Motets Pour Le Grand Dauphin - Charpentier / Desenclos, Pierre Robert Ensemble

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March 10, 2009
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CHARPENTIER
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Desenclos+Ensemble Pierre Robe
    • PERFORMER
      DESENCLOS+ENSEMBLE PIERRE ROBE
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 10, 2009
    • UPC
      3760014191381
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA138
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works ⌄

    1. Precatio pro filio, H. 166, "Deus judicium tuum"

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Ensemble Pierre Robert

      Conductor: Frédéric Desenclos

    2. Fugue sur les anches

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Frédéric Desenclos

    3. Sola vivebat in antris, H. 373

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Ensemble Pierre Robert

      Performer: Anne Magouët, Camille Poul

      Conductor: Frédéric Desenclos

    4. Organ Works, Book 1: Fond d'orgue

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Frédéric Desenclos

    5. Supplicatio pro defunctis ad beatam virginem, H. 328

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Ensemble Pierre Robert

      Conductor: Frédéric Desenclos

    6. Organ Works, Book 1: Tierce en taille

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Frédéric Desenclos

    7. Quemadmodum desiderat cervus, H. 174

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Ensemble Pierre Robert

      Conductor: Frédéric Desenclos

    8. Elevation, H. 248, "O salutaris hostia"

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Ensemble Pierre Robert

      Conductor: Frédéric Desenclos

    9. Organ Works, Book 1: Fugue

      Composer: Louis Marchand

      Performer: Frédéric Desenclos

    10. Gratiarum actiones ex sacris codicibus excerptae pro restituta serenissimi galliarum delphini salute, H. 326

      Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

      Ensemble: Ensemble Pierre Robert

      Conductor: Frédéric Desenclos


As eldest son of Louis XIV, Louis of France, nicknamed le Grand Dauphin, was marked out to become king of France at his father's death. He was therefore given the education of a monarch, as this would have been conceived in the 17th century: running the affairs of the kingdom required knowledge of diplomatic and commercial relations, but also the acquisition of the external manifestations the Sun King had resorted to so skilfully, subjecting architecture, drama, painting and music to the requirements of his government. Just like his father, the Dauphin surrounded himself with chosen personalities, amongst whom the composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Removed from an official position at court by the talent and the intrigues of Lully, he was not allowed to write for the opera, for which the "Surintendant de la musique" had obtained a royal privilege. He therefore concentrated his creative activity primarily on sacred music, giving it the "Italian style" expressivity he had learned in Rome, where he had studied with Carrissimi. This religious lyricism deploys itself in the motets composed for Monseigneur's religious services. The later would remain Dauphin for eternity since he died in 1711, four years before his father.