...The second part of the concert links Couperin with six contemporary composers commissioned by Tharaud through the association Musique nouvelle en liberté. Jacques Lenot (Ils traversent la nuit) echoes his illustrious predecessor in the fugitive vision, while François-Bernard Mâche (Les Arcadiennes) and Gérard Pesson (Ambre nous resterons) proceed by dreamlike extensions.

Pierre Gervasoni, Le Monde 28 May 2008