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Four important composers – François Couperin, Antoine Forqueray, Marin Marais and Jean-Philippe Rameau – are brought into a kind of musical comparison with one another here. Using a series of musical portraits, Myriam Rignol, Yoko Kawakubo and Julien Wolfs show different aspects of their oeuvre.

The pieces range from Couperin's restrained elegance via Forqueray's expressive language to Marais' characteristic viol playing and Rameau's striking tonal language; each piece sketches its own musical profile. The ensemble Les Timbres performs these works in a balanced, clear style. Connections between the composers also emerge, which are expressed in mutual allusions and dedications. In this way, the repertoire is placed in a contemporary context and a broad, nuanced spectrum of expression is created.