I've uploaded my engraving of this gorgeous piece to IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/Les_Nations_%28Couperin,_Fran%C3%A7ois%29#La_Pi.C3.A9montoise_.28No.4.29 I especially adore the Gravement at 2:51 and the Sarabande at 15:22 UPDATE: I have updated the score (current version 1.1) with corrections

Prodigieux... Merci infiniment.

This entire Les Nations album is a true gem. Otherworldly.

The blending of these performers, down to the last ornament, is perfect. What an amazing recording.

The white notation is /*chef’s kiss/*

@marcocampus7943

2 жыл бұрын

Notes inegales

@Cmaj7

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcocampus7943 It's unrelated to notes inégales. In the second gravement, the white noteheads have a direction to play equally. Also, a section of the second dessus was originally written with black noteheads (which I changed to white for consistency). It wouldn't make sense for this to mean one part plays equal quarters while the other plays unequal.

The trills and the syncopations, pure beloved extravagance.

They play this music with such devotion. Really beautiful!

This is pulling on my heartstrings 😭

yo that's some very nice engraving actually, congrats :D also, I never heard this before, and I think it is the most beautiful thing I've heard all week

@Cmaj7

2 жыл бұрын

:D

The use of hollow note heads is a beautiful and artistic engraving choice

Thanx a lot CMaj7! specially for engraving score & parts and markes misprints in 1726 ed,. 👍👍👍

Saved to my favorites! Invaluable.

wow! never heard this piece before, the texture is really fascinating! good work :)

The sound quality of this recording is truly excellent!

Stupendo, non lo conoscevo questo brano

Thanks so much to you!

Amazing. Thank you for this

Dude, the engraving is awesome! I need to play this with my group.

@Cmaj7

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I hope you do play it

@Cmaj7

Жыл бұрын

FYI I uploaded a new version to IMSLP with a few corrections

13:12 awesome

4:58. Omg

any historical context to the minim looking hollow notation in this?

@Cmaj7

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't find much information on it. It seems like it was only used in the French baroque for 3/2

@martineslava8642

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty trippy sometimes but a pleasure to play from!

This is lovely. Any chance you may be able to upload the others, or just La Francoise?

@Cmaj7

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, they're definitely on my to-do list!

@robhaskins

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cmaj7 😍

The notation! Weird but make sense! Did he write like this?

@Cmaj7

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of Couperin scores have the white notehead notation. I do rather like it; beaming gives a sense of connectedness

@cr8207

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cmaj7 how do you tell at a glance the difference between crotchets and minums?

Was this considered "modern" at its time?

@aymerichm8835

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not the most qualified person to answer but I'd say "modern" wasn't a very common idea at the time, at least for music (there was however an important "querelle des anciens et des modernes" in literature in the previous decades, where "modern" was opposed more to ancient Greeks and Romans than to older French styles). "Fashionable" and "original" would probably be more suited terms for 18th century listeners. Couperin was regarded highly enough to be called "le grand" (although I'm not sure when this nickname was first used, and it was mostly to distinguish him from other members of his family). Also, he was eager to mix french and Italian tastes, the former being increasingly criticized as too conservative and elitist and the latter being praised as more "natural" by many French listeners of the time, a debate that can also be viewed from the point of view of the opposition between the aristocracy and the more and more powerful bourgeoisie. In this regard, Couperin was more trying to achieve a middle-ground between "modern" Italianate and traditional French fashions... I'm not sure as to whether he succeeded because I can't hear much of Italian characteristics in his music but that's a personal feeling...

@steffen5121

2 жыл бұрын

@@aymerichm8835 Interesting answer. I take, that this piece of music was probably not old-fashioned at its time.

This is a wonderful composition, but the first violinist used too much vibrato for my personal taste.