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