François Couperin; Michel-Richard de Lalande - Leçons de Ténèbres; Miserere (Hervé Niquet)

Information

• Louis Chein - Missa Pro Defunctis: Introït
• François Couperin - Première leçon de ténèbres à voix seule
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Répons de ténèbres: Unus ex discipulis meis, H. 114
• François Couperin - Deuxième leçon de ténèbres à voix seule
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Répons de ténèbres: Eram quasi agnus, H. 115
• François Couperin - Troisième leçon de ténèbres à deux voix
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Répons de ténèbres: Una hora non potuistis vigilare mecum, H. 116
• Michel-Richard de Lalande - Miserere, S. 87

Le Concert Spirituel

Hervé Niquet, conductor

Date: 2026

Label: Alpha Classics

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Hervé Niquet likes to say that recording is a source of stress and sometimes tension: “None of that was the case here,” he continues. He has been performing this Couperin/de Lalande programme with the female singers of Le Concert Spirituel for over ten years: "The seven singers know every nook and cranny of these highly complex scores. So it was time to record this testimony to ten years of work. (...) I like the parallel between the singers of Le Concert Spirituel and the nuns who sing these lamentations every year throughout their lives in their monastery."

Hervé Niquet (b. 1957) is a versatile French musician—harpsichordist, organist, pianist, singer, composer, choirmaster and conductor—renowned for his expertise in French repertoire from the Baroque era to Debussy. He founded Le Concert Spirituel in 1987 to revive the French grand motet, and the ensemble has since become a leading force in historically informed performance, earning distinctions such as the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Choral Singing. Niquet also conducts major international orchestras, exploring 19th- and early 20th-century works. Dedicated to education, he teaches at major institutions and directs training initiatives. His distinguished career has been recognized with prestigious honors and awards.