Olivier Schneebeli, Les Pages et les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Collegium Marianum - Michel-Richard de Lalande: Grands Motets (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 463 Mb | Total time: 78:41 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Glossa | # GCD 924301 | Recorded: 2017
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 463 Mb | Total time: 78:41 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Glossa | # GCD 924301 | Recorded: 2017
One of the great composing figures from the French Baroque, Michel-Richard de Lalande is starting to receive his just dues through modern recordings, and Glossa is happy to unveil a new release featuring Olivier Schneebeli directing Les Pages et Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles in three of Lalande’s sumptuous grands motets. Very much a favoured composer during the reign of Louis XIV, Lalande progressively assumed – from the 1680s onwards – more and more of the principal court offices, and was called upon to provide sacred music for the Chapelle Royale within the Château de Versailles.