Immerse yourself in the sacred and profound compositions of Michel Richard Delalande with "Delalande: De Profundis & Grands Motets." This captivating album, released on January 26, 2002, under Warner Classics, offers a rich tapestry of minimalist choral and instrumental works that span over two hours and twenty-two minutes. Delalande, a prominent French composer of the Baroque era, showcases his mastery in this collection, which includes the moving "De Profundis" and a selection of his Grands Motets.
The album opens with the hauntingly beautiful "De Profundis," a series of settings of Psalm 130, featuring both solo and choral performances that evoke a sense of deep reflection and spiritual longing. The arrangements by Sawkins add a contemporary touch to these timeless pieces, blending the old with the new in a harmonious fusion.
Following this, the album delves into Delalande's Grands Motets, grand-scale choral works that highlight the composer's skill in crafting intricate and emotionally resonant music. Each motet is a journey in itself, with pieces like "Miserere," "Confitebor Tibi Domine," and "Beati quorum remissae sunt" showcasing Delalande's ability to convey a wide range of emotions through his music.
The performances on this album are nothing short of stellar, with each piece brought to life by the talented ensemble. The interplay between soloists and chorus, along with the delicate instrumentation, creates a rich and immersive soundscape that is both uplifting and introspective.
"Delalande: De Profundis & Grands Motets" is a testament to the enduring power of Delalande's music. Whether you are a seasoned classical music enthusiast or a newcomer to the genre, this album offers a deeply rewarding listening experience that is sure to leave a lasting impression.
Tracks
Delalande / Arr Sawkins: De Profundis, S. 23: "De profundis clamavi" (Baritone, Chorus) [Arr. Sawkins]Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Stephen Varcoe, The King's Consort
Delalande / Sawkins: De Profundis, S. 23: "Fiant aures tuae intendentes" (Quartet) [Arr. Sawkins]Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Angus Smith, Charles Daniels, Gillian Fisher, Oliver Johnston, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande: De Profondis, S. 23: "Si iniquitates observaveris" (Tenor)Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Angus Smith, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande / Arr Sawkins: De Profundis, S. 23: "Quia apud te propitiatio" (Trio) [Arr. Sawkins]Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Charles Daniels, Gillian Fisher, Stephen Varcoe, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande / Arr Sawkins: De Profundis, S. 23: "Sustinuit anima mea" (Soprano, Oboe) [Arr. Sawkins]Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Clare Shanks, Gillian Fisher, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande / Arr Sawkins: De Profundis, S. 23: "A Custodia matutina" (Chorus) [Arr. Sawkins]Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande / Arr Sawkins: De Profundis, S. 23: "Quia apud Dominum misericordia" (Countertenor, Flute) [Arr. Sawkins]Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Charles Daniels, Rachel Brown, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande / Arr Sawkins: De Profundis, S. 23: "Et ipse redimet ... Requiem aeternam" (Chorus) [Arr. Sawkins]Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande: Miserere, S. 120 for Soprano, Chorus and ContinuoMichel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Gillian Fisher, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande: Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: "Confitebor tibi Domine" (Tenor, Baritone, Violin)Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Angus Smith, Catherine Mackintosh, Stephen Varcoe, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande: Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: "Magna opera Domini" (Chorus)Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande: Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: "Confessio et magnificentia" (Countertenor, Violin)Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Catherine Mackintosh, Charles Daniels, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande: Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: "Memoriam fecit" (Baritone)Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Stephen Varcoe, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande: Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: "Memor erit in saeculum" (Chorus)Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande: Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56 : "Fidelia omnia" (Baritone, Violin)Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Catherine Mackintosh, Stephen Varcoe, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande: Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: "Redemptionem misit populo suo" (Soprano, Chorus)Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Gillian Fisher, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande: Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: "Sanctum, et terribile nomen ejus" (Quartet)Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Angus Smith, Charles Daniels, Gillian Fisher, Stephen Varcoe, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande: Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: "Intellectus bonus omnibus" (Tenor, Chorus)Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Angus Smith, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande: Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: "Gloria Patri et Filio" (Chorus)Michel Richard Delalande, Edward Higginbottom, Françoise Garcin, The King's Consort
