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Couperin: Lecons de Tenebres; Lalande: Miserere

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Details

Composer
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Louis Chein, Francois Couperin, Michel-Richard de Lalande
Artist
Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Apr 24, 2026
Catalog #
ALPHA1210
UPC
3701624512104

About

Herve Niquet likes to say that recording is a source of stress and sometimes tension: "None of that was the case here," he continues. He has been performing this Couperin/de Lalande programme with the female singers of Le Concert Spirituel for over ten years: "The seven singers know every nook and cranny of these highly complex scores. So it was time to record this testimony to ten years of work. (...) I like the parallel between the singers of Le Concert Spirituel and the nuns who sing these lamentations every year throughout their lives in their monastery."

Tracklist 31 tracks

  1. 1 Missa Pro Defunctis: Introït 01:31
    Track
    1
    Title
    Missa Pro Defunctis: Introït
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Louis Chein
    Performer
    Francois Saint-Yves
  2. 2 Première Leçon: Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetæ 00:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    Première Leçon: Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetæ
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  3. 3 Première Leçon: Aleph. Quomodo sedet sola 02:06
    Track
    3
    Title
    Première Leçon: Aleph. Quomodo sedet sola
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  4. 4 Première Leçon: Beth. Plorans ploravit in nocte 03:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    Première Leçon: Beth. Plorans ploravit in nocte
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  5. 5 Première Leçon: Ghimel. Migravit Juda 01:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    Première Leçon: Ghimel. Migravit Juda
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  6. 6 Première Leçon: Daleth. Viæ Sion lugent 02:23
    Track
    6
    Title
    Première Leçon: Daleth. Viæ Sion lugent
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  7. 7 Première Leçon: He. Facti sunt hostes 02:13
    Track
    7
    Title
    Première Leçon: He. Facti sunt hostes
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  8. 8 Première Leçon: Jerusalem 02:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    Première Leçon: Jerusalem
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  9. 9 Les neuf repons de chaque jour, H. 111-119: Unus ex discipulis meis, H. 114 02:13
    Track
    9
    Title
    Les neuf repons de chaque jour, H. 111-119: Unus ex discipulis meis, H. 114
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  10. 10 Deuxième Leçon: Vau. Et egressus est a filia 02:05
    Track
    10
    Title
    Deuxième Leçon: Vau. Et egressus est a filia
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  11. 11 Deuxième Leçon: Zain. Recordata est Jerusalem 03:23
    Track
    11
    Title
    Deuxième Leçon: Zain. Recordata est Jerusalem
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  12. 12 Deuxième Leçon: Heth. Peccatum peccavit Jerusalem 01:45
    Track
    12
    Title
    Deuxième Leçon: Heth. Peccatum peccavit Jerusalem
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  13. 13 Deuxième Leçon: Teth. Sordes ejus 02:52
    Track
    13
    Title
    Deuxième Leçon: Teth. Sordes ejus
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  14. 14 Deuxième Leçon: Jerusalem 02:34
    Track
    14
    Title
    Deuxième Leçon: Jerusalem
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  15. 15 Les neuf repons de chaque jour, H. 111-119: Eram quasi agnus, H. 115 02:19
    Track
    15
    Title
    Les neuf repons de chaque jour, H. 111-119: Eram quasi agnus, H. 115
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  16. 16 Troisième Leçon: Jod. Manum suam misit 01:36
    Track
    16
    Title
    Troisième Leçon: Jod. Manum suam misit
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  17. 17 Troisième Leçon: Caph. Omnis populus 01:43
    Track
    17
    Title
    Troisième Leçon: Caph. Omnis populus
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  18. 18 Troisième Leçon: Lamed. O vos omnes 02:26
    Track
    18
    Title
    Troisième Leçon: Lamed. O vos omnes
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  19. 19 Troisième Leçon: Mem. De excelso misit 01:35
    Track
    19
    Title
    Troisième Leçon: Mem. De excelso misit
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  20. 20 Troisième Leçon: Nun. Vigilavit 01:38
    Track
    20
    Title
    Troisième Leçon: Nun. Vigilavit
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  21. 21 Troisième Leçon: Jerusalem 01:54
    Track
    21
    Title
    Troisième Leçon: Jerusalem
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  22. 22 Les neuf repons de chaque jour, H. 111-119: Una hora non potuistis vigilare mecum, H. 116 03:17
    Track
    22
    Title
    Les neuf repons de chaque jour, H. 111-119: Una hora non potuistis vigilare mecum, H. 116
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  23. 23 Miserere mei Deus 01:34
    Track
    23
    Title
    Miserere mei Deus
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Michel-Richard de Lalande
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  24. 24 Amplius lava me 02:56
    Track
    24
    Title
    Amplius lava me
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Michel-Richard de Lalande
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  25. 25 Ecce enim in iniquitatibus 01:59
    Track
    25
    Title
    Ecce enim in iniquitatibus
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Michel-Richard de Lalande
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  26. 26 Asperges me hysopo 04:08
    Track
    26
    Title
    Asperges me hysopo
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Michel-Richard de Lalande
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  27. 27 Cor mundum 01:57
    Track
    27
    Title
    Cor mundum
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Michel-Richard de Lalande
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  28. 28 Redde mihi lætitiam 01:46
    Track
    28
    Title
    Redde mihi lætitiam
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Michel-Richard de Lalande
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  29. 29 Libera me de sanguinibus 03:25
    Track
    29
    Title
    Libera me de sanguinibus
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Michel-Richard de Lalande
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  30. 30 Sacrificium Deo 02:50
    Track
    30
    Title
    Sacrificium Deo
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Michel-Richard de Lalande
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet
  31. 31 Tunc acceptabis 02:25
    Track
    31
    Title
    Tunc acceptabis
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Michel-Richard de Lalande
    Ensemble
    Concert Spirituel Ensemble
    Conductor
    Hervé Niquet