A prolific harpsichordist plays her last
mainThe French claveciniste Blandine Verlet died yesterday at 76.
A student of Huguette Dreyfus in Paris and Ralph Kirkpatrick at Yale, she recorded a vast discography of Frescobaldi, Froberger, Scarlatti, Rameau, Couperin, Bach, Mozart and more.
A wonderful player. I discovered F. Couperin through her recordings, back in the early 1980s. Her Bach is worthwhile, too, especially for the sense of poetry she brings.