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, 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)

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Picture: Portrait of Madame Victoire (1748), by Jean-Marc Nattier.