Francois Couperin (1668-1733)

Admittedly I was not as familiar with this composer as with others, but for a theme of his taken by Maurice Ravel and played with for an absolutely gorgeous piece (Ravel was quite the master orchestrator). That Couperin was a baroque composer, though, endears him more to me because that era of music is my favorite.

Listen to MIDI files for an idea what this music sounds like*:
Les Barricades Mysterieuses
La Linotte Effarouchee
Les Papillons - Butterflies
Les Moissonneurs
Dernier Kyrie

* Keep in mind these are only MIDI files and not live or CD quality performances



I'll add more as I find enough information to give a decent listing. I listen to more than I have in my cd collection, and by no means own cd's of all my favorite pieces.

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