Jean-Baptiste Lully: Great Motets

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Jean-Baptiste Lully: Dies Irae – De profundis – Te Deum

Sophie Junker & Judith Van Wanroij, sopranos
Cyril Auvity & Matthias Vidal, high countertenors
Thibaut Lenaerts, tenor
Alain Buet, bass

Namur Chamber Choir & Millenium Orchestra
Cappella Mediterranea, continuo

Leonardo García Alarcón, conductor

Grand Master of the Royal Music, Lully distinguished himself above all in ballet, comedy and opera, which he invented to meet the new demands of Louis XIV in terms of the artistic influence of the French kingdom. But Lully, whose genius is polymorphous, found the opportunity to extend his influence to the sacred sphere and composed on several occasions great motets worthy of supplanting those of the Sous-Maîtres of the Royal Chapel, Dumont and Robert. Created for the great occasions of court life, these motets draw inspiration from the great polyphonic tradition inherited from the Renaissance and add the theatrical accents and pomp specific to the Versailles Baroque. Three masterpieces, the Dies Irae, the De profundis and the Te Deum, are brought together in this exceptional programme and revived under the baton of one of the most brilliant conductors of the new generation.