Composed by Francois Couperin
with Robert King , James Bowman , Mark Caudle , Michael Chance
2. Venite exultemus Domino, motet for 2 voices & continuo (Elévations)
Composed by Francois Couperin
with Robert King , James Bowman , Mark Caudle , Michael Chance
3. Leçon de Ténèbres 1, for treble voice & continuo (Leçons de Ténèbres)
Composed by Francois Couperin
with Robert King , James Bowman , Mark Caudle , Michael Chance
4. Leçon de Ténèbres 2, for treble voice & continuo (Leçons de Ténèbres)
Composed by Francois Couperin
with Robert King , James Bowman , Mark Caudle , Michael Chance
5. Leçon de Ténèbres 3, for 2 treble voices & continuo (Leçons de Ténèbres)
Composed by Francois Couperin
with Robert King , James Bowman , Mark Caudle , Michael Chance
6. Magnificat, motet for 2 treble voices & continuo
Composed by Francois Couperin
with Robert King , James Bowman , Mark Caudle , Michael Chance
Couperin: Leçons de ténèbres,Mark Caudle,Francois Couperin,James Bowman,Michael Chance,Robert King,Hyperion,Baroque Motet,Classical,Classical Composers,Classical Vocals,Solo Voice and Continuo,Vocal
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Couperin - Leçons de Ténèbres / Daneman, Petibon, Les Arts Florissants, Christie
François Couperin , William Christie , Sophie Daneman , Patricia Petibon , Monica Huggett , Marc Hantaï , Anne-Marie Lasla , Emilia Benjamin , and Les Arts Florissants Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000005E4Y Release Date: 2006-03-06 |
Tracks:
- Premiere Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint: Incipit Lamentio - Sophie Daneman
- Premiere Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint: Aleph - Sophie Daneman
- Premiere Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint: Beth - Sophie Daneman
- Premiere Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint: Ghimel - Sophie Daneman
- Premiere Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint: Daleth - Sophie Daneman
- Premiere Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint: He - Sophie Daneman
- Premiere Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint: Jerusalem - Sophie Daneman
- Deuxieme Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint A Une Voix: Vav - Patricia Petibon
- Deuxieme Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint A Une Voix: Zain - Patricia Petibon
- Deuxieme Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint A Une Voix: Heth - Patricia Petibon
- Deuxieme Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint A Une Voix: Teth - Patricia Petibon
- Deuxieme Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint A Une Voix: Jerusalem - Patricia Petibon
- Trosieme Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint A Deux Voix: Yod - Patricia Petibon/Sophie Daneman
- Trosieme Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint A Deux Voix: Caph - Patricia Petibon/Sophie Daneman
- Trosieme Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint A Deux Voix: Lamed - Patricia Petibon/Sophie Daneman
- Trosieme Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint A Deux Voix: Mem - Patricia Petibon/Sophie Daneman
- Trosieme Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint A Deux Voix:Nun - Patricia Petibon/Sophie Daneman
- Trosieme Lecon De Tenebres Pour Le Mercredi Saint A Deux Voix: Jerusalem - Patricia Petibon/Sophie Daneman
- Quarte Versets Du Motet: Tabescere me facit - Sophie Daneman/Patricia Petibon
- Quarte Versets Du Motet: Ignitum eloquium - Sophie Daneman
- Quarte Versets Du Motet: Adolescentulus sum ego - Patricia Petibon/Sophie Daneman
- Quarte Versets Du Motet: Justitia tua - Patricia Petibon/Sophie Daneman
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It figures that the ensemble most responsible for the French Baroque revival is the one to outdo Nelson and Kirkby's legendary recording of these lamentation settings. Sophie Daneman and Patricia Petibon don't have the earlier pair's gorgeous, distinctive voices (both occasionally wobble above the staff), but they sound plenty beautiful. More importantly, they've managed to make these major-key pieces sound like lamentations. Twenty years ago, Kirkby and Nelson were pioneers: merely singing with their white tone was risky; they couldn't take many chances with rhythmic freedom. Daneman and Petibon have had time to internalize Couperin's style: they can push ahead here, hold back there, extend an unaccompanied phrase and let it drop off suddenly--following rhetoric more than rhythm, they take your breath away. --Matthew WestphalCustomer Reviews:
Fabulous.......2007-05-14
Couperin, Lecon de tenebres.......2007-05-14
Gorgeous, rare recording of the Tenebrae by Couperin.......2006-11-25
Couperin's settings (composed in 1703) uses a few voices and few instrumentals in the French tradition of the service. This recording features sopranos Patricia Petibon and Sophie Daneman. The performance follows the French tradition also in the pronunciation of the Latin. The conductor took great care to reproduce the performance as the French would have heard it, and if you want the genuine experience, this recording surely comes the closest (as far as we can tell, from historical records.)
