Pygmalion & Pichon: Les Funérailles De Louis XIV [Blu-ray]

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.

Треклист:
anon.: Subvenite Sancti Dei
anon.: Libera me Domine
anon.: Qui Lazarum resuscitasti
anon.: In paradisum
Colin, J: De profundis
Philidor, A D: Marche pour les Pompes funebres des ceremonies extraordinaires
Lalande: De Profundis, S23
Lalande: Grande Piece in G 'Fantaisie ou Caprice que le Roy demandoit souvent'
Lalande: Dies Irae
Chein: Ne recorderis
Chein: Dirige Domine
Helfer, C: Pie Jesu