Louis Couperin (*ca. 1626 †1661):
Prélude

Marin Marais (*1656 †1728):
Prélude
Allemande La Beuron
Rondeau Le Plaisant
Caprice La Bellemont
Sarabande l'Espagnol
Chaconne

Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (*ca. 1640 †ca. 1700):
Prélude

Marin Marais:
Le Tableau de l'Opération de la Taille
Tombeau pour Mr de Ste Colombe
Le Badinage

Jacques Duphly (*1715 †1789):
La Forqueray

Antoine Forqueray (*1672 †1745):
La Marella
Le Clement
Sarabande La D'aubonne
Le Carillon de Passy
La Latour
Le Carillon de Passy

François Couperin (*1668 †1733):
Prélude

Antoine Forqueray:
La Couperin

Playing Forqueray demands complete and absolute devotion to the material, forsaking all others. His works are too complex and too difficult technically to interpret them successfully without a preceding period of study extending over several years. Monsieur Marais, the famous, well-regarded court composer, is a different matter. He knew how to supply the king (Ludwig XIV) and the Chapelle Royale with music both good in quality and easy to play, danceable and self-explanatory, music to help its hearers forget about the deep dark abysses lurking out in the world. Sarah Perl accompanied by Mira Lange and Niklas Trüstedt plays works by these two different contemporaries.