An exquisite shining pearl - perfect, simply perfect........2004-04-30
... and there is simply no recording to compete with this one.
It's exquisite from the very opening. In particular when Sophie Daneman and Patricia Petibon sing together, the work between the two and the ravishing vocal blend is something of which dreams are made. The pronunciation of the Latin is beautifully French, as it would have been performed at the time. The ornamentation and musicianship here is superb, as one would expect from a recording conducted by William Christie.
But the two singers are the highlight here, in this most ravishing of performances.
I have an enormous admiration for Emma Kirkby, but the recording of this work with her and Judith Nelson is stiff, unemotional, and blank in comparison with this recording. (I do not admire Nelson's voice, either, however much I admire Kirkby's.) The vocal beauty on this recording is truly sublime - this CD is one I listen to over and over again, always with a sigh and a smile.
Other versions, including a surprisingly bland rendition by Gens and Sandrine Piau, and two good countertenor versions and one not-so-good (oh dear, Deller...) are available, but nothing approaches the shimmering beauty of this version.
The pieces themselves are of heavenly beauty. I've never performed them without seeing audience members weeping with the beauty of the music.
I recommend this CD strongly.
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Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00026KH3M Release Date: 2004-08-10 |
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Couperin: Trois Lecons/Motet
Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000E4LL Release Date: 1991-09-12 |
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Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005B6RO Release Date: 2001-07-10 |
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Couperin: Leçons de tenébres pour le Mercredi Saint (Tenebre for Holy Wednesday); Motet pour le Jour de Paques (Motet for Easter Sunday); Magnificat
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000005E5P Release Date: 1992-05-01 |
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François Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres
Manufacturer: K617 Records France ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00008OE1K Release Date: 2003-07-08 |
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Couperin - Trois leçons de ténèbres / van der Sluis · Laurens · Monteilhet · Muller · Boulay
François Couperin , Laurence Boulay , Mieke van der Sluis , Guillemette Laurence , and Marianne Muller Pascal Monteilhet Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000IWRW Release Date: 1999-05-18 |
Tracks:
- Troisieme Lecon De Tenebres
- Premiere Lecon De Tenebres
- Motet Pour Le Jour De Paques
- Deuxieme Lecon De Tenebres
- Magnificat
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Couperin - Leçons de ténèbres / Gens, Piau, Les talens lyriques, Rousset
François Couperin , Véronique Gens , Sandrine Piau , Emmanuel Balssa , Christophe Rousset , and Les talens lyriques Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004R9CL Release Date: 2000-03-14 |
Tracks:
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Aleph
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Beth
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Gimel
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Daleth
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Heth
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Vau
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Zain
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Heth
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Teth
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Jod
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Caph
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Lamed
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Mem
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Nun
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum Deum tuum
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Laetentur coeli (Motet pour le jour de Pacques
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Magnificat
- Trois Lecons de tenebres pour le Mercedi saint: Victoria! Christo resurgenti (Motet pour le jour de Paques)
Customer Reviews:
Sublime music given a solid performance that falls short of heaven.......2005-11-28
It was with the expectation of delight that I purchased this recording. To my astonishment, the performance failed to "shimmer", right from the start. It seemed pedestrian, walking where it should float. The blend of the two voices was... well, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't wonderful.
