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Balbastre - Pieces de Clavecin, 1759 - Sophie Yates, harpsichord  (nmr) 

She [Yates] plays stylishly, with an excellent sense of vocal phrasing. The sound of the peau de buffle (leather-quilled) register in ‘La Genty’ is magical. Balbastre graces ‘La Malesherbe’ with a Rameau-like harmonic poetry in the midst of a mostly gallant landscape. At the end of that piece, in the tambourin-contradance section, Yates introduces a finely calibrated acceleration to marvelous effect. There is no fussiness here. Connoisseurs of French Baroque music will appreciate this fine release.

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