Couperin The Sphere of Intimacy Cyrille Dubois, Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques

• François Couperin (1668 -1733): Les Pèlerines "Au Temple de l'Amour":
• 1Couperin: Les Pèlerines "Au Temple de l'Amour"03:49
• "Qu'on ne me dise plus":
• 2Couperin: "Qu'on ne me dise plus"03:31
• La Sultane:
• 3Couperin: La Sultane: [Gravement] - [Gayement] - Air tendrement - Légèrement09:30
• L'Abeille:
• 4Couperin: L'Abeille01:03
• Anonymous: Gavotte italienne:
• 5Anonymous: Gavotte italienne00:50
• François Couperin: Les Nonettes. Les Blondes:
• 6Couperin: Les Nonettes. Les Blondes01:01
• Les Nonettes. Les Brunes:
• 7Couperin: Les Nonettes. Les Brunes01:10
• Sicilienne:
• 8Couperin: Sicilienne01:33
• "Doux liens de mon cœur":
• 9Couperin: "Doux liens de mon cœur"03:20
• La Pastorelle "Il faut aimer":
• 10Couperin: La Pastorelle "Il faut aimer"03:35
• La Superbe:
• 11Couperin: La Superbe: [Lentement] - [Gayement] - Très tendrement - Légèrement - Air tendre - Gayement07:09
• La Diane:
• 12Couperin: La Diane01:13
• La Florentine:
• 13Couperin: La Florentine01:51
• Les Solitaires "Dans l'Île de Cythère":
• 14Couperin: Les Solitaires "Dans l'Île de Cythère"03:15
• Brunette "Zéphire, modère en ces lieux":
• 15Couperin: Brunette "Zéphire, modère en ces lieux"06:38
• La Steinkerque:
• 16Couperin: La Steinkerque: Gayement, bruits de guerre - Air lentement - Gravement - Légèrement - Mouvement de fanfares - Lentement - Gravement - Gayement10:01
• La Badine:
• 17Couperin: La Badine01:10
• Anonymous: La Badine (Louis Marchand?):
• 18Anonymous: La Badine (Louis Marchand?)01:19
• François Couperin: "Souvent dans le plus doux sort":
• 19Couperin: "Souvent dans le plus doux sort"01:41
• Marin Marais (1656 - 1728): La Polonaise:
• 20Marais: La Polonaise01:46
• Louis Marchand (1669 - 1732): La Vénitienne:
• 21Marchand: La Vénitienne02:18
• Total Runtime01:07:43

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François Couperin’s early publications include a number of airs serieux, as well as several short pieces that were included in the collection of Pièces choisies pour le clavecin published by Ballard in 1707. Here Christophe Rousset and Cyrille Dubois reveal little-known aspects of the art of François Couperin. Some of these pieces testify to the composer’s taste for music in the Italian style, which is also evident in his sonatas, which include not only the famous La Steinkerque, but also La Superbe and La Sultane, in which Rousset conducts Les Talens Lyriques. The programme also presents a hitherto uncatalogued drinking song, Souvent dans le plus doux sort, the only known autograph piece so far discovered.

Cyrille Dubois, tenor
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, direction

Cyrille Dubois
studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris and in 2010 joined the Paris Opera’s opera workshop, the Atelier Lyrique. He performed the role of Nathanael (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) for his debut at Milan’s La Scala and the Paris Opera, and Azor (in Benoît Mernier’s La Dispute) at La Monnaie in Brussels. He then went on to tackle the roles of Brighella (Ariadne auf Naxos) at the Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet and at the Toulon Opera, Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Saint Phar (in Grétry’s La Caravane du Caire) at the Opera Royal in Versailles (CD Ricercar), Oronte (Alcina), Brighella (Ariadne auf Naxos), the Labourer (Le Roi Arthus), Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Lucien de Rubempré (the world premiere production of Trompe-la-mort), Tavannes (Les Huguenots), and Iopas (Les Troyens) at the Paris Opera. After appearing in Félicien David’s Le Saphir with the Cercle de l’Harmonie at the Palazetto Bru Zane and the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, he sang the roles of Tybalt (Roméo et Juliette) in Massy, Pâris (La Belle Hélène) in Toulon, Coelio (Sauguet’s Les Caprices de Marianne) with the Centre Français de Promotion Lyrique, and Gonzalve (L’Heure espagnole) for his debut appearance at the Glyndebourne Festival. He has also played the four attendants (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) and Ramiro (La Cenerentola) at the Lyon Opera; Marzio (Mitridate) and Nadir (Les Pêcheurs de perles) at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées; Ferrando at the Rouen Opera, Horace (Le Domino noir) at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie and the Opéra Comique, Cyrille (in Léo Delibes’ Kassya) at the Montpellier Festival, the title role in Salieri’s Tarare in Versailles, Vienna and Paris; Belmonte at the Monte Carlo Opera, Hippolyte (Hippolyte et Aricie) at the Zurich Opera and the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, and Ruodi (Guillaume Tell) at the Chorégies d’Orange. During the 2019-2020 season he sang the title role in Fortunio at the Opéra Comique and appeared as Nadir at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie. Cyrille Dubois also sings in recital with Tristan Raes, his partner in the Duo Contraste. Together, they have earned prizes at the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Voice-Piano Competition and they were three-time winners at the 2013 Lyon International Chamber Music Competition. In 2015, Cyrille Dubois was nominated in the category of Best New Opera Artist at the 22nd Victoires de la Musique.

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