Harpsichordist and conductor Christophe Rousset performed with colleagues from his superb ensemble Les Talens Lyriques, renowned for benchmark interpretations of music from Monteverdi to Berlioz. For the 350th Couperin anniversary they performed an intimate, refined evening of both secular and sacred music that illuminated the composer’s place in the musical pantheon.
Program:
Francois Couperin, Concerts royaux - Troisieme Concert [00:38];
Francois Couperin, Second livre de pieces de clavecin - Septieme Ordre [19:26];
Francois Couperin, Pieces de viole - Premiere Suite [44:00]; Francois Couperin, Lecons de Tenebres du Mercredi Saint [1:02:45]
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