Couperin - 2 Masses for Organ - Organ choral Many musical genres are represented

Many musical genres are represented including traditional hymn tunes

The Holly And The Ivy

and both performers and listeners can plunge into the atmosphere of Rota's film music

while the original baritone solo now resounds in the alto

Couperin - 2 Masses for Organ - Organ choral Many musical genres are representedOne of the greatest figures of the French classical school, Franois Couperin (16681733), called le grand, was royal organist at the court of Louis XIV and the leading French composer of his day. Trained early as an organist, he possessed solid contrapuntal skills as well as a softness and naturalness of style characteristic of French music. His two masses for organ were his only compositions for this instrument. Published when Couperin was only 21,