Saint-Gervais
Donald Macleod looks at the importance to the Couperin family of the church of Saint-Gervais in Paris, where generations of them were employed.
Donald Macleod looks at the importance to the Couperin family of the church of Saint-Gervais in Paris, where generations of them were employed, beginning in Louis XIV's time with Louis Couperin and ending with Gervais-Francois Couperin's death in 1826.
Couperin: Tantum ergo sacramentum
Jill Feldman, Isabelle Poulenard (soprano)
Jaap ter Linden (bass viol)
Davitt Moroney (organ/harpsichord)
Louis Couperin: 5 Fantasies (excerpt)
Jan Willem Jansen (organ)
Couperin: Kyrie (Messe des paroisses)
Marie-Claire Alain (organ)
Couperin: La Sultanne
Francois Fernandez, Luis-Otavio Santos (violin)
Emmanuel Balssa, Jerome Hantai (bass viol)
Elisabeth Joye (harpsichord)
Couperin: 3rd tenebrae for 2 voices
Sandrine Piau, Veronique Gens (soprano)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (organ)
Emmanuel Balssa (bass viol)
Armand-Louis Couperin: L'Afflige
Sophie Yates (harpsichord).
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- Tue 3 Jun 200812:00BBC Radio 3
- Tue 3 Jun 200820:45BBC Radio 3
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