Couperin / Lindorff Art Of Francois Couperin CD

This release, La Rapha?le: The Art of Fran?ois Couperin, pays homage to the Italian keyboard master long venerated by the Parisian Acad?mie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. This reverence also rang true of Fran?ois Couperin as a musical creator, who was clearly struck by Raphael's art, and so named the first movement of his Huiti?me Ordre's majestic opening allemande after the artist. World-renowned harpsichordist Joyce Lindorff recreates Couperin's L'Art de Toucher le Clavecin, Sixi?me Ordre, and Huiti?me Ordre with exquisite musicianship honed over four decades of researching and studying the styles and methods of the most famous keyboard composers of the 17th through 18th centuries. She is Professor of Keyboard Studies at Temple University where she has taught historical keyboards and performance practice for the past twenty years. In addition to teaching, she has performed across the United States, Europe, Russia, Japan, and China, and has received solo recitalist awards from the Pro Musicis Foundation of France and the National Endowment for the Arts in the United States.