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Composer:
Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Artist(s):
Les Pages & les Chantres

Conductor:
Olivier Schneebeli

Background: Marc-Antoine Charpentier was undoubtedly the most prolific composer of sacred music of the Ancien Régime. Most of the works selected for this recording were written during the period 1688-1698, when he was attached as composer and maître de musique to the Jesuit church and school.

In the motet dedicated to St Louis, In honorem Sancti Ludovici Regis Galliæ canticum tribus vocibus cum simphonia (H323), a triumphant king is celebrated to the sound of a fanfare of trumpets. Despite the references to the crusades and their precious spoils (nails from the Cross), the repeated 'Ludovicus triumphet, Ludovicus regnet, Ludovicus vivat' that conclude the motet appear to be intended for another king: His Majesty Louis XIV.

CATALOGUE NR: ALPHA050
RECORD LABEL: Alpha
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.23 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 05-Apr-2004

COMPOSER: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
TITLE: Vespers for St Louis
CONDUCTOR: Olivier Schneebeli
ARTISTS: Les Pages & les Chantres      

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