Clérambault was a precocious talent, said to have written a motet for large chorus at the age of thirteen.
Clérambault succeeded Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers as organist of Saint-Sulpice and the Institution Royale de Saint-Louis at Saint-Cyr.
Nicolas Clérambault, the composer, was born in Paris in 1676, the son of one of the 24 Violons du Roi, the royal string band.
The flute used on this recording is a 2016 instrument by Boaz Berney, modeled after a 1710 four-part flute by Pierre Naust.
Clérambault's cantatas show his artistic evolution from an ornamented style, similar to his teachers, to a pure classical style.
Clérambault received training from excellent teachers, including André Raison for organ and Jean-Baptiste Moreau for composition.
This recording features reconstructed period pronunciation of French, with coaching from Olivier Bettens.
