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Composer:
Henry Desmarest

Artist(s):
Le Concert Spirituel

Conductor:
Herve Niquet

Background: Once again, Hervé Niquet reveals something new to us. Here we have three unpublished grand motets by the still-young Henry Desmarest (he was born in 1661), only a few years after he stopped working as a page at the Royal Chapel.

A favourite of the King, the Dauphin and the entire court, he was presented as the worthiest successor to Lully. However, Desmarest was one of the first cases in history of a 'ghost writer'; between 1683 and 1693, he composed a significant number of works which were then signed by Nicolas Goupillet, one of Louis XIV's vice-chapelmasters at Versailles, among them the three motets included on this CD.

These three grand motets are very fresh musical moments, where Desmarest highlighted his personal carte du tendre at leisure, as well as his taste for the learned and bracing counterpoint with its five subtly arranged parts. He played with the new vocal and instrumental possibilities created for the chapel built in 1682, with its colourful masses which contrast, sparkle and exalt the sound. These three works magnificently display the music of the new Versailles, almost as if they were veritable snapshots: elegant, refined, unfurling in space with gravity and majesty.

An additional issue of great interest is the presentation of the cromorne, a mysterious instrument of the oboe family which was especially reconstructed for this occasion: listen to its powerful bass sound in the choir parts of the De profundis, the opening motet.

CATALOGUE NR: GCD921610
RECORD LABEL: Glossa
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Henry Desmarest
TITLE: Grands Motets volume II
TRACKS: De Profundis - Psalm 129. Veni Creator - Hymn for the feast of Pentecost. Cum Invocarem - Psalm 4.
CONDUCTOR: Herve Niquet
ARTISTS: Le Concert Spirituel      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: un scandale a la musique du Roi - Nov-2005 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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