Complete recording of Dufour's sole extant harpsichord collection for authentic preservation
Includes dances, gigues, courantes, allemandes, musettes, and two solo concertos for harpsichord
Features works with vividly colored and dramatized themes, comparable to Couperin
Includes two solo concertos in B flat and E flat major with three-movement structure
Concertos showcase grandeur and sophistication reminiscent of Italianate French music
Summarized by Shop
An obscure corner of the French Baroque illuminated: the only available recording of the sole extant collection by a Parisian organist and composer. About Pierre-Thomas Dufour, almost nothing is now known for certain beyond his death in Paris, on 30 December 1786, and the publication in 1770 of this collection of harpsichord pieces bearin