François Couperin was court organ­ist and cham­ber com­pos­er to Louis XIV. His Concerts roy­aux were reg­u­lar­ly per­formed in the rooms of the old Sun King. From the latter’s last years dates Couperin’s spir­i­tu­al mas­ter­piece, the Leçons de ténèbres. The sub­tle inter­play of Les Timbres is tai­lor – made for Couperin.