Thank you - yes, the music of Louis Couperin is exceptionally beautiful and insufficiently widely known - I much prefer to play it than the beeter known pieces of his nephew, Francois. But these unmeasured preludes are something special
Thanks. My Colin Booth is lovely - it is 'after' the Bertarini of 1577 in the Musee Bardini in Florence, but very much 'after' - a wider compass and no pretence really even of being an inner/outer instrument as I think the original must be. Colin tells me he has made about 30 of these now! Best wishes and thanks for you interest.
i can not wait to read your dissertation upon spinets. i am an amateur organologist myself( i am only 14) yet one day i aspire to make everything in the viol family, as well as flutes, clavichords, harpsichords, and spinets, and to collect rare instruments. your playing was wondrous!!!!
Bravo. this kind of (difficult!)prelude non mesuré is an excellent choice to compare two instrument's sounds . I too admire your italian harpsichord. Playing Louis Couperin in mesotonic accord or not is a great subject... no doubt that it creates a very special "ambiance" (wouh, the fa# and do# here!). Excuses for the bad english.
Thank you for your kind comments. You are right of course - I hadn't tried playing Louis Couperin in meantone before and perhaps I should try the whole thing again with my historic spinet in meantone and my Italian harpsichord in ordinaire? F sharp and D sharp are particularly difficult on the spinet-many of the sharps give a poor tone because of the balance ratio of the keys.
Your English is fine. English people are used to English-as-a-second-language correspondence.
Beautiful music! 5*****for you! I love harpsichord early music
kacharov 2 years ago
Thank you - yes, the music of Louis Couperin is exceptionally beautiful and insufficiently widely known - I much prefer to play it than the beeter known pieces of his nephew, Francois. But these unmeasured preludes are something special
clementmatchett 2 years ago
Yes, indeed, thank you very much for sharing the music of Louis Couperin, and thank you for giving us the chance to hear such beautiful music!
kacharov 2 years ago
Well, Thank You very much!
clementmatchett 2 years ago
Thanks. My Colin Booth is lovely - it is 'after' the Bertarini of 1577 in the Musee Bardini in Florence, but very much 'after' - a wider compass and no pretence really even of being an inner/outer instrument as I think the original must be. Colin tells me he has made about 30 of these now! Best wishes and thanks for you interest.
clementmatchett 3 years ago
i can not wait to read your dissertation upon spinets. i am an amateur organologist myself( i am only 14) yet one day i aspire to make everything in the viol family, as well as flutes, clavichords, harpsichords, and spinets, and to collect rare instruments. your playing was wondrous!!!!
poetlaureatte94 2 years ago
Bravo. this kind of (difficult!)prelude non mesuré is an excellent choice to compare two instrument's sounds . I too admire your italian harpsichord. Playing Louis Couperin in mesotonic accord or not is a great subject... no doubt that it creates a very special "ambiance" (wouh, the fa# and do# here!). Excuses for the bad english.
couperinette 3 years ago
Thank you for your kind comments. You are right of course - I hadn't tried playing Louis Couperin in meantone before and perhaps I should try the whole thing again with my historic spinet in meantone and my Italian harpsichord in ordinaire? F sharp and D sharp are particularly difficult on the spinet-many of the sharps give a poor tone because of the balance ratio of the keys.
Your English is fine. English people are used to English-as-a-second-language correspondence.
clementmatchett 3 years ago
Thanks Ernst, yes my Italian, which is by Colin Booth, is a gem and a great boon to a novice player.
clementmatchett 3 years ago
Dear Clement, well done and I like your Italian very much!
ernststolz 3 years ago