Lully: Grand Motets Vol 3 / Hervé Niquet, Concert Spirituel

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 1, 2000
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      LULLY
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Concert Spirituel Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      Hervé, Niquet
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 01, 2000
    • UPC
      636943439920
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8554399
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Exaudiat te Dominus

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    2. Tribuat tibi

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    3. Exaudiet illum de caelo

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    4. Domine salvum

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    5. Gloria

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    6. O dulcissime Domine

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    7. Notus in Judea Deus

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    8. Dormierunt

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    9. Cum exsurgiet

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    10. Laudate pueri Dominum (Psalm 112)

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    11. Benedictus

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    12. Saluten ex inimicis

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    13. Jusjurandum

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    14. Ut sine nomine

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    15. In sanctitate

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    16. Ad dandam

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet

    17. Per viscera

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully

      Ensemble: Concert Spirituel Chorus

      Conductor: Hervé Niquet


The Grands Motets on this disc (Exaudiat, Notus in Judaea Deus and Benedictus) are scored for five soloists, five-part choir and orchestra. Although averaging only a quarter of an hour in length, they are nevertheless broad in conception. Le Concert Spirituel certainly does not tiptoe around these works but rather throw themselves into their performances with élan.

The three Grands Motets are interspersed with Lully's settings of O dulcissime Domine and Laudate pueri Dominum. The two women's voices in O dulcissime Domine interweave magically over a continuo accompaniment. The highlight, however, is the first motet, Exaudiat te Dominus. The opening is lively and joyous, contrasting with the sad, heart-felt setting of Domine salvum fac. Le Concert Spirituel bring out the contrasts in the Dormierunt section of Notus in Judaea Deus well, and respond to the grandiose passages in the Benedictus. It is only in this latter piece that the generally crisp and rhythmic articulation flags.

The curious should not hesitate. The recording is in general good, although the harpsichord sounds dull. Full texts and translations are included.

-- Colin Clarke, MusicWeb International