Georges Cziffra plays Couperin Les Barricades Mystérieuses
A fascinating performance of a "mysterious" music written for harpsichord in 1717
As the background music of this web site you can listen to this beautiful piece of music written for harpsichord in 1717 by François Couperin, whose "mysterious" title is probably meant to be evocative rather than a reference to a specific object, musical or otherwise.
The work, written in rondeau form employing a variant of the traditional romanesca in …