Lalande: De Profundis Grands Motets – Edward Higginbottom (2 CDs) WARNER CLASSICS

Michel-Richard de Lalande was the leading composer of sacred music at the French court during the 17th Century. His Grands motets – he composed 77 – dominated the repertory of the Royal Chapel during his lifetime and after, until the 1770s in the programmes of the Concert Spirituel in Paris. His works are marked by both expressive harmonic vocabulary and contrapuntal mastery, which is exemplary in this set.



– Disc 1 –
1 De Profondis, S. 23: “De Profondis Clamavi” (Baritone, Chorus)
2 De Profondis, S. 23: “Fiant Aures Tuae Intendentes” (Quartet)
3 De Profondis, S. 23: “Si Iniquitates Observaveris” (Tenor)
4 De Profondis, S. 23: “Quia Apud Te Propitiatio” (Trio)
5 De Profondis, S. 23: “Sustinuit Anima Mea” (Soprano, Oboe)
6 De Profondis, S. 23: “A Custodia Matutina” (Chorus)
7 De Profondis, S. 23: “Quia Apud Dominum Misericordia” (Countertenor, Flute)
8 De Profondis, S. 23: “Et Ipse Redimet… Requiem Aeternam” (Chorus)
9 Miserere, S. 120 for Soprano, Chorus and Continuo
10 Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: “Confitebor Tibi Domine” (Tenor, Baritone, Violin)
11 Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: “Magna Opera Domini” (Chorus)
12 Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: “Confessio Et Magnificentia” (Countertenor, Violin)
13 Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: “Memoriam Fecit” (Baritone)
14 Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: “Memor Erit in Saeculum” (Chorus)
15 Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56 : “Fidelia Omnia” (Baritone, Violin)
16 Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: “Redemptionem Misit Populo Suo” (Soprano, Chorus)
17 Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: “Sanctum, Et Terribile Nomen Ejus” (Quartet)
18 Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: “Intellectus Bonus Omnibus” (Tenor, Chorus)
19 Confitebor Tibi Domine, S. 56: “Gloria Patri Et Filio” (Chorus)
– Disc 2 –
1 Beati Quoru Remissae Sunt, S. 5: “Beati Quorum Remissae Sunt” (Bass, Tenor, Chorus) – By Olivier Schneebeli
2 Beati Quorum Remissae Sunt, S. 5: “Quoniam Tacui, Inveteraverunt” (Bass, Chorus, Countertenor, Sopra – By Olivier Schneebeli
3 Beati Quorum Remissae Sunt, S. 5: “Delictum Meum Cognitum” (Bass, Tenors) – By Olivier Schneebeli
4 Beati Quorum Remissae Sunt, S. 5: “Pro Hac Orabit Ad Te Omnis Sanctus” (Soprano, Countertenor) – By Olivier Schneebeli
5 Beati Quorum Remissae Sunt, S. 5: “Verumtamen in Diluvio” (Chorus) – By Olivier Schneebeli
6 Beati Quorum Remissae Sunt, S. 5: “Tu Es Refugium Meum” (Tenor) – By Olivier Schneebeli
7 Beati Quorum Remissae Sunt, S. 5: “Intellectum Tibi Dabo” (Bass) – By Olivier Schneebeli
8 Beati Quorum Remissae Sunt, S. 5: “Nolite Fieri Sicut Equus Et Mulus” (Chorus, Bass, Countertenor, S – By Olivier Schneebeli
9 Beati Quorum Remissae Sunt, S. 5: “Multa Flagella Peccatoris” (Bass, Soprano, Tenor) – By Olivier Schneebeli
10 Beati Quorum Remissae Sunt, S. 5: “Laetamini in Domino Et Exultate Justi” (Tenor, Chorus, Counterten – By Olivier Schneebeli
11 Quam Dilecta, S. 12: “Quam Dilecta Tabernacula Tua” (Tenors) – By Olivier Schneebeli
12 Quam Dilecta, S. 12: “Concupiscit Et Deficit Anima Mea in Atria” (Bass, Tenor, Chorus) – By Olivier Schneebeli
13 Quam Dilecta, S. 12: “Cor Meum Et Caro Mea Exultaverunt in Deum Vivum” (Bass, Chorus, Tenor) – By Olivier Schneebeli
14 Quam Dilecta, S. 12: “Beati Qui Habitant in Domo Tua” (Bass, Chorus, Tenors, Soprano, Countertenor) – By Olivier Schneebeli