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Composer of the Week: Couperin

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod looks at Couperin's career at the court of Louis XIV.
FourVersets Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie
Première Livre de Clavecin (Troisieme Ordre) (excerpts)
Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord) Airs Sérieux
Judith Nelson (soprano),
Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood Troisième Leçon de Tenebres
Miecke Van der Sluis (soprano),
Guillemette Laurens (mezzo), Pascal Monteilhet (lute), Marianne Muller (gamba), Laurence Boulay (harpsichord/organ)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Director:
William Christie
Harpsichord:
Kenneth Gilbert
Soprano:
Judith Nelson
Soprano:
Miecke van Der Sluis
Soprano:
Guillemette Laurens
Unknown:
Pascal Monteilhet
Unknown:
Marianne Muller
Harpsichord:
Laurence Boulay
Source: Radio Times

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