Lully: Grands Motets, Vol 1 (Te Deum; Miserere; Plaude laetare Gallia) /Le Concert Spirituel * Niquet

Jean-Baptiste Lully (Composer), Herve Niquet (Conductor), Le Concert Spirituel (Orchestra)

Product Details

• Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel
• Conductor: Herve Niquet
• Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully
• Audio CD (August 31, 1999)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B00000JYU2
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #138,275 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Graceful, inspiring music, August 26, 2000

By	Randall Monk (Leesburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've just discovered Lully's music, via a comparison with Rameau. I like Rameau, who is supposed to be the superior composer, but I like Lully better. These motets, in Latin, are strong and beautiful. Baroque at its most glorious.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A benchmark in high standards, September 12, 2006

By	William (Brisbane, Queensland Australia) - See all my reviews

Lully, the grand master of French middle baroque music, in this form, achieved the lasting fame and glory on par with that of which his absolute monarch of an employer thirsted and lived for. It is probably upon his Te Deum (one of his most popular works) that today's recognition of his genius is most vastly rested. Having said that, this recording is a most glorious rendition, showing off a performance that would be impossible to better.

The attention to detail is rather remarkable, and deserves much applause, from the carefully rippled modulations, to the voice control displayed by all the performers. It truly is a work of art, and with no absolutely no reservations, I give it 5 stars out of 5, for what is surely a benchmark in high-standards.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, by why OVPP?, November 9, 2003

By	Steven Guy (Croydon, South Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very nice performance, good singing and good playing. But why have solo voices been used in this recording? Lully's choir and orchestra was several hundred strong! Surely one of the modest large scale performances in all 17th century French music. What do we have here? Niquet's group performs this music with great style and panache but it does sound small and I am sure that this was not what Lully had in mind.