André Isoir François Couperin, Louis Marchand - Les Deux Messes Pièces Choisies

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Review by babu kumar

Les Deux Messes Pièces Choisies: A Baroque Beast That Roars Alright, buckle up. This isn’t your grandma’s Sunday morning organ recital—this is Les Deux Messes Pièces Choisies by André Isoir, diving headfirst into the guts of French Baroque music like it owes him money. If you’re a sucker for Couperin and Marchand (yeah, those big names), this album punches hard where others barely tickle. Calliope dropped this beast, and holy hell, does it deliver. First off, let’s talk about Messe des Paroisses (suite). It opens with an authority that screams “I own this space.” The way Isoir tears through the phrasing on the organ? Insane. Like, I don’t even care if organs aren’t your thing—you can’t ignore how alive this track feels. Every swell and decay hits like waves crashing against rocks. You feel it in your chest. Georges Kisselhoff, the engineer, deserves a medal for making sure none of that raw power gets lost in translation. Jacques Le Calvé must’ve been losing sleep over getting this production tight because damn, it shows. Then there’s Pièces Choisies, which is basically what happens when someone takes Baroque elegance and throws in a bit of chaos just to keep things interesting. Isoir doesn’t play around here; he attacks these pieces with precision but also lets them breathe when they need to. There’s something almost rebellious about how he handles the transitions—it’s structured yet wild, like a tamed lion that still wants to bite. And honestly? That tension sticks with you long after the last note fades. Now, full disclosure—I’m no expert on 17th-century church music or whatever academic label people slap on this stuff. But screw labels. What matters is how it lands, and man, this album lands like a punch to the gut. François Couperin and Louis Marchand might’ve written the notes, but Isoir owns them. He makes ‘em his btch. Here’s the kicker though: listening to this album feels less like admiring art and more like stepping into a time machine. Except instead of landing in some dusty old cathedral, you end up smack dab in the middle of a vibe so intense it’s almost modern. Weird flex, right? But true. Maybe that’s why Les Deux Messes stays stuck in my head—it doesn’t just remind me of history; it reminds me we’re all still wrestling with the same emotions today. Fucked up as that sounds, it works. So yeah, buy it, stream it, do whatever you gotta do. Just don’t sleep on this one unless you wanna miss out on one of the most electrifying rides through Baroque France you’ll ever take.

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Artist: André Isoir François Couperin, Louis Marchand
Album: Les Deux Messes Pièces Choisies
Rating: 4.0

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Tracks

TrackDurationPreview
Premier Livre d' Orgue ( intégrale )
Messe des Paroisses
Pièces Choisies
Messe des Couvents
Messe des Couvents ( suite )
Messe des Paroisses ( suite )

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Catalog Numbers

CAL. 190709

Labels

Calliope

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Formats

  • 3 × Vinyl
  • LP Box Set

Companies

RoleCompany
Distributed ByHarmonia Mundi France
Phonographic Copyright (p)Arpège

Credits

RoleCredit
EngineerGeorges Kisselhoff
OrganAndré Isoir
Production ManagerJacques Le Calvé

Notes

  • Recorded in 1972 + 1973.
  • Box set includes separate releases:
  • CAL. 1907: François Couperin, André Isoir - Messe Des Paroisses
  • CAL. 1908: François Couperin, André Isoir - François Couperin (II) - Messe Des Couvents
  • CAL. 1909: Louis Marchand, André Isoir - Premier Livre (Intégrale) - Deuxième Livre (Extraits) - Troisième Livre (Intégrale) - Cinquième Livre (Extrait)

Barcodes

  • Other (Vinyl N°1): CAL. 1907
  • Other (Vinyl N°2): CAL. 1908
  • Other (Vinyl N°3): CAL. 1909

About André Isoir François Couperin, Louis Marchand

French organist and composer, born 20. July 1935 in Saint-Dizier, died on 20 July 2016. Resident organist at

Name Vars

  • A. Isoir
  • Andre Isoir
  • Isoir
  • Андре Изуар

Interesting fact about Album

Here’s a cool fact: The album *Les Deux Messes Pièces Choisies* brings together works by two Baroque masters, François Couperin and Louis Marchand, performed by the talented organist André Isoir. It’s like a time machine to 17th-century France, capturing the rich sounds of church music from that era. Fun detail—Georges Kisselhoff, the engineer behind the recording, played a key role in making sure these historic pieces sound as majestic today as they did back then.