Gottlieb Muffat was the most important Viennese harpsichord composer of the 18th century. He inherited and developed a compound style that fused high Italian Baroque with the lightness of the French school. From his father, Georg – one of the greatest organ and orchestral composers of his own generation – Gottlieb absorbed a gift for ballet movements. This is the third and final volume in Naoko Akutagawa’s critically acclaimed series of Muffat’s Harpsichord Suites.
Muffat, Gottlieb
Keyboard Suite in A Major, MC B36
1 I. Prélude 01:32
2 II. Allemande 02:42
3 III. Courante 01:48
4 IV. Menuet Anglais 00:45
5 V. Sarabande 02:10
6 VI. Gavotte 00:38
7 VII. Air en Menuet 00:45
8 VIII. Gigue Anglaise 01:56
Keyboard Suite in G Minor, MC B6
9 I. Prélude 01:43
10 II. Le Bastard 01:16
11 III. Aria 02:08
12 IV. Bourrée 00:55
13 V. Menuet - Trio 02:05
14 VI. La Jalousie 01:35
15 VII. Gigue 01:13
16 VIII. Harlequinade 01:48
Keyboard Suite in D Major, MC B7
17 I. Fantaisie 01:50
18 II. Allemande 02:43
19 III. Courante 01:40
20 IV. Sarabande 02:02
21 V. Rigaudon 01:09
22 VI. Menuet - Trio 01:57
23 VII. Gigue 02:02
24 VIII. Finale 02:07
Keyboard Suite in A Minor, MC B37
25 I. Prélude 01:21
26 II. Allemande 02:02
27 III. Courante 01:37
28 IV. Gavotte 00:56
29 V. Sarabande 02:42
30 VI. Paysan 00:53
31 VII. Passepied 00:59
32 VIII. Gigue 01:13
Keyboard Suite in D Minor, MC B12
33 I. Prélude 01:25
34 II. Menuet I 00:59
35 III. Fantaisie 01:32
36 IV. Air 02:20
37 V. Bourrée 00:52
38 VI. Ballet 01:19
39 VII. Gigue 00:55
40 VIII. Gavotte 00:43
41 IX. Menuet II - Trio 02:21
42 X. Finale 01:47
Total Playing Time: 01:06:25
