Couperin: Sacred Music; Lully: Miserere

Two rare L'Oiseau-Lyre recordings of French Baroque masterpieces, newly remastered and making their first appearance on CD.

From the time of its foundation in 1932 by the Australian-born, Paris-adopted philanthropist Louise Hanson-Dyer, Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre specialised in French early music as the name of the imprint implied. The company's first complete scholarly edition a year later comprised the complete works of François Couperin to mark the bicentenary of his death. Although the company's post-war recording activity centred on London, French repertoire continued to be recorded locally.