Credits:

Orchestre Metropolitain / Nezet-Seguin

Description:

One of the most serene masterpieces of the French Baroque, Coupland is known as a great master of clavesan (harpsichord) music in Versailles, gathering the elite of the European ancient music world. During his lifetime, he was also active as an organist and left behind not a few masterpieces of church music. Among them, "L'Uson de Tenebre," a masterpiece, is a serene piece of music based on a verse from the Old Testament "Lamentations," which was chanted at dawn during the last week of the Passion Passage, the period of temperance before Easter. At that time, music for the Passion Passage was usually performed with as few instruments as possible and in a simple manner, and there have been many recordings of these three masterpieces, which weave an amazingly rich sound world with solo and double voices accompanied only by basso continuo. This album, which was recorded in Versailles by the best of the French classical music world, has a strong appeal with its fragrant and fragrant sound. The album also includes a valuable Petit Motet by de Lalande, who lived at the same time as Couperin and compiled the royal chapel of Louis XIV after Lully. Stéphane Fouget, who is a trusted authority in the world of French classical music, has put together a brilliant cast of players of note, including Sophie Junker from Belgium, who is steadily gaining attention in the world of classical music and European opera, and Lucille Boulanger, a viol player who has made many solo recordings on the ALPHA label. Stéphane Fugé, a trusted figure in the world of French old instruments, has put together a brilliant collection. Naxos Japan