Daquin: 12 Noels / Rsamd Chamber Choir & Players

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Label
Linn Records
Release Date
January 1, 2004
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DAQUIN, LOUIS-CLAUDE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Rsamd Chamber Choir & Players
    • PERFORMER
      RSAMD CHAMBER CHOIR & PLAYERS
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2004
    • UPC
      691062025423
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CKD254
    • LABEL
      Linn Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. XI.

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Ensemble: Rsamd Academy Chamber Players

      Performer: Reno Troilus

      Conductor: John Wallace

    2. IV.

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Ensemble: Rsamd Academy Chamber Players

      Conductor: John Wallace

    3. V.

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Ensemble: Rsamd Academy Chamber Choir, Rsamd Academy Chamber Players

      Conductor: John Wallace

    4. III.

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Ensemble: Rsamd Academy Chamber Players

      Performer: Douglas Nairne

      Conductor: John Wallace

    5. IX.

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Ensemble: Rsamd Academy Chamber Choir, Rsamd Academy Chamber Players

      Performer: Rachel Redman, Reno Troilus

      Conductor: John Wallace

    6. I.

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Ensemble: Rsamd Academy Chamber Choir, Rsamd Academy Chamber Players

      Conductor: John Wallace

    7. VI.

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Ensemble: Rsamd Academy Chamber Choir, Rsamd Academy Chamber Players

      Conductor: John Wallace

    8. X.

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Ensemble: Rsamd Academy Chamber Choir, Rsamd Academy Chamber Players

      Conductor: John Wallace

    9. VII.

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Ensemble: Rsamd Academy Chamber Players

      Conductor: John Wallace

    10. VIII.

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Ensemble: Rsamd Academy Chamber Players

      Conductor: John Wallace

    11. II.

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Ensemble: Rsamd Academy Chamber Players

      Performer: Rachel Redman

      Conductor: John Wallace

    12. XII.

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Ensemble: Rsamd Academy Chamber Choir, Rsamd Academy Chamber Players

      Performer: Douglas Nairne

      Conductor: John Wallace


Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772) was a French organist, harpsichordist and composer. He was also a child prodigy. After taking some harpsichord lessons from his godmother Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and composition lessons from Nicolas Bernier, he was capable of playing before Louis XIV at the age of six and of conducting his own Beatus vir in the Sainte-Chapelle at the age of eight. The Nouveau livre de noëls were published in November 1757 and is the fruit of many improvisations. This premiere recording marries Daquin's Twelve Noels (well-known as organ pieces) to the original late mediæval verses from which they were derived.

Simon Wright realised the score from the keyboard original and matched it to the original carol melodies before orchestrating it with remarkable imagination. Mark Darlow researched and put together the text during a period of stud leave in Paris. Through a process of consultation the verses were sifted, and a pastoral progression of solos and choruses has emerged, with the shepherds who 'tended their flocks by night' a sthe main characters. The RSAMD is Scotland's International Academy for Music and Drama, with Professor John Wallace as their Principal.