Gervais - Grands Motets pour Louis XV

CHARLES-HUBERT GERVAIS (1671-1744)
GRANDS MOTETS POUR LA CHAPELLE DE LOUIS XV

Super flumina Babilonis
Jubilate Deo
Miserere

Marie Perbost, Déborah Cachet, Benoît Arnould, Nicholas Scott, Paco Garci

Les Ombres - Chœur du Concert Spirituel
Sylvain Sartre, director

A stranger reveals the opulence of the Royal Chapel of Louis XV: Charles-Hubert Gervais was Chapel Master from 1723 onwards, thus offering a perfect representation of the splendour of sacred music at the Court of Versailles. Heir to the great frescoes of Lully and Lalande, Gervais was above all an opera composer, and his dramatic style lends his Grands Motets a decidedly Italian resonance. With this protégé of the Regent Philippe of Orléans – he remained his favoured musician for two decades – the evocative power and pomp of Versailles are given added shine by the galant style. Served like a king by magnificent performers, here is Gervais bathed in the glory of Versailles!

Recorded at the Royal Chapel of the Château de Versailles from 11st to 13th 2021

Booklet French/English/German - Duration : 57ʼ21

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