Here are assembled three Grands Motets by Lully, associated with key moments in the reign of Louis XIV. In 1660, the Jubilate Deo celebrating the La Paix des PyrÃ©nÃ©es and the king's wedding, erupts in unheard of proportions, that no other composer in France had produced before, and with breathtaking modernity. The music is triumphant, with a French-style overture worthy of future operas, grand theatrical narratives and choruses alternating between plenitude and exaltation: the celebratory motet was thus born with dazzling panache. The Quare fremuerunt gentes, even more dramatic, celebrated la Paix de Ratisbonne (the Peace of Regensburg) in 1685 with powerful operatic accents. Finally, the Miserere (1664) is the most famous French motet of the 17th century. Played in 1672 for the funeral service of Chancellor SÃ©guier, it brought tears to Madame de SÃ©vignÃ©'s eyes: "I don't believe there is any other music in heaven." StÃ©phane Fuget and his ensemble Les EpopÃ©es pursue their grace-filled cycle.

Tracklist:

Miserere-Miserere Mei Deus
Miserere-Amplius Lava Me
Miserere-Tibi Soli Peccavi
Miserere-Ecce Enim in Iniquitatibus
Miserere-Asperges Me Hysopo
Miserere-Auditui Meo Dabis Gaudium
Miserere-Cor Mundum Crea in Me Deus
Miserere-Redde Mihi LÃ¦titiam
Miserere-Docebo Iniquos Vias Tuas
Miserere-Libera Me de Sanguinibus
Miserere-Sacrificium Deo
Miserere-Ut Ã†dificentur
Quare Fremuerunt Gentes-Quare Fremuerunt Gentes
Quare Fremuerunt Gentes-Dirumpamus Vincula Eorum
Quare Fremuerunt Gentes-Qui Habitat in CÃ¦lis
Quare Fremuerunt Gentes-Ego Autem Constitutus Sum Rex Ab Eo
Quare Fremuerunt Gentes-Reges Eos in Virga Ferrea
Quare Fremuerunt Gentes-Et Nunc Reges Intelligite
Quare Fremuerunt Gentes-Apprehendite Disciplinam
Quare Fremuerunt Gentes-Beati Omnes Qui Confidunt in Eo
Jubilate Deo-Jubilate Deo Omnis Terra
Jubilate Deo-Reges TerrÃ¦, Et Omnes Populi
Jubilate Deo-Arcum Conterit
Jubilate Deo-Taliter Non Fecit Omni Nationi
Jubilate Deo-Juravit Et Statuit
Jubilate Deo-Jubilate in Conspectu Regis
Jubilate Deo-Orta Est Enim

UPC: 3770011431670
Label: Chateau Versailles
Release Date: 2.11.22
Format: CD

Lully / Fuget / Epopees - Grand Motets 2 (CD)