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This Week's Composers: Couperin and Charpentier

BBC Radio 3
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Charpentier Premiere lecon de Tenebres (for the Sainte Chapelle)
Andre Vessieres (bass) Instrumental and Vocal Ensemble directed by Roger Blanchard
Couperin Motet de Sainte Suzanne: Jennifer Vyvyan (sop) William Herbert (tenor) George James (bass)
Ralph Downes (organ)
Boris Ord (harpsichord)
Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble, conducted by Sir Anthony Lewis

(gramophone records)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Bass:
Andre Vessieres
Musicians:
Instrumental and Vocal Ensemble
Music Director:
Roger Blanchard
Soprano:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Tenor:
William Herbert
Bass:
George James
Organist:
Ralph Downes
Harpsichordist:
Boris Ord
Conductor:
Sir Anthony Lewis
Source: Radio Times

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