F. Couperin - La Françoise, from Les Nations (1726)

From LES NATIONS, Sonades et suites de simphonies en trio (Paris, Boyvin, 1726) Premier Ordre La Françoise [La pucelle], by François Couperin, also known as LE GRAND. I. Sonada [Gravement, Gayement, Gravement, Gayement, Vivement, Air: Gracieusement, Vivement] - 0:14 II. Allemande III. Premiere Courante IV. Seconde Courante V. Sarabande VI. Gigue VII. Chaconne ou Passacaille VIII. Gavotte IX. Menuet Performed by Hesperion XX. Claude Wassmer (bassoon, Prudent, ) Stephen Preston (baroque flute, R. Tutz, after Rottenberg, mid XVIIIc.) Ton Koopman (harpsichord, after F. Blanchet) Ku Ebbinge, Michel Henry (oboe I/II, O. Cottet, after Ch. Schleger, XVIII c.) Hopkinson Smith (theorbo, J. v. de Deest) Jordi Savall (bass viol, B. Norman, London, 1697) Chiara Banchini (violin I, L’école Maggini, Tesaro, XVIII c.) Monica Huggett (violin II, R. Ross, after N. Amati) *** *** *** Picture: Portrait of Madame Victoire (1748), by Jean-Marc Nattier.