Clerambault - Motets pour Saint-Sulpice / Lesne · Padmore · Ramon i Monzó · Il Seminario musicale [Import]

Nicolas Clérambault (Composer), Il Seminario musicale (Orchestra), Gérard Lesne (Performer), Mark Padmore (Performer), Josep-Miquel Ramon i Monzó (Performer), Jean-Charles Ablitzer (Performer), Pascal Monteilhet (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Gérard Lesne, Mark Padmore, Josep-Miquel Ramon i Monzó, Jean-Charles Ablitzer, Pascal Monteilhet
• Orchestra: Il Seminario musicale
• Composer: Nicolas Clérambault
• Audio CD (December 23, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Virgin Veritas
• ASIN: B00004W476
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #356,030 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Panis Angelicus, Motet Du Saint Sacrement C.131

2. Exultet Omnium

3. Venite, Accurrite

4. Sulpicius Supra Montem

5. Respice Nos Benignius

6. Simphonie

7. Grex Tuus Gaudeat

8. Domine Salvum, Motet C.152

9. Domine Salvum Fac Regem

10. Et Exaudi Nos

11. O Deliciis Affluens

12. Stella Matutina

13. Tecum Cantemus Domino

14. Magnificat Anima Mea

15. Et Exultavit

16. Quia Respexit

17. Quia Fecit Mihi Magna

18. Et Misericordia Ejus

19. Fecit Potentiam

20. Suscepit Israel

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Il Seminario Musicale doing what it does best, May 19, 2008

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scott (Calgary, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clerambault - Motets pour Saint-Sulpice / Lesne · Padmore · Ramon i Monzó · Il Seminario musicale (Audio CD)

Despite being one of the lesser known French Baroque masters, Nicolas Clerambault has been quite well served on recordings. This CD is comprised of motets written for the church of St. Sulpice, Paris, where he was the organist from 1715 on. They are all scored for alto, tenor and bass voices with continuo, some adding two obligato parts for violins or flutes.

Il Seminario Musicale is one of the best groups when it comes to this sort of repertoire. Gerard Lesne has many years of experience in this field, and leads and sings with conviction. Mark Padmore is well known, and is up to his usual standard here. The bass Josep-Miquel Ramon i Monzo is new to me, but fits in very well. Overall the performance is very good, and makes a strong case for this music. Just listen to the first movement of Domine a trois voix; the opening ritornello is just gorgeous, and the same themes are then taken up by the voices with increasing intricacy.

I don't know why the Amazon price for this is so ridiculously high, but if you can find it a little cheaper, go for it.