Hervé Niquet, Les Boréades - François Cosset: Messe super flumina Babylonis (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 290 Mb | Total time: 64:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Atma Classique | ACD22285 | Recorded: 2001
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 290 Mb | Total time: 64:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Atma Classique | ACD22285 | Recorded: 2001
François Cosset (c. 1610-1664) composed a proportion of his music for performance in a convent. It is therefore scored for high voices, and this includes the present work - a polyphonic Missa Super flumina Babylonis for six high voices and small complement of period instruments. Interspersed among the Mass movements here are a number of ‘petits motets’ by Lully and others, also for soprano voices, along with a few instrumental pieces.
The works are performed by six soprano voices of the Montreal-based Les Boréades ensemble, with flute, recorder, violin, viola da gamba, all directed by Hervé Niquet at the organ. The Mass itself is a beautiful work, its melodic lines graceful and its high-voiced textures complemented very effectively by the instrumental accompaniment. The effect is greatly enhanced by the very well-judged performance, the singers in particular possessing pure, clear, steady voices with a strong resemblance to boy treble quality and their characteristic air of unsophisticated youth and innocence.
The other works also come off well, with an especially attractive Chaconne from Nicolas Clérambault (track 7) among them, but with some other pieces of lesser interest. Recording quality, in a Quebec church, is lovely, booklet notes are excellent, but there are no texts or translations. Altogether, this programme offers a distinct and enlightening departure from the usual baroque fare, and will certainly be of interest to enthusiasts of baroque sacred music in search of something a bit different.–Stephen Midgley
Performer:
Danièle Forget, soprano
Devon Wastle, soprano
Dominique Cousineau, soprano
Dorothéa Ventura, soprano
Éthel Guéret, soprano
Teresa van der Hoeven, soprano
Les Boréades
Hervé Niquet, conductor
Tracklist:
Guillaume Gabriel Nivers (1632-1714)
01. Motet Rubum queviderat : à une voix et basse continue
François Cosset (1510-1664)
02. Messe super flumina Babylonis : à 6 voix. Kyrie
Étienne Moulinié (1599-1676)
03. Cantique Espoir de toute âme affligée : à trois voix et basse continue
François Cosset
04. Gloria
Pierre Bouteiller (1655-1717)
05. Kyrie de la Missa pro defunctis : à 5 voix et basse continue
François Cosset
06. Credo
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749)
07. Simphonia Va (Chaconne) en ré majeur pour violon et flûte et basse continue, C. 55
François Cosset
08. Sanctus
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
09. Motet O dulcissime Domine : pour 3 sopranos et basse continue LWV 71/9
François Cosset
10. Agnus Dei
Jean-Baptiste Lully
11. Motet Laudate pueri : pour 3 sopranos et basse continue LWV 71/7
Plain-chant
12. Ite missa est
Jean-François Lalouette (1651-1728)
13. Motet pour le Roy Domine, Domine : à une voix et basse continue
Anonyme, XIe siècle
14. Conduit Beata viserere me
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Les Boréades de Montreal, Hervé Niquet / Cosset - Messe Super flumina Babylonis
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