Campra & Bernier: Venite, exultemus

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November 21, 2025
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Nicolas Bernier, Andre Campra
    • PERFORMER
      Concerto Soave
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 21, 2025
    • UPC
      5400439004818
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RIC481
    • LABEL
      Ricercar
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. I. Venite, exultemus Domino

      Composer: André Campra

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    2. II. Quoniam Deus magnus Domino

      Composer: André Campra

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    3. III. Venite, adoremus

      Composer: André Campra

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    4. IV. Hodie si vocem ejus audieritis

      Composer: André Campra

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    5. V. Quadraginta annis offensus fui generationi ill

      Composer: André Campra

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    6. Livre d'orgue contenant une suite du premier ton: I. Plein jeu

      Composer: Pierre Dumage

      Performer: Jean-Marc Aymes

    7. 12 Motets, Book 2: No. 6. Laudate Dominum

      Composer: André Campra

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    8. Quia ipse dixit

      Composer: André Campra

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    9. 14 Motets, Book 1: No. 5. Laudate Dominum

      Composer: André Campra

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    10. Montes et omnes colles

      Composer: André Campra

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    11. Messe, "Reges terrae": Confessio ejus

      Composer: André Campra

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    12. Fond d'orgue

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Jean-Marc Aymes

    13. Judica me Deus

      Composer: Nicolas Bernier

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    14. Emitte lucem tuam

      Composer: Nicolas Bernier

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    15. Confitebor tibi in cythara

      Composer: Nicolas Bernier

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    16. Quare tristis es anima mea

      Composer: Nicolas Bernier

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    17. Spera in Deo

      Composer: Nicolas Bernier

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    18. Les pièces d'orgue, Premier Livre: Suite du cinquième ton: I. Prélude

      Composer: Nicolas Lebègue

      Performer: Jean-Marc Aymes

    19. Alma redemptoris Mater

      Composer: Nicolas Bernier

      Performer: Romain Bockler, Jean-Marc Aymes

    20. Les pièces d'orgue, Premier Livre: Suite du sixième ton: I. Prélude

      Composer: Nicolas Lebègue

      Performer: Jean-Marc Aymes

    21. Exultemus Domino

      Composer: Nicolas Bernier

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    22. Quoniam Deus magnus

      Composer: Nicolas Bernier

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    23. Quoniam ipsius est mare

      Composer: Nicolas Bernier

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    24. Adoremus

      Composer: Nicolas Bernier

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    25. Si vocem ejus audieritis

      Composer: Nicolas Bernier

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler

    26. Quadraginta annis offensus fui generationi huic

      Composer: Nicolas Bernier

      Ensemble: Concerto Soave

      Performer: Romain Bockler


The motet for solo voice and two dessus, usually two violins, and the cantata with instrumental accompaniment originated in Italy at the dawn of the 17th century. The genre was introduced to France by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and by travelling Italian musicians and rapidly became one of the key showpieces of Italian taste and style. The genre was deployed superbly in the early 18th century by two magnificent composers who were practically contemporaries: Andre Campra and Nicolas Bernier. Campra's natural attraction to Italian music is easily explained, as he was the son of an Italian doctor living in Aix-en-Provence and was also a pupil of the great Poitevin in the same city. Bernier, if we are to believe certain sources, was a pupil in Rome of the Venetian Antonio Caldara, one of the most important composers of his time.