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Alfred Deller - Portrait of a Legend: Opera & Stage; Sacred Song; Solo Song; Folksong [4 CDs]

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Indian Queen, Z 630; Olinda in the shades unseen, song, Z. 404; Thus to a ripe, consenting maid (from "Old Bachelor"), so...
Performers: Arditti, Irvine; Bevan, Maurice; Buttrey, John; Chapuis, Michel; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupré, Desmond; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Elliott, R...
Conductors: Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: Deller Choir; Deller Consort; Jaye Consort of Viols; King's Musick; Stour Music Festival Chorus; Stour Music Festival Orchestra

An inspired and always deeply moving artist, Alfred Deller was not only one of the greatest countertenors of all time but also an exceptional musician...continue...

Couperin: Tic Toc Choc, etc / Alexandre Tharaud

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-05-08

Works: François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 2; Le Tic-Toc-Choc, ou les Maillotins, for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, III, 18e ordre); Pièces de clavecin, Book 4; Las Calotine...
Performers: Mordant, Cyril; Tharaud, Alexandre

"Tharaud's selection of pieces, as intelligent as it is characterful, gives a superb sense of Couperin's gifts. From the more abstract movements, such as the...continue...

Organs of Provence, Roquemaure, Avignon

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-04-10

Works: Anonymous, French: Work(s); Anonymous, Codex Calixtinus: Kyrie cunctipotens; Louis Couperin: Branle de Basque, for harpsichord in F major (Pièces de clavecin, no 73); François Couperin:...
Performers: Antonini, Lucienne; Chapelet, Francis; Chapuis, Michel; Saorgin, René; Saorgin, Rene

Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres; Clarke, Purcell / Jacobs

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2004-08-01

Works: François Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres, for treble voice (or 2 treble voices) & continuo; Jeremiah Clarke: Blest Be These Sweet Regions; Henry Purcell: Lord, what is man?, Z 192;...
Performers: Darras, Vincent; Jacobs, René; van Egmond, Max
Conductors: Jacobs, René

Couperin: Leçons de Tenebres /Deller, Todd, Perulli, Chapuis

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2001-07-01

Works: François Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres, for treble voice (or 2 treble voices) & continuo
Performers: Chapuis, Michel; Deller, Alfred; Perulli, Raphael; Todd, Philip

The three Lecons de Tenebres are the only works in this style by Francois Couperin to have survived. These are recitations destined to accompany the...continue...

Couperin: Concerts royaux / Claire, See, Moroney, ter Linden

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2000-11-01

Works: François Couperin: Concerts royaux, for harpsichord or violin, flute, oboe, viol & bassoon (Troisième livre de pièces d
Performers: Claire, Robert; Moroney, Davitt; See, Janet; ter Linden, Jaap

It is often said that all of Couperin's art is expressed in half-tones: this portrait - a discipline in which the organist of Saint Gervais...continue...