Duphly Violaine Cochard

• Jacques Duphly (1715 - 1789): Pièces de clavecin , Livre 1, suite No. 1:
• 1Pièces de clavecin , Livre 1, suite No. 1: I. Allemande en Ré Mineur04:27
• 2Pièces de clavecin , Livre 1, suite No. 1: II. Courante en Ré Mineur02:11
• Antoine Forqueray (1671 -1745): Pièces de viole, suite No. 1:
• 3Pièces de viole, suite No. 1: III. La Cottin01:58
• Jacques Duphly: Pièces de clavecin , Livre 1, suite No. 1:
• 4Pièces de clavecin , Livre 1, suite No. 1: III. La Vanlo02:54
• 5Pièces de clavecin , Livre 1, suite No. 1: IV. Rondeau tendre en Ré Mineur02:34
• Antoine Forqueray: Pièces de viole, suite No. 1:
• 6Pièces de viole, suite No. 1: V. La Portugaise02:46
• Jacques Duphly: Pièces de clavecin, Livre 3:
• 7Pièces de clavecin, Livre 3: VII. Les Grâces05:13
• Antoine Forqueray: Pièces de viole, suite No. 3:
• 8Pièces de viole, suite No. 3: IV. La Angrave02:47
• Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (1705 - 1755): Pièces de clavecin, livre 1:
• 9Pièces de clavecin, livre 1: VI. L'Aimable04:43
• 10Pièces de clavecin, livre 1: XIV. La Marche des Scythes06:27
• Jacques Duphly: Pièces de clavecin, Livre 2:
• 11Pièces de clavecin, Livre 2: IX. La d'Héricourt03:29
• Pièces de clavecin , Livre 1, suite No. 2:
• 12Pièces de clavecin , Livre 1, suite No. 2: II. La Boucon. Courante02:43
• Pièces de clavecin, Livre 3:
• 13Pièces de clavecin, Livre 3: V. Chaconne06:54
• 14Pièces de clavecin, Livre 3: IV. La Forqueray. Rondeau05:32
• 15Pièces de clavecin, Livre 3: VI. Médée03:58
• Jean-François Dandrieu (1682 - 1738): Pièces de clavecin, Livre 2, suite No. 1:
• 16Pièces de clavecin, Livre 2, suite No. 1: III. La Lyre d'Orphée (Deuxième Livre, 1728)03:52
• Total Runtime01:02:28

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Violaine Cochard approaches her favourite repertoire with all the virtuosity and poetic sensitivity we know. The French harpsichord school shone throughout Europe during the 18th century. After the chiaroscuro of Couperin, in the wake of the great Rameau, a whole generation of musicians made the instrument sound with dazzling opulence, injecting into their scores the advances of opera, while preserving the expressive refinement of their elders.

Violaine Cochard aborde son répertoire de prédilection avec toute la virtuosité et la sensibilité poétique qu'on lui connaît. L'école française du clavecin rayonnait sur toute l'Europe durant le XVIIIe siècle. Après les clairs-obscurs de Couperin, dans le sillage du grand Rameau, toute une génération de musiciens firent sonner l'instrument avec une opulence éblouissante, injectant dans leurs partitions les avancées de l'opéra, tout en préservant le raffinement expressif de leurs aînés.

First-prize winner in the International Harpsichord Competition in Montreal in June 1999, Violaine Cochard worked with the finest teachers to develop a personal and inventive style. In 1991 she was awarded a first prize at the Conservatoire (CNR) in Angers, where she studied with Françoise Marmin, and entered the classes of Christophe Rousset and Kenneth Gilbert at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSM). Three years later she graduated with three first prizes – for continuo and harpsichord – awarded unanimously by the jury. She continued her training with Pierre Hantaï and Christophe Rousset (advanced course at the CNSM in Paris).

Violaine Cochard, harpsichord

Violaine Cochard
First-prize winner in the International Harpsichord Competition in Montreal in June 1999, Violaine Cochard worked with the finest teachers to develop a personal and inventive style. In 1991 she was awarded a first prize at the Conservatoire (CNR) in Angers, where she studied with Françoise Marmin, and entered the classes of Christophe Rousset and Kenneth Gilbert at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSM). Three years later she graduated with three first prizes – for continuo and harpsichord – awarded unanimously by the jury. She continued her training with Pierre Hantaï and Christophe Rousset (advanced course at the CNSM in Paris).

An inspired continuo player, a fine soloist, a teacher for three years (1999-2002) at the Conservatoire (CNR) in Montpellier, Violaine Cochard devotes much of her time to chamber music, working regularly with various ensembles, including the Ricercar Consort (Philippe Pierlot), Il Seminario Musicale (Gérard Lesne), Les Paladins (Jérôme Corréas) and, of course, Amarillis, playing continuo or solo. She also plays continuo for operatic productions by Les Talens Lyriques (Christophe Rousset) and Le Concert d'Astrée (Emmanuelle Haïm). Violaine Cochard gives recitals and chamber concerts at festivals in France, elsewhere in Europe, and in Latin America (Cité de la Musique in Paris, La Chaise-Dieu, Nantes, Ambronay, Beaune, Montreux, Utrecht, Pisa…). She is also heard on France Musique and has been invited to take part in broadcasts for the BBC.

She records with Amarillis for the Ambroisie label. Other recordings include Les quatre saisons by Boismortier with Les Festes Vénitiennes (K617), the Symphonies of Pugnani with Academia Montis Regalis (Opus 111), Persée by Lully with Les Talens Lyriques (Naïve), Apollo e Dafne by Handel with Les Paladins (Arion), and Dido and Aeneas by Purcell with Le Concert d'Astrée (Naïve)…

Violaine Cochard recorded two solo CDs of François Couperin' music in 2005 and in 2008 for the label Ambroisie. Her next solo recording, on Johann Sebastian Bach' music is available since novembre 2011 for the label Agogique.

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