The fault is absolutely not that of the music. Couperin's lamentations are utterly, utterly beautiful. This SHOULD have been a truly gorgeous recording. Don't mistake me - it's not dreadful. The two sopranos, as I've said, are lovely on other recordings. I feel that perhaps they did not share the same vision of the works on this recording, so that they sometimes seem to be pulling away from each other rather than together. In the duet work, this is fatal...
Yet even in the solo portions of the works recorded here, I was not transported with delight. I think it may be at least partly due to the recording itself rather than the singers, but I do have a few quibbles with regard to the singing. Firstly - the Latin is not French Latin, as I've always considered it should be. Secondly, the ornamentation is inconsistent, and doesn't always follow the markings in the score. Thirdly, the tones of both sopranos seemed not to fall into the right sound for the Couperin works. I am at a loss to understand why - really, these two sopranos are so experienced in French baroque works that I fully expected them to have created a delicious performance.
I hovered between 3 and 4 stars for this. I suppose I am very much a person of "Yes, I love this" or "No, I loathe it" - my opinions are rarely tepid. Here, I am confused - because it SHOULD have been wonderful.
There are now quite a number of version of the Couperin "Leçons" available - there's the Kirkby/Nelson (white and bland), the Deller (avoid), the Jacobs/Chance (actually that's not bad! - but I truly think this work finds its apex of beauty sung by sopranos rather than countertenors), the Daniel Taylor/Robin Blaze (quite nice, but here even more than the Jacobs version, I felt the lack of soaring that one gets with two sopranos), and the version of all versions - sung by Patricia Petibon and Sophie Daneman. That version above all is beatiful beyond belief. If you only intend to have one recording of the Couperin "Leçons", I strongly recommend the Petibon/Daneman one, conducted by William Christie.
In fact, to truly understand why I so strongly recommend the alternative version, why not get both this and the Petibon/Daneman one? Listen to them one after the other - the comparison is astonishing.
profoundly affecting.......2000-10-30
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De Lalande: Leçons de Ténèbres
Manufacturer: Auvidis Astree ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000DET9M Release Date: 1996-01-01 |
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Tallis: The Lamentations Of Jeremiah The Prophet/Couperin: Lecons Des Ténèbres
Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000023C4 Release Date: 1995-03-21 |
Tracks:
- Part I: Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae - Alfred Deller/Gerald English/Wilfred Brown/Maurice Bevan/John Frost
- Part I Aleph, Quomodo sedet - Alfred Deller/Gerald English/Wilfred Brown/Maurice Bevan/John Frost
- Part I: Betn, Plorans ploravit - Alfred Deller/Gerald English/Wilfred Brown/Maurice Bevan/John Frost
- Part II: De Lamentatione Jeremaie - Alfred Deller/Gerald English/Wilfred Brown/Maurice Bevan/John Frost
- Part II: Chemel, Migravit Judas - Alfred Deller/Gerald English/Wilfred Brown/Maurice Bevan/John Frost
- Part II: aleth, Omnes persecutores - Alfred Deller/Gerald English/Wilfred Brown/Maurice Bevan/John Frost
- Part II: He, Facti sunt - Alfred Deller/Gerald English/Wilfred Brown/Maurice Bevan/John Frost
- First Lesson:Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae
- First Lesson: aleph,m Quomodo sedet
- First Lesson: Beth, Plorans ploravit
- First Lesson: Ghemel, Migravit Judas
- First Lesson: Daleth, Viae Sion lugent
- First Lesson: He, Facti sunt
- First Lesson: Jerusalem, Jerusalem
- Second Lesson: Vau, Eet egressus est
- Second Lesson: Zain, Recordata est
- Second Lesson: Heth Peccatum peccavit
- Second Lesson: Teth, Sordes ejust
- Second Lesson: Jerusalem, Jerusalem
- Third Lesson: Jod, Manum suam
- Third Lesson: Caph, Omnis populus
- Third Lesson: Lamed, O vos omnes
- Third Lesson: Mem, De excelso misit
- Third Lesson: Nun, Vigilavit jugum
- Third Lesson: Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Customer Reviews:
Not too hot.......2001-10-15
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