Couperin & Lalande: Lecons de Tenebres

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May 9, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Guillaume Bouzignac, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Francois Couperin, Michel-Richard de Lalande
    • PERFORMER
      Paco Garcia, Etienne Bazola, Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noel Bestion de Camboulas
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 09, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511299
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1129
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. O mors, ero mors tua

      Composer: Guillaume Bouzignac

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    2. Première Leçon: Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetæ

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    3. Première Leçon: Aleph. Quomodo sedet sola

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    4. Première Leçon: Beth. Plorans ploravit in nocte

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    5. Première Leçon: Ghimel. Migravit Juda

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    6. Première Leçon: Daleth. Viæ Sion lugent

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    7. Première Leçon: He. Facti sunt hostes

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    8. Première Leçon: Jerusalem

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    9. Unus ex discipulis meis, H. 114

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    10. Deuxième Leçon: Vau. Et egressus est a filia

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Etienne Bazola

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    11. Deuxième Leçon: Zain. Recordata est Jerusalem

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Etienne Bazola

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    12. Deuxième Leçon: Heth. Peccatum peccavit Jerusalem

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Etienne Bazola

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    13. Deuxième Leçon: Teth. Sordes ejus

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Etienne Bazola

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    14. Deuxième Leçon: Jerusalem

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Etienne Bazola

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    15. Tristis est anima mea, H. 126

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    16. Troisième Leçon: Jod. Manum suam misit

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    17. Troisième Leçon: Caph. Omnis populus

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    18. Troisième Leçon: Lamed. O vos omnes

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    19. Troisième Leçon: Mem. De excelso misit

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    20. Troisième Leçon: Nun. Vigilavit

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    21. Troisième Leçon: Jerusalem

      Composer: François Couperin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    22. O mors, ero mors tua

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    23. Miserere mei Deus

      Composer: Michel-Richard de Lalande

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    24. Amplius lava me

      Composer: Michel-Richard de Lalande

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    25. Ecce enim in iniquitatibus

      Composer: Michel-Richard de Lalande

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    26. Asperges me hysopo

      Composer: Michel-Richard de Lalande

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    27. Cor mundum

      Composer: Michel-Richard de Lalande

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    28. Redde mihi lætitiam

      Composer: Michel-Richard de Lalande

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    29. Libera me de sanguinibus

      Composer: Michel-Richard de Lalande

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    30. Sacrificium Deo

      Composer: Michel-Richard de Lalande

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

    31. Tunc acceptabis

      Composer: Michel-Richard de Lalande

      Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises

      Performer: Paco Garcia

      Conductor: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas


The Office of Tenebrae was extremely popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was tightly structured and also had a true theatrical dimension, notably through the use of light and the gradual extinguishing of a candle after each lesson. The three Lecons de Tenebres by Francois Couperin are a skilful blend of theatrical writing that expresses the extremely poignant text of the Lamentations of Jeremiah with haunting recitations of Hebrew letters (Aleph, Beth, Caph...). This music is often associated with the female voices of convents and abbeys although religious houses for men such as the Jesuit houses also celebrated the Tenebrae with music. Louis-Noel Bestion de Camboulas has chosen to record this programme with male voices, a choice that reveals unexpected new colours and textures in the music. The album also includes Lalande's Miserere, again with male voices: haute-contre, taille and basse.