Lully: Complete Grand Motets

A lovely motets collection of Lully

Lully conveys all kinds of emotions through a wonderful music that captures our spirit.

In these motets Lully shows his mastery of colour, with different choral and orchestral textures according to the text.

The content of these 3 CDS is as follows:
+In CD1:
* TE DEUM 28:59
divided into 1. - Symphony 6:43, 2. - Patrem Immensae majestatis 6:00, 3. - Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes 4:25, 4.- Salvum fac populum tuum 4:32, 5.- Dignare, Domine 5:29, 6.- In Te, Domine, speravi 1:50
*MISERERE 21:59
divided into 7.-Symphony 6:22, 8.- Ut justificeris in sermonibus 5:07, 9.- Averte faciem tuam 3:04, 10.- Docebo iniquos vias tuas 5:16, 11.- Benigne fac, Domine 2:10
*PLAUDE LAETARE GALLIA 7:20
divided into 12.- Symphony 2:39, 13.- O Jesu vita precantium 2:40, 14.- Vivat regnet princeps fidelis 2:01
+In CD 2:
*QUARE FREMUERUNT 13:17
divided into 1.- Symphony - Quare fremuerunt 7:21, 2.- Reges eos in virga ferrea 5:56
*O LACHRYMAE 18:34
divided into 3.- Symphony - O Lachrymae 7:40, 4.- Exultant caeli 10:53
*DIES IRAE 15:39
divided into 5.- Symphony - Dies irae 4:25, 6.- Quaerens me, sedisti lassus 8:30, 7.- Symphony - Pie Jesu 2:44
*DE PROFUNDIS 16:46
divided into 8.- Symphony - De profundis 6:46, 9.- Ritournelle - Quia apud te 7:10, 10.- Symphony - Requiem 2:50
+In CD 3:
*EXAUDIAT TE DOMINUS 15:12
divided into 1.- Exaudiat te Dominus 3:53, 2.- Tribuat tibi 3:33, 3.- Exaudiet illum de caelo 2:47, 4.- Domine salvum 3:11, 5.- Gloria 1:48
6.- *O DULCISSIME DOMINE 5:42
*NOTUS IN JUDAEA DEUS 11:01
divided into 7.- Notus in Judea Deus 3:14, 8.- Dormierunt 4:53, 9.- Cum exsurgiet 2:55
10-*LAUDATE PUERI DOMINUM 6:55
*BENEDICTUS 18:14
divided into 11.- Benedictus 4:07, 12.- Salutem ex inimicis 3:09, 13.- Jusjurandum 1:16, 14.- Ut sine nomine 1:23, 15.- In sanctitate 2:33, 16.- Ad dandam 1:30, 17.- Per viscera 4:16

The performers are Le Concert Spirituel, conducted by Hervé Niquet. Le Concert Spirituel was founded in 1987 by Hervé Niquet himself. This ensemble focuses on French grand motets of the 17th and 18th centuries.

This recording was made from 14th to 17 th april 1994 at IRCAM, Paris, in stereo an DDD (full digital recording)
In short, absolutely recommended for anyone who wants to approach to Baroque music at the court of Versailles.

Le Concert Spirituel by Lully are quite a find for me. I had listened to some of his pieces throughout the years when they would be broadcast on the local classical radio station and loved the music. There's so much great classical music out there that as I was getting my house ready for Christmas I let this collection play and I must admit that it was so uplifting. It also caused me to remember those times I would hear parts of this collection on the radio but owning the entire collection gave it a sense of completion for me, further causing it to make even more sense to my musical soul~!

Music is one of my addictions, and this is a very beautiful set of CDs. The music on all of them is deep and soothing, a true joy to which to listen. It is a valued addition to my music library.