The people of the Netherlands call the 17th century their Gouden Eeuw, or Golden Age, due as much to their prosperity as to
their extraordinary advances in thought, science and the fine arts. In 1579, led by William of Orange-Nassau, the seven northern Calvlnist provinces proclaimed their independence from Spain and became the United Provinces of the Netherlands. The southern Catholic provinces, then in the midst of economic decline, were left under the domination of the Habsburgs.
Amsterdam was thriving and soon unseated Antwerp as the leading centre of maritime trade, her bank becoming the most powerful in
Europe. Governed by the cultured bourgeois, the Dutch were the living example of modernity, tolerance and enterprise. The constitution of the new State, although officially Calvinist, established the right to freedom of religion for all her citizens, and welcomed Anabaptists, French Huguenots, Jews, libertines and free-thinkers.


François Filiatrault, 2000
Translated Lynn Selwood
François Couperin (1668-1733)
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7e concert, en sol mineur, tiré des Goûts-réünis ou nouveaux concerts
1. Prélude nº 3, tiré de
L'art de toucher le clavecin (1716-1717) 0:55
2. Gravement 1:14
3. Allemande 1:52
4. Sarabande 2:30
5. Fuguéte 2:24
6. Gavote 1:12
7. Siciliéne 1:58

11e concert, en do mineur, tiré des Goûts-réünis ou nouveaux concerts
8. Majestuesement 1:43
9. Allemande 2:42
10. Allemande 2 1:30
11. Courante 1 1:29
12. Courante 2 1:17
13. Sarabande 3:35
14. Gigue 1:55
15. Rondeau 2:09

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16. Cinquième prélude, en la majeur, tiré de L'art de toucher le clavecin 2:26
Extraits du 15e ordre du Triosiéme livre de piéces de clavecin (1722) «Pièces-croisées»
17. Le dodo ou L'amour au berçeau, en la majeur/mineur 3:09
18. Muséte de Choisi, en la majeur 2:23
19. Muséte de Taverni, en la mineur 1:55

3e concert, en la majeur, tiré des Concerts royaux (1722)
20. Prélude 2:07
21. Allemande 1:31
22. Courante 1:34
23. Sarabande 4:01
24. Gavotte 1:10
25. Muzette 3:11
26. Chaconne 2:57

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