Couperin – Leçons de Ténèbres « Le Poème Harmonique

Couperin – Leçons de Ténèbres

Le Poème Harmonique contrasts two great works from the French sacred repertoire of the early 18^th century. The first one is now considered one of the masterpieces of the Baroque era, whereas the other is too rare, whether on disc or in concert. Sung in occasion of the Holy Week, they are close in their harmonic boldness and feature a link between the Word and music as powerful as it is invisible. The mastery of rhetoric in no way sacrifices the exceptional lyric beauty of the Leçons and Miserere, performed by first-rank singers.

Cast:
Hasnaa Bennani dessus
Isabelle Druet bas-dessus
Claire Lefilliâtre bas-dessus
Sylvia Abramowicz viole de gambe
Frédéric Rivoal orgue et clavecin
Vincent Dumestre théorbe et direction

Programme:
Miserere, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
Première leçon du premier jour, François Couperin
Deuxième leçon du premier jour, François Couperin
Troisième leçon du premier jour, François Couperin
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