Grands Motets de Lully - Les Epopées - Stéphane Fuget
Grands Motets de Lully - Les Epopées - Stéphane Fuget
Claire Lefilliâtre Dessus
Caroline Arnaud Dessus
Marie Perbost Dessus
Ambroisine Bré Bas-dessus
Serge Goubioud Countertenor
Cyril Auvity Haute-contre
Sébastien Obrecht Taille
Marc Mauillon Taille
Benoît Arnould Bass
Luc Bertin-Hugault Bass
Renaud Bres Bass
Les Epopées
Stéphane Fuget Conductor
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Dies Irae ; De Profundis ; O Lachrymae fideles
A musician of genius, Jean-Baptiste Lully put all his musical science at the service of intense oratorical emotion in his grand motets, causing Madame de Sévigné to say that "all eyes were full of tears". With a variety of large choirs, small ensembles, trios, duets, solos, and orchestral symphonies, these grand religious works are representative of the pomp and circumstance of the court of Louis XIV, thus serving the royal absolutist power.
While O Lachrymae fideles, composed in the winter of 1664, alternates between restrained emotion and joyful dance, the other two motets are imbued with great solemnity. Dies Irae and De Profundis were both performed at the royal funeral of the King's wife, Queen Maria Theresa of Austria, in 1683 in the Basilica of Saint-Denis.
The Epopées give us a particularly brilliant, theatrical and lyrical version of this music, adding an abundance of sparkling ornamentation, like the sun reflecting on the stained glass windows, mirrors and gold of Versailles.
You may find the booklet, available in French, by clicking here
- Genre Concert
- Period 17th century music
- pieces Dies Irae - De profundis - Pièce d’orgue - O Lachrymae fideles
- Composer Lully
- Musical Ensemble Les Epopées
- Conductor Stéphane Fuget
- Soloists Claire Lefilliâtre - Caroline Arnaud - Ambroisine Bré - Serge Goubioud - Cyril Auvity - Sébastien Obrecht - Marc Mauillon - Benoît Arnould - Luc Bertin-Hugault - Renaud Bres
- Duration 1h11
Grands Motets de Lully - Les Epopées - Stéphane Fuget
Claire Lefilliâtre Dessus
Caroline Arnaud Dessus
Marie Perbost Dessus
Ambroisine Bré Bas-dessus
Serge Goubioud Countertenor
Cyril Auvity Haute-contre
Sébastien Obrecht Taille
Marc Mauillon Taille
Benoît Arnould Bass
Luc Bertin-Hugault Bass
Renaud Bres Bass
Les Epopées
Stéphane Fuget Conductor
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Dies Irae ; De Profundis ; O Lachrymae fideles
A musician of genius, Jean-Baptiste Lully put all his musical science at the service of intense oratorical emotion in his grand motets, causing Madame de Sévigné to say that "all eyes were full of tears". With a variety of large choirs, small ensembles, trios, duets, solos, and orchestral symphonies, these grand religious works are representative of the pomp and circumstance of the court of Louis XIV, thus serving the royal absolutist power.
While O Lachrymae fideles, composed in the winter of 1664, alternates between restrained emotion and joyful dance, the other two motets are imbued with great solemnity. Dies Irae and De Profundis were both performed at the royal funeral of the King's wife, Queen Maria Theresa of Austria, in 1683 in the Basilica of Saint-Denis.
The Epopées give us a particularly brilliant, theatrical and lyrical version of this music, adding an abundance of sparkling ornamentation, like the sun reflecting on the stained glass windows, mirrors and gold of Versailles.
You may find the booklet, available in French, by clicking here
- Genre Concert
- Period 17th century music
- pieces Dies Irae - De profundis - Pièce d’orgue - O Lachrymae fideles
- Composer Lully
- Musical Ensemble Les Epopées
- Conductor Stéphane Fuget
- Soloists Claire Lefilliâtre - Caroline Arnaud - Ambroisine Bré - Serge Goubioud - Cyril Auvity - Sébastien Obrecht - Marc Mauillon - Benoît Arnould - Luc Bertin-Hugault - Renaud Bres
- Duration 1h11