Delalande: Beati quoru remissae sunt, S. 5: "Beati quorum remissae sunt" (Bass, Tenor, Chorus)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Hervé Lamy, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Beati quorum remissae sunt, S. 5: "Quoniam tacui, inveteraverunt" (Bass, Chorus, Countertenor, Soprano, Tenors)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Damien Guillon, Hervé Lamy, Howard Crook, Salomé Haller, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Beati quorum remissae sunt, S. 5: "Delictum meum cognitum" (Bass, Tenors)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Hervé Lamy, Howard Crook, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Beati quorum remissae sunt, S. 5: "Pro hac orabit ad te omnis sanctus" (Soprano, Countertenor)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Damien Guillon, Salomé Haller, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Beati quorum remissae sunt, S. 5: "Verumtamen in diluvio" (Chorus)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Beati quorum remissae sunt, S. 5: "Tu es refugium meum" (Tenor)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Hervé Lamy, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Beati quorum remissae sunt, S. 5: "Intellectum tibi dabo" (Bass)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Beati quorum remissae sunt, S. 5: "Nolite fieri sicut equus et mulus" (Chorus, Bass, Countertenor, Soprano, Tenors)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Damien Guillon, Hervé Lamy, Howard Crook, Salomé Haller, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Beati quorum remissae sunt, S. 5: "Multa flagella peccatoris" (Bass, Soprano, Tenor)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Hervé Lamy, Salomé Haller, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Beati quorum remissae sunt, S. 5: "Laetamini in Domino et exultate justi" (Tenor, Chorus, Countertenor, Soprano)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Damien Guillon, Hervé Lamy, Salomé Haller, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Quam dilecta, S. 12: "Quam dilecta tabernacula tua" (Tenors)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Hervé Lamy, Howard Crook, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Quam dilecta, S. 12: "Concupiscit et deficit anima mea in atria" (Bass, Tenor, Chorus)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Hervé Lamy, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Quam dilecta, S. 12: "Cor meum et caro mea exultaverunt in deum vivum" (Bass, Chorus, Tenor)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Hervé Lamy, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Quam dilecta, S. 12: "Beati qui habitant in domo tua" (Bass, Chorus, Tenors, Soprano, Countertenor)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Damien Guillon, Hervé Lamy, Howard Crook, Salomé Haller, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Quam dilecta, S. 12: "Beatus vir cujus est auxilium" (Tenor, Bass)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Hervé Lamy, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Quam dilecta, S. 12: "Domine, deus virtutum" (Bass, Tenors, Soprano)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Hervé Lamy, Howard Crook, Salomé Haller, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Quam dilecta, S. 12: "Protector noster, aspice, Deus" (Soprano, Chorus, Countertenor, Bass, Tenors)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Damien Guillon, Hervé Lamy, Howard Crook, Salomé Haller, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Quam dilecta, S. 12: "Domine virtutum, beatus homo" (Bass, Tenor, Chorus)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Hervé Lamy, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Audite caeli quae loquor, S. 7: "Audite caeli quae loquor" (Bass, Tenor)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Hervé Lamy, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Audite caeli quae loquor, S. 7: "Concrescat ut pluvia doctrina" (Bass, Chorus)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Audite caeli quae loquor, S. 7: "Nomen Domini invocabo" (Tenor, Chorus, Soprano, Bass)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Hervé Lamy, Salomé Haller, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Audite caeli quae loquor, S. 7: "Peccaverunt ei generatio prava atque perversa" (Bass, Tenor)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Hervé Lamy, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Audite caeli quae loquor, S. 7: "Vidit Dominus et ad iracundiam concitatus est" (Bass)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Audite caeli quae loquor, S. 7: "Foris vastabit eos gladius" (Bass, Chorus)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Audite caeli quae loquor, S. 7: "Videte quod ego sim solus" (Bass)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Audite caeli quae loquor, S. 7: "Judicabit Dominus populum suum" (Soprano, Countertenor, Bass, Tenors)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Damien Guillon, Hervé Lamy, Howard Crook, Salomé Haller, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
Delalande: Audite caeli quae loquor, S. 7: "Laudate gentes populum ejus" (Soprano, Chorus, Bass, Tenor, Countertenor)Michel Richard Delalande, Olivier Schneebeli, Alain Buet, Damien Guillon, Howard Crook, Salomé Haller, La Grande Écurie & la Chambre du Roy
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