Lully - Te Deum

N°117

€20

Lully's sumptuous Te Deum and the dazzling Exaudiat Te Dominus are featured in this 4th and final volume of the complete Grands Motets de Lully by Stéphane Fuget and Les Épopées, to the glory of God and the King!More details

JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY (1632-1687)
GRANDS MOTETS – VOLUME 4

TE DEUM · EXAUDIAT TE DOMINUS

Jacques Danican Philidor (1657-1708)
Marche de timballes by Philidor Cadet

André Danican Philidor (1652-1730)
La Marche Royalle

Les Pages et les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles
Les Épopées
Stéphane Fuget, conductor

Of all the performances of the Te Deum conducted during Lully's lifetime, history retains only the last, which sealed the composer's death in 1686: it was while beating time that, carried away by his zeal, he pierced his foot with the end of his cane… Ten years earlier, however, for the christening of his own son, Lully composed this considerable score, which established an “official” genre for a century. Also intended to celebrate military victories or the great events of the reign, the great motet Exaudiat Te Dominus is a dazzling glorification of the King, whose arms God has come to bear. Stéphane Fuget, with his ensemble Les Épopées, brings to a close this collection devoted to Lully's Grands Motets, joining them for this sumptuous programme with Les Pages et les Chantres of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles: To the Glory of God
and the King!

Recorded from March 6th to 10th 2023 at the Royal Chapel of the Château de Versailles

Booklet French/English/German - Duration: 68'24

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