Mozart: Requiem; Paisiello: Napoleon Mass / Chauvin, La Concert de la Loge

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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giovanni Paisiello
    • PERFORMER
      Le Concert De La Loge, Choeur De Chambre De Namur, Julien Chauvin, Sandrine Piau
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 24, 2023
    • UPC
      3760014199196
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA919
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Missa pro defunctis: Introitus, "Requiem æternam"

      Composer: Niccolò Jommelli

      Ensemble: Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Eléonore Pancrazi

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    2. Introit: Requiem aeternam (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Sandrine Piau

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    3. Sequence No. 1: Dies Irae (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    4. Sequence No. 2: Tuba mirum (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Eléonore Pancrazi, Mathias Vidal, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    5. Sequence No. 3: Rex tremendae majestatis (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    6. Sequence No. 4: Recordare, Jesu pie (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Eléonore Pancrazi, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    7. Sequence No. 5: Confutatis maledictis (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    8. Sequence No. 6: Lacrimosa dies illa (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    9. Agnus Dei (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    10. Kyrie

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Eléonore Pancrazi, Mathias Vidal, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    11. Gloria

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    12. Laudamus te

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Eléonore Pancrazi, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    13. Gratias agimus tibi

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    14. Domine Deus

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Eléonore Pancrazi, Mathias Vidal, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    15. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Eléonore Pancrazi, Mathias Vidal, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    16. Quoniam

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Eléonore Pancrazi, Mathias Vidal, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    17. Cum sanctus spiritu

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Eléonore Pancrazi, Mathias Vidal, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    18. Credo

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Mathias Vidal

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    19. Prélude for Harp

      Composer: Nicholas-Charles Bochsa

      Performer: Sandrine Chatron

    20. Et incarnatus est

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Sandrine Chatron

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    21. Et in spiritum sanctum

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Eléonore Pancrazi

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    22. Sanctus

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Eléonore Pancrazi, Mathias Vidal, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    23. Agnus Dei

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Eléonore Pancrazi, Mathias Vidal, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin

    24. Domine salvum fac imperatorem

      Composer: Giovanni Paisiello

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Le Concert de la Loge

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Mathias Vidal, Thomas Dolié

      Conductor: Julien Chauvin


Mozart’s Requiem was not performed in Paris until 1804, in a version slightly different from the composer’s original score. The press reported a triumph. That same year also saw the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte – who had brought back a pronounced taste for Italian music from his Mediterranean conquests. He appointed the Neapolitan Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816) as his maître de chapelle and commissioned him to write the music for his coronation: a Solemn Mass in B flat major. The Palazzetto Bru Zane has produced the modern edition of the work that is recorded here.

Aside from the sumptuous events of 1804, the other year that links Napoleon to Mozart is 1841, when the Requiem was heard once more, this time at Les Invalides as Napoleon’s remains entered the building for their final burial. Sandrine Piau, Chantal Santon, Eléonore Pancrazi, Mathias Vidal and Thomas Dolié are the soloists in this programme, with Julien Chauvin conducting his ensemble Le Concert de la Loge and the Namur Chamber Choir.