Couperin & Vivaldi: Or (Light)

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
April 10, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Francois Couperin, Antonio Vivaldi
    • PERFORMER
      Sonia Wieder-Atherton
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 10, 2026
    • UPC
      3701624512036
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1203
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetæ

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton

    2. Aleph - Quomodo sedet sola

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton

    3. Beth - Plorans ploravit in nocte

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton

    4. Ghimel - Migravit Juda

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton

    5. Daleth - Viæ Sion lugent

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton

    6. He - Facti sunt hostes

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton

    7. Jerusalem

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    8. Jod - Manum suam misit - Caph

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton

    9. Omnis populus - Lamed

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton

    10. O vos omnes

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton

    11. Mem

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton

    12. De excelso misit - Nun

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton

    13. Jerusalem

      Composer: François Couperin

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Marius Atherton

    14. Farnace, RV 711, Act II: Aria: Gelido in ogni vena (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello ensemble)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    15. Tieteberga, RV 737, Act II: Sento in seno ch'in pioggia di lagrime (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello ensemble)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    16. Giustino, RV 717, Act I: Aria: Vedro con mio diletto (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello ensemble)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    17. Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 3, No. 2, RV 578: I. Adagio e Spiccato (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello ensemble)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    18. The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, "L'autunno" (Autumn): II. Adagio molto (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton for cello and synthesizer)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Nicolas Worms

    19. Farnace, RV 711, Act II: Aria: Gelido in ogni vena (arr. S. Wieder-Atherton and Mahut for cello ensemble and percussion)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Mahut


For her new recording, entitled Or (light), cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton has devised a two-part narrative, "a series of freeze frames, like incursions into time": first, Couperin's Les leçons de ténèbres or the Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah. Prophecies are created in the time before. Before destruction and tears: "We hear the prophet's song of lamentation, although the possibility that this might not come to pass still exists." Then comes "our time": "Vivaldi's dramatic power brings us face to face with the present. He says, 'It's here now.'" Sonia has chosen several excerpts from his operas and from two violin concertos. She transcribed most of the pieces in this programme for solo cello or two cellos, two voices that she plays herself. She also imagined bridges to other lights, those of Mahut's percussion and Marius Atherton's electric guitar and MS20 synthesiser.