Couperin: Concerts royaux
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Performer: Jaap ter LindenComposer: Francois Couperin
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import, Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2000-11-14
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Free Music Notes for Couperin: Concerts royaux
Free Music Review: Not that bad
Hit: 4 Stars
Other reviews of this recording have been very harsh, but I don't think the situation is really that grim. I have owned this for years now, and must admit that I have never listened to it much, and was of the mind that it was a bit dull. I finally listened to it again recently, and at one point I perked up and thought to myself, "this is really quite a good performance". It goes without saying, of course, that the music itself is quite fine.
The baroque flute always has a somewhat languid and aloof quality to its sound, and I don't think Robert Claire is by any means inferior to, say Lisa Beznosiuk, Rachel Brown, Bart Kuijken or Marc Hantai. Also, I don't hear that the continuo is ever out of sync with the flute. I won't go so far as to say this recording is a revelation, or the best these works can sound, but it is solid, and I think a good performance overall.
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