Les Apotheoses

Francois Couperin (Composer), Hesperion XX (Performer), Jordi Savall (Performer), Ton Koopman (Performer), Monica Huggett (Performer), Hopkinson Smith (Performer), Bernard Herve (Performer), Chiara Banchini (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman, Monica Huggett, Hopkinson Smith, et al.
• Composer: Francois Couperin
• Audio CD (September 1, 1993)
• Label: Astree
• ASIN: B0000017L8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #387,353 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & continuo: Lully aux Champs Elysés...

2. L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & continuo: Air pour les mêmes

3. L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & continuo: Vol de Mercure...

4. L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & continuo: Descente d'Apollon...

5. L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & continuo: Rumeur souteraine...

6. L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & continuo: Plainte des mêmes...

7. L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & continuo: Enlévement de Lulli...

8. L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & continuo: Accueil entre doux et agard...

9. L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & continuo: Remerciment de Lulli...

10. L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & continuo: Apollon persuade Lulli...

11. L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & continuo: Air léger pour deux violons...

12. L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & continuo: Second air...

13. L'Apothéose de Lully, for various instruments & continuo: La Paix du Parnasse...

14. Le Parnasse, ou L'Apothéose de Corelli, trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo (Les Goûts réunis): Corelli au piéd du Parnasse...

15. Le Parnasse, ou L'Apothéose de Corelli, trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo (Les Goûts réunis): Corelli, charmé...

16. Le Parnasse, ou L'Apothéose de Corelli, trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo (Les Goûts réunis): Corelli buvant à la Source...

17. Le Parnasse, ou L'Apothéose de Corelli, trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo (Les Goûts réunis): Enthouziasme de Corelli...

18. Le Parnasse, ou L'Apothéose de Corelli, trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo (Les Goûts réunis): Corelli... s'endort

19. Le Parnasse, ou L'Apothéose de Corelli, trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo (Les Goûts réunis): Les Muses reveillent Corelli...

20. Le Parnasse, ou L'Apothéose de Corelli, trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo (Les Goûts réunis): Remerciment de Corelli...

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Francois Couperin penned his tributes to Corelli and Lully in 1724, in historical proximity to the then-popular debates between French and Italian music styles. Both compositions are riven with humor, bearing sentence-long subtitles that place Corelli and Lully in various mythological positions. The music in the Corelli suite presents fugues and alternating, slow-moving Italian-tinged elements. Since Lulli was, as historians note, Italian in all ways except for the name-ending "y" that replaced the "i," it's no surprise that Couperin would again merge international styles in the second apotheosis. The piece is delightful in its spry clip and humor, with the sections named on the CD by Bernard Herve in a stately manner. The music is rich in its orchestral scope, despite it being pared down to this chamber-sized performance. It's a nice exercise in contrast to play this version of these compositions back-to-back with the dual-harpsichords on Harmonia Mundi's L'Apothéose de Lulli, which retains the original spelling of Lulli's name while also playing the compositions in a leaner, more sizzling fashion. --Andrew Bartlett