I.M's video: F Couperin - L Espagnole from Les Nations 1726

From LES NATIONS, Sonades et suites de simphonies en trio (Paris, Boyvin, 1726) Second Ordre L'Espagnole [La visionnaire], by François Couperin, also known as LE GRAND. I. Sonada [Gravement, Tres lentement, Vivement, Affectueusement, Legerement, Gayement, Air rendre, Vivement] - 0:11 II. Allemande III. Courante IV. Seconde Courante V. Sarabande VI. Gigue louree VII. Gavotte VIII. Rondeau IX. Bouree X. Double de la Bouree precedente XI. Passacaille: Noblement, et marque, vivement Performed by Hesperion XX. Claude Wassmer (bassoon, Prudent, c.1760) 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 Ferdinand of Bourbon (detail; 1731), by Jean Ranc (1674-1735).