L’Apothéose de Lully:
Lulli aux Champs Élisés
Air pour les Memes
Vol, de Mercure aux Champs Élisés
Descente d’Apollon
Rumeur Souteraine
Plaintes des Memes
Enlévement de Lulli au Parnasse
Accüeil entre-Doux, et -Agard
Remerciment de Lulli
Essai en forme d’Ouverture
Air léger
Second Air
Gravement
Saillie - Vivement
Rondement
Vivement

Leçons de ténebres:
Premiere Leçon
Seconde Leçon
Troisieme Leçon

‘L’Apothéose de Lully’ was Couperin’s homage to his great musical predecessor and depicts the elder composer’s elevation to Mount Parnassus (where he plays duets with the shade of Corelli and, with Apollo’s blessing, effects a reconciliation between the contrasting French and Italian styles of the day). The ‘Leçons de ténebres’ were written for performance in Holy Week and demand and here receive from Katherine Watson and Anna Dennis vocal artistry of the highest order.

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Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, on 16-17 March 2013 (Lecons) & 23 January 2014 (Apothéose)