Angela Hewitt - Couperin: Keyboard Music, Vol. 1

We are used to hearing the keyboard music of the great harpsichord masters Bach, Scarlatti, even Handel, played on the piano, but why not that of their contemporary, Fran�ois Couperin �le Grand�? Putting this question to Angela Hewitt initiated appropriate investigation, with the result that she has now taken the jewelled miniatures of the French ma�treinto her repertoire in addition to her celebrated Bach.This is the first of three CDs devoted to the composer and is devoted to Ordres 6, 8 and 18 which include several of his most well-known pieces: S�ur Monique, Le Tic-Toc-Choc, Les Baricades Misterieuses and the famous Passacaille.