Lully: Dies Irae (Collection Grands motets, Vol. 1)

Featuring

Stéphane Fuget
Ambroisine Bré
Caroline Arnaud
Lucy Page
Marie Perbost
Clément Debieuvre

Cyril Auvity
Serge Goubioud
Marc Mauillon
Benoît Arnould
Luc Bertin-Hugault
Olivier Gourdy
Renaud Brès
Thierry Cartier
Claire Lefilliâtre
Jeanne Lefort
Marie Zaccarini
Marco Angioloni
Imanol Iraola
Les Epopées
Jean-Baptiste Lully

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Composition History

Lully obtained a royal privilege from Louis XIV in 1672 to stage opera, leading to the creation of the Académie Royale de Musique, which is now the Opéra National de Paris.

Composer Biography

Lully was a tireless musician, serving as a violinist, singer, composer, dancer, and theatre director, and was a dance companion to the young Louis XIV in court ballets.

Interpretation

Stéphane Fuget, the conductor of Les Épopées, believes that Baroque scores are mere frameworks, requiring performers to add extensive ornamentation and declamation to bring the music to life.

Composer Biography

Jean-Baptiste Lully, born Giovanni Battista Lulli in Florence in 1632, arrived in Paris at age 14 and became the inventor of French opera.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Lully, in collaboration with author Philippe Quinault, developed the 'tragédie lyrique,' a French adaptation of Italian opera and court ballet, emphasizing dance and chorus.

Composer Biography

Lully's famous Te Deum, composed for his son's baptism, led to his death in 1687 after he injured his foot with a time-beating cane while conducting it.

Composer Biography

Lully, as Superintendent of Music to Louis XIV, held omnipotent power over the musical world for two decades, giving new breadth to the King's sacred music.