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Court of the Sun King / works by Lully, Couperin, Gilles, Grigny, Lalande, et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Erato / 2011-07-26

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Troisième Magnificat à 4 voix, motet for 4 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 79; Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H...
Performers: Abdoun, Georges; Alain, Marie-Claire; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Arizcuren, Elias; Backensteiner, Anne-Marie; Beckensteiner, Anne-Marie; Bessac, Francine; Boulay, Laurence; Brodard, Michel; Ca...
Conductors: Martini, Louis; Paillard, Jean-François; Devos, Louis; Frémaux, Louis; Corboz, Michel; Boulay, Laurence; Caillard, Philippe; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Cabré, Josep; Caillat, Stép...
Ensemble: ; Chorale des Jeunesses Musicales de France; Ensemble Vocal Stéphane Caillat; Gulbenkian Orchestra; Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra; Musica Polyphonica

The Court of the Sun King is a 10CD set celebrating both the glories of the French Baroque and the glories of the Erato catalogue....continue...

Couperin: Pièces de Violes / Hantaï, Pierlot, Balssa, Egüez

1 CD / Mirare / 2008-09-09

Works: François Couperin: Suite 1, for viola da gamba & continuo (Pièces de viole); Pièces de violes, Suite no 2 in A minor; Pièces de clavecin, Book 4; Deuxième concert, for ha...
Performers: Eguez, Eduardo; Hantai, Pierre [Conductor/Harpsichord]

These pieces were long thought to have been lost without trace. And yet, unnoticed by anyone, a copy had been gathering dust on the shelves...continue...

Couperin: Harpsichord Works / Borgstede

11 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-10-17

Works: François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 1; Pièces de clavecin, Book 2; Pièces de clavecin, Book 3; Pièces de clavecin, Book 4
Performers: Borgstede, Michael

"They say that Couperin is not for all tastes, and certainly some do find his secrets difficult to unlock. But curiously, I find Michael Borgstede's...continue...

Couperin: Les Concerts Royaux / Savall, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2005-06-14

Works: François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 4; Deuxième concert, for harpsichord (or violin, flute, oboe, viol & bassoon) in D major (Concerts roya; Concerts royaux; Quatrième c...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations

Francois Couperin, considered one of the greatest French composers of his age wrote his 'Concerts Royaux' for the Sun King in the twilight of his...continue...

A-Z of Classical Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-10-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: De profundis clamavi, offertory in mode 2 (Liber Usualis no 1076; GR 388); Hildegard von Bingen: O virga mediatrix; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; William Byrd: Pavan and ...
Performers: Anthony, Adele; Biret, Idil; Jandó, Jenö; Kejmar, Miroslav; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Nishizaki, Takako; Ottensamer, Ernst; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Bychkov, Semyon; Edlinger, Richard; Krcek, Jaroslav; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Skvor, Petr; Dvorak, Jaroslav; ; Wordsworth, Barry; Grodd, Uwe; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Wildner, Johannes; Mor...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Budapest; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmoni...

Couperin: Six Concerts for Oboe, Bassoon and Harpsichord

1 CD / Camerata / 1998-10-01

Works: François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 4; Sixième concert, for various instruments in B flat major (Les Goûts réunis); Septième concert, for various instruments i...
Performers: Duetschler, Ursula; Indermuhle, Thomas

Couperin: Music for Harpsichord Vol 1 / Laurence Cummings

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-12-03

Works: François Couperin: 1ère ordre for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, I); Pièces de clavecin, Book 4; Deuxième concert, for harpsichord (or violin, flute, oboe, viol & bassoon...
Performers: Ichise, Reiko; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]

"...this is an auspicious start, promising to rival the Harmonia Mundi set by Christophe Rousset...Cummings, besides being an exceptionally clean player, with intelligent phrasing, the...continue...