Armand Louis Couperin

Contents: Romance from Lira Concerto, Andante, Capriccio (Haydn) * Aria from Don Juan, Andante from Piano Sonata, K. 381, Papageno's Little Bells from The Magic Flute (Mozart) * Theme from Variations on the Name Abegg, The Poor Orphan, Trio from Novelette No. 1 (Schumann) * Theme, Aria and Menuetto from Piano Variations, Bagatelle (Beethoven) * Menuet and Polonaise from French Suite, Gavotte from English Suite (J.S. Bach) * Allegro non Troppo and Andante from Songs Without Words, Andante from Piano Variations (Mendelssohn) * Berceuse from Dolly (Faure) * La Gemissante (Jean Francois Dandrieu) * Consolation (Liszt) * Polonaise (Czerny) * Waltz, Two Ecossaise, Allegretto from Fantasie Sonata, No. 78 (Schubert) * Aria from Oberon (von Weber) * Aria and Gavotte from Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo (Handel) * Morning and Solvejg's Song from Peer Gynt (Grieg) * Largo from Piano Sonata, Op. 58), Prelude (Chopin) * Allegro from Trio for Flute, Violin and Continuo (Telemann) * Andante from Piano Sonata in E (D. Scarletti) * Andante from Piano Quintet, Op. 34 (Brahms) * Le Rossignol en Amour (Couperin).

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Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti - Louis Armand I de Bourbon (1661 - 1685) was Prince of Conti, from 1666 to his death, succeeding his father Armand de Bourbon.

Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti - Louis Armand II de Bourbon (November 10 1696 - May 4 1727) was Prince of Conti, from 1709 to his death, succeeding his father François Louis, Prince of Conti.

Louis Couperin - Louis Couperin was a French musician of the Baroque period. He was born in Chaumes en Brie near Paris, probably in 1626, and he died in Paris in 1661.

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