Best known today as a composer of harpsichord music, Francois Couperin also penned some remarkably beautiful chamber works. Les Nations explores the different musical styles of France and Italy. Each...
A keen advocate of the works of Antonio Salieri, Christophe Rousset continues his exploration of the composer's works, having unearthed the manuscript of another masterpiece. The three-act opera...
Christophe Rousset leads Talens Lyriques in Mozart's first oratorio, Betulia liberata. It was composed in 1771 to a libretto by Metastasio that traces the well-known biblical story of Judith and...
Composed on 1686 as part of the festivities organised by the Duc de Vend?me in honour of the Grand Dauphin, during the latter's visit to his estate at the Ch?teau d'Anet in September of that year,...
Couperin's four Concerts Royaux were published in 1722 as a supplement to his third anthology of harpsichord pieces. While the score doesn't mention any instrumentation, we know the composer...