LULLY Dies Irae. De Profundis. Te Deum
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Composer or Director: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Leonardo García Alarcón
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Alpha
Magazine Review Date: 09/2019
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 83
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: ALPHA444
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Dies Irae |
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer Leonardo García Alarcón, Composer Millenium Orchestra Namur Chamber Choir |
De Profundis |
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer Leonardo García Alarcón, Composer Millenium Orchestra Namur Chamber Choir |
Te Deum |
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer Leonardo García Alarcón, Composer Millenium Orchestra Namur Chamber Choir |
Author: David Vickers
Recorded in the chapel at Versailles, these three works are directed by Leonardo García Alarcón with vivacity and bold colours. The Namur Chamber Choir are full-blooded in dynamic illustrations of the Day of Judgement (Dies irae), extrovert invocations of praise (Te Deum) and contoured emotional contrasts depicting the depths of despair (De profundis). The choir function in tandem with the ‘petit choeur’ of six assertive soloists – contributions from high tenors Cyril Auvity and Matthias Vidal and bass Alain Buet are particularly eloquent. Double theorbo continuo players often overplay and dominate when accompanying the soloists, and thereby clutter the texture in passages that might have conveyed cathartic serenity. The Millennium Orchestra display crisp swagger, sentimental expressiveness, articulate violins, fruity oboes and bassoons, and splendid trumpets and thudding timpani, as the pieces variously demand. Notwithstanding momentary over-baked mannerisms, Alarcón’s interpretations are a zesty alternative to the finely judged accounts by Le Concert Spirituel and Herve Niquet.
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