Leçons De Ténèbres Du Premier Jour

Description

The baroque masterpiece of a master attached to the Royal Chapel: the 3 Leçons des Ténèbres for Maundy Thursday for a women's monastery.The critical reception for this CD has been unanimous. Choc de Classica = Diapason d'Or. These pieces for virtuoso soloist and continuo are set between the more austere plainchant pieces sung by a small choir. This creates an atmosphere of contemplation, likely very close to that of the period's services, prompting attentive and soothing listening. Listeners cannot help but be moved by such depth. This work, never recorded until now, was sung, probably for the first time since the 18th century, as part of our Tenebrae services at the Collegiate Church of Champeaux. The Ensemble Da Pacem is made up of musicians from the very best baroque ensembles."Everything is grace and delicacy in the voice of Raphaele Kennedy... continuo of formidable perfection... Everything contributes to ecstasy; ecstasy amplified by the extraordinarily perfect plainchant." Classica