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Couperin's Concerts Royaux

Lucie Skeaping marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of François Couperin with a programme devoted to the four suites of chamber music he wrote for Louis XIV in 1715 - Les Concerts Royaux.

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Sun 4 Feb 201814:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • François Couperin

    Concert Royal No 1 in G major (I. Prelude)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • François Couperin

    Les Nations ('La Piemontoise': Rondeau gayement)

    Orchestra: Musica ad Rhenum. Director: Jed Wentz.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • François Couperin

    Concert No 6 in B flat (V. Sicilienne)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • DECCA.

  • François Couperin

    Concert Royal No 2 in D major (III. Air tendre)

    Performer: Françoise Lengellé. Performer: Laurence Boulay.
    • ERATO.

  • François Couperin

    Concert Royal No 3 in A major

    Performer: Thomas Brandis. Performer: Heinz Holliger. Performer: Josef Ulsamer. Performer: Manfred Sax. Performer: Christiane Jaccottet.
    • ARCHIV.

  • François Couperin

    Concert Royal No 1 in G major (III. Sarabande)

    Ensemble: Smithsonian Chamber Players. Director: Kenneth Slowik.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • François Couperin

    Concert Royal No 4 in E minor

    Ensemble: Sonnerie.
    • ASV CD GAU.

Broadcast

  • Sun 4 Feb 201814:00
    BBC Radio 3

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