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Couperin: Les Goûts-réünis
 
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Couperin: Les Goûts-réünis

~ Francois Couperin (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (11 Mar 2002)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Decca
  • ASIN: B00005V3H1
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 301,537 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Sixième Concert
2. Huitième Concert – Dans Le Goût – Théâtral
3. Septième Concert
4. Douzième Concert
5. Cinquième Concert
Disc: 2
1. Neuvième Concert Intitulé “Ritratto Dell’amore"
2. Dixième Concert
3. Onzième Concert
4. Treizième Concert
5. Quatorzième Concert
On this CD:
  1. Les goûts-réünis, ou Nouveaux concerts
    Composed by François Couperin
    Performed by Talens Lyriques
    with Christophe Rousset

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5.0 out of 5 stars Collector's Item ...But...., 25 April 2007
Christophe Rousset is no stranger to Couperin's music, having recorded a complete set of his harpsichord works for Harmonia Mundi on 11 CDs. Couperin was above all a composer for the harpsichord. He composed a total of 229 pieces for the instrument, arranged in 27 suites that he called "ordres". Yet he also composed some other instrumental suites, that follow the first four "concerts royaux" written for the harpsichord. These works were written on two staves with no indication of scoring, and can be played by any combination of instrument, "not only harpsichord, but also violin, flute, oboe, viol and bassoon."

This recording includes all of the remaining "concerts" - numbers 5 to 14 - that follow from the four concerts written for harpsichord. Their tone is solemn, much more restrained when compared with the Couperin we are familiar with on the harpsichord. Listening to Rousset's recording of the first four concerts, one can hear a marked difference in tone and style. Where is the exuberance that Rousset brings to the keyboard? These works sound staid and wooden, at times almost as if the musicians were not interested in the music. The violinist in the second movement of the eleventh concert has poor tone, and the oboist in the third movement of the same work sounds as though he is rehearsing.

There is little emotion, and very little joy in this music - some of it is interesting, musically, but even those movements marked with relatively fast tempo indications lack vigour. There are some exceptions: the fourth movement of the tenth concert, La Tromba, marked "légèrement", is rapid and energetic. But the prelude to the eleventh concert, marked "majesteusement, sans trop de lenteur" (majestically, not too slow), is more majestic than un-slow. Rousset seems to have decided to focus on a tone that can only be expressed in slow tempi, and it does not work.

The ensemble playing on this set has an excellent sound, and a fine balance - for that much at least Rousset knows how to handle his musicians. But the overall impression is one of music that is forgettable - in spite of its quality - because of weak performance. Perhaps that explains why it took more than seven years after the recording sessions for this set to be released?
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