François Couperin - L’Apothéose de Lully (1725)

Composer: François Couperin “le Grand“ (November 10, 1668 – September 11, 1733) Performers: Les Ombres directed by Margaux Blanchard and Sylvain Sartre 00:00 Lully in the Elysian Fields performing with the lyrical Shadows 02:33 Air for the same 03:43 Mercury flies to the Elysian Fields to warn of Apollo’s impending descent 04:22 Descent of Apollo, who comes to offer his violin to Lully and a place on Parnassus 07:35 Subterranean rumblings caused by Lully’s contemporaries 08:19 Lamentations of the same for flutes or very muted violins 11:47 Elevation of Lully to Parnassus 12:49 Welcome, both kind and guarded, given to Lully by Corelli and the Italian Muses 15:29 Lully’s thanks to Apollo 18:24 Apollo persuades Lully and Corelli that the reunion of French and Italian tastes shall make perfection in Music: Essay in the form of an overture. 21:35 Lully plays the subject and Corelli accompanies it (First Air) 22:36 Corelli plays the subject and L