Troisième Leçon de Ténèbres pour le Mercredy Saint

Couperin: Troisième Lecon de Ténèbres pour le Mercredy Saint. With Emma Kirkby and Agnès Mellon, sopranos. Text: The Lamentations of Jeremiah, Chapter 1, Verses 10-14.
Within the liturgy of the Catholic Church there is a long tradition of singing the Lamentations of Jeremiah during Holy Week, based on a parallel being drawn between the text’s description of the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC and the death of Christ.
With two members of the London Baroque, Charles Medlam, bass viol and Terence Charlston, organ.
International Record Review: outstanding.