Couperin: Organ Masses / Jean-baptiste Robin

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
September 20, 2005
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      COUPERIN
    • PERFORMER
      Jean-Baptiste Robin
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 20, 2005
    • UPC
      747313274123
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8557741-42
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Kyrie: Plein chant du premier Kyrie en taille

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    2. Kyrie: Fugue sur les jeux d'anches

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    3. Kyrie: Recit de chromhorne

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    4. Kyrie: Dialogue sur la trompette et le chromhorne

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    5. Kyrie: Plein chant

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    6. Gloria: Plein chant. Et in terra pax

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    7. Gloria: Petite fugue sur le chromhorne

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    8. Gloria: Duo sur les tierces

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    9. Gloria: Dialogue sur les trompettes, clairon et tierces du grand clavier et le bourdon avec le larigot du positif

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    10. Gloria: Trio a dessus de chromhorne et la basse de tierce

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    11. Gloria: Tierce en taille

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    12. Gloria: Dialogue sur la voix humaine

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    13. Gloria: Dialogue en trio du cornet et de la tierce

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    14. Gloria: Dialogue sur les grands jeux

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    15. Offertoire sur les grands jeux

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    16. Sanctus: Plein chant du premier Sanctus en Canon

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    17. Sanctus: Recit de cornet

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    18. Benedictus: Chromhorne en taille

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    19. Agnus Dei: Plein chant de l'Agnus Dei en basse et en taille alternativement

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    20. Agnus Dei: Dialogue sur les grands jeux

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    21. Deo Gratias

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    22. Kyrie: Plein jeu

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    23. Kyrie: Fugue sur la trompette

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    24. Kyrie: Recit de chromhorne

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    25. Kyrie: Trio a dessus de chromhorne et la basse de tierce

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    26. Kyrie: Dialogue sur la trompette du grand clavier, et sur la montre, le bourdon et le nazard du positif

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    27. Gloria: Plein jeu

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    28. Gloria: Petite fugue sur le chromhorne

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    29. Gloria: Duo sur les tierces

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    30. Gloria: Basse de trompette

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    31. Gloria: Chromhorne sur la taille

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    32. Gloria: Dialogue sur la voix humaine

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    33. Gloria: Trio. Les dessus sur la tierce et la basse sur la trompette

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    34. Gloria: Recit de tierce

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    35. Gloria: Dialogue sur les grands jeux

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    36. Offertoire sur les grands jeux

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    37. Sanctus: Premier couplet du Sanctus

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    38. Sanctus: Recit de cornet

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    39. Elevation: Tierce en taille

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    40. Agnus Dei

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    41. Agnus Dei: Dialogue sur les grands jeux

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    42. Deo Gratias

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin



Although we usually associate Masses with vocal music, these solo organ works by a very young François Couperin (published in 1690) are examples of a form and style common to the place and time--one that included the organ as a significant part of the celebration of Mass, either replacing or enhancing sections of the spoken liturgy. The producers of this outstanding recording--presented in vivid, palpably realistic sound on two CDs--have chosen to include only the organ's contributions to these services, wisely eliminating the interspersed plainchant passages that would have occurred in a normal service.


While the purely musical rewards of this recital are many--Couperin exhibits an impressive range of formal/structural technical mastery, particularly regarding counterpoint and use of texture, register, and articulation for expressive/dramatic effect--organ enthusiasts will absolutely want to hear this for the commanding presence of the organ itself. The well-preserved, minimally altered 18th-century François-Henri Clicquot organ at Poitiers Cathedral is one of the world's treasures, and its indisputably authentic French credentials are on full display here, particularly regarding the assertive, rich-colored reeds (the 16' bombarde pedal stop is a treat!) and lively, lustrous winds. Organist Jean-Baptiste Robin knows this instrument well and delightfully exploits its multifarious voices (if only we had a list of the registrations he uses on each track) while making sure we hear the important inner lines and plainchant themes. If you love organ music, don't miss this--and don't be afraid to turn it up!
--David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com