! As for the instrument: This is the FF - g’’’ double that I built (..from scratch), in Oslo, back in 1971 - in a ’late-Flemish style’ - exceedingly ins