F Couperin, Passacaglia in B Minor Landowska

[ricardomarvin335]

Great Wanda Landowska The first the pionner the only Thanks for uploading I love this old sound of the harpsichord

[PhillipLWilcher]

I love her!

[baroquepawel]

Hi Chris, I love Landowska's playing, and I love this Passacaille. Thanks for posting this...! P.

[FoliesEspagne]

Somewhere I have read that this Passacaille was her favourite of all harpsichord pieces! Probably because all of the thrillers in both the treble and the bass line. More than excellent timing indeed. She is not afraid to slow down to give that extra tension without getting romantic. It is if the king will enter as in a French Ouverture.

[chriswales19]

Well I didn't know that :) Wanda and I are clearly on the same wavelength!

[xyaqua]

form can match tenchnique

techneque can match style

style can match form.

but nothing can match timing

(paraphrased chinese adage regarding kung fu)

[sallymosher]

Majestic and effective. It works. Landowska was a musician who could make her interpretations work.  Since this instrument's sound is so different from the French instrument Couperin would have used, I wonder what he'd think..

[gidimeir]

and great and rare photo too! (I'venever seen it before)

[sonotantobello]

it's from the time magazine, they have like 35 of this serie. You can find it in google. :)

[gidimeir]

thanks so much for this information.

[anonimoalfin]

Well, I enjoyed it too. It's fascinating in so many ways (and certainly NOT ONLY because of the instrument and the registers... what about the tempo and the ornaments?). Really, incredibly interesting to listen. Thank you so much for posting it !