François Couperin's L'Apothéose de Lully and L'Apothéose de Corelli are unique programmatic works, from late in the composer's career, in which he gave concrete form to the fusion of French and Italian influences that he had explored over much of his career. They are sometimes paired, but to aim at the generalist Couperin buyer with a work of an entirely different sort, as the English early music group Arcangelo and director/keyboardist Jonathan Cohen do here, is also a valid approach, and the music is beautifully executed. ...
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François Couperin's L'Apothéose de Lully and L'Apothéose de Corelli are unique programmatic works, from late in the composer's career, in which he gave concrete form to the fusion of French and Italian influences that he had explored over much of his career. They are sometimes paired, but to aim at the generalist Couperin buyer with a work of an entirely different sort, as the English early music group Arcangelo and director/keyboardist Jonathan Cohen do here, is also a valid approach, and the music is beautifully executed. The two works, comprising little instrumental pieces preceded by a title, depict the ascent of their respective composer subjects to the heights of Parnassus. The titles are not always read aloud, as they are here, but this is preferable (and translations into English might have been helpful). L'Apothéose de Lully is heard here. Its instrumental parts can be realized in various ways; Arcangelo uses only two violins and continuo, but the continuo is flexible, with viola da gamba,...
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