Les Funérailles Royales de Louis XIV

The performances are of the highest quality, and the video presentation masterly. The lighting has been sensitively arranged with candlelight illuminating the relative darkness, and both the... — Choir & Organ, May 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 23rd Feb 2018
Catalogue No: HMD990905657
Label: Harmonia Mundi

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anon.: Subvenite Sancti Dei

Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon

anon.: Libera me Domine

Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon

anon.: Qui Lazarum resuscitasti

Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon

anon.: In paradisum

Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon

Colin, J: De profundis

Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon

Philidor, A D: Marche pour les Pompes funebres des ceremonies extraordinaires

Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon

Lalande: De Profundis, S23

Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon

Lalande: Grande Piece in G 'Fantaisie ou Caprice que le Roy demandoit souvent'

Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon

Lalande: Dies Irae

Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon

Chein: Ne recorderis

Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon

Chein: Dirige Domine

Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon

Helfer, C: Pie Jesu

Céline Scheen, Lucile Richardot, Samuel Boden, Marc Mauillon, Christian Immler
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon

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The funeral of Louis XIV mirrored his reign: grandiose and filled with pathos. Raphaël Pichon has chosen the setting of the Chapelle Royale in Versailles, built ‘for the use’ of the Sun King, to present a musical reconstruction of the event, with chiaroscuro lighting designs by Bertrand Couderc. Solemn grands motets like the De profundis and Dies irae of Michel-Richard de Lalande and the poignant Marche funèbre pour le Convoy du Roy by André Danican Philidor are juxtaposed with rarely heard music by Jean Colin, Louis Chein and Charles d’Helfer. An outstanding performance by Pygmalion, filmed on the occasion of the tercentenary of the event, in November 2015.

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May 2018

The performances are of the highest quality, and the video presentation masterly. The lighting has been sensitively arranged with candlelight illuminating the relative darkness, and both the plainchant and the solo muffled drums provide an emotionally gripping context. On a purely musical level, the Lalande pieces are given really stylish interpretations (from editions by Lionel Sawkins), not dominated by any one ‘personality’ but with outstanding performances from all singers and players involved. Very highly recommended.

April 2018

A beguilingly dolorous musical experience… Pygmalion’s elegantly sensual orchestral playing and choral singing are sensational from start to finish. Five soloists sing with impeccable gracefulness and fluency… There is vitality in Pygmalion’s broadly emotive phrasing, thrilling harmonic tensions in choral climaxes, and a sculpted expression of refined catharsis.

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