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Composer: François Couperin (1668–1733)
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F. Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres James Bowman (countertenor), Michael Chance (countertenor), Mark Caudle (viola da gamba) & Robert King (organ)
An exultant motet and two canticles are memorably sung. Two solo Lecons are harder to sustain; the third, a duet, is most arresting. Caudle and King's responsive accompaniments is exemplary. — More…
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Couperin: Leçons de ténèbres & Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday Tenebrae, Nigel Short
Nigel Short shows a strong sense of mannerist storytelling [in the Gesualdo], using the text as a spur to action and unafraid to assault the ear when things get chromatically heated; the way... — More…
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Miserere: Clérambault & Couperin
RecommendedIsabelle Druet, Hasnaa Bennani, Claire Lefilliâtre
Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre
These performances, in a nicely-captured resonant acoustic, are engaging and expertly ornamented. Hasnaa Bennani is particularly affecting in the first of Couperin's Lessons for the Wednesday... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2018, Also Recommended
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François Couperin: L'Apothéose de Lully & Leçons de ténèbres Katherine Watson (soprano), Anna Dennis (soprano)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
The pictorial movements of L’Apothéose are introduced by a reciter and all are well characterise with unnecessary exaggeration. Indeed, at times, the performance errs slightly on the side of... — More…
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Record Review, 13th May 2017, Recording of the Week
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Couperin - Leçons de Ténèbres
Sophie Daneman (soprano), Patricia Petibon (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
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Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres & Magnificat Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Daniel Taylor (counter-tenor), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba), Laurence Cummings (organ)
Theatre of Early Music
Only three of Couperin's claimed nine Leçons survive. They are exquisite works, a rare blend of cool plainchant, French decoration and Italian passion. Countertenors Robin Blaze and Daniel... — More…
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