Artist: JungHae Kim
Title: D'Anglebert Pieces de Clavecin, 1689 Paris
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Magnatune
Genre: Classical Harpsichord
Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
Total Time: 01:16:01
Total Size: 516 mb

Tracklist

01. Suite No 3 in D Minor-Prelude (JH D'Anglebert)
02. Suite No 3 in D Minor-Allemande (JH D'Anglebert)
03. Suite No 3 in D Minor-Courante I (JH D'Anglebert)
04. Suite No 3 in D Minor-Double Courante (JH D'Anglebert)
05. Suite No 3 in D Minor-Courante II (JH D'Anglebert)
06. Suite No 3 in D Minor-Sarabande grave (JH D'Anglebert)
07. Suite No 3 in D Minor-Gigue (JH D'Anglebert)
08. Suite No 3 in D Minor-Variations (couplet 1-22) sur les folies d'Espagne (JH D'Anglebert)
09. Suite No 2 in G Minor-Prelude (JH D'Anglebert)
10. Suite No 2 in G Minor-Allemande (JH D'Anglebert)
11. Suite No 2 in G Minor-Courante (JH D'Anglebert)
12. Suite No 2 in G Minor-Sarabande (JH D'Anglebert)
13. Suite No 2 in G Minor-Gigue (JH D'Anglebert)
14. Suite No 2 in G Minor-Gaillarde (JH D'Anglebert)
15. Suite No 2 in G Minor-Minuet La Jeune Iris (apres M de Lully) (JH D'Anglebert)
16. Suite No 2 in G Minor-Les Songes Agreables d'Atys (apres M de Lully) (JH D'Anglebert)
17. Suite No 4 in D Major-Allemande (JH D'Anglebert)
18. Suite No 4 in D Major-Courante (JH D'Anglebert)
19. Suite No 4 in D Major-Sarabande (JH D'Anglebert)
20. Suite No 4 in D Major-Gigue (JH D'Anglebert)
21. Suite No 4 in D Major-Chaconne Rondeau (JH D'Anglebert)
22. Suite No 4 in D Major-Chaconne de Galetee (apres M de Lully) (JH D'Anglebert)
23. Suite No 4 in D Major-Tombeau de Monsieur de Chambonnieres (JH D'Anglebert)

The harpsichord music of Jean-Henri D'Anglebert boasts an extraordinary richness of texture and a dense tapestry of ornaments. The many small ornamental figures, liberally added like embroidery to the dances that make up the majority of the harpsichord pieces, result in a sumptuous variety of detail, an elegant subtlety that mirrors the elegance and richness of Louis XIV's court. Yet underneath this brocade of ornamentation, D'Anglebert's music is fundamentally both simple and lyrical.
The three Suites presented on this album offer a rich combination of passion and turbulence coupled with a reflective and at times majestic soundscape. The range of experience offered by D'Anglebert is impressive as the listener is urged along from periods of introspection to episodes of agitated brilliance.

Among the many wonderful works included on this album is The Tombeau de Mr. de Chambonnières, an elegiac piece written for D'Anglebert's teacher, Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. It has been hailed as one of the great harpsichord pieces of the seventeenth century. Although this is an instrumental piece not associated with a text, the listener receives its message of grieving and tribute just as clearly as if it had words, perhaps more so, since music can speak at an even deeper level than words.