Leonardo García Alarcón, Millenium Orchestra, Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Jean-Baptiste Lully: Dies Irae, De Profundis, Te Deum (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 503 Mb | Total time: 82:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA444 | Recorded: 2018
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 503 Mb | Total time: 82:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA444 | Recorded: 2018
Although Lully never held any post in the Chapelle du Roi, his influence on the development of the grand motet, so emblematic of the Grand Siècle, was of decisive importance. He wrote imposing motets celebrating the glory of God and the King for the great ceremonies at court. Of the many royal funerals, that of Queen Marie-Thérèse in 1683 was among the most grandiose. Lully’s Dies iræ and De profundis were sung there. But his most celebrated motet was undoubtedly his Te Deum, which rang out for the first time in 1677 and became the king’s favourite.