Autori:
André Campra, Louis Marchand, Nicolas Bernier, Nicolas-Antoine Lebegue
Interpreti:
Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes, Romain Bockler
Dátum vydania: 31. 10. 2025
André Campra: Venite, exultemus
1 I. Venite, exultemus Domino
2 II. Quoniam Deus magnus Dominus
3 III. Venite, adoremus
4 IV. Hodie, si vocem ejus audieritis
5 V. Quadraginta annis offensus fui generationi illi
6 Pierre DuMage: Plein jeu
André Campra: Laudate Dominum
7 I. Laudate Dominum in excelcis
8 II. Quia ipse dixit et facta sunt
9 III. Laudate Dominum de terra
10 IV. Montes et omnes colles
11 V. Confessio ejus super cælum et terram
12 Louis Marchand: Fond d'orgue
Nicolas Bernier: Judica me Deus
13 I. Judica me Deus et discerne causam meam
14 II. Emitte lucem tuam
15 III. Confitebor tibi in cythara
16 IV. Quare tristis es anima mea
17 V. Spera in Deo
18 Nicolas Lebègue: Prélude G-Dur
19 Nicolas Bernier: Alma redemptoris Mater7
20 Nicolas Lebègue: Prélude A-Dur
Nicolas Bernier: Motets à une, deux et trois voix, Op. 1: No. 15, Venite, exultemus
21 I. Venite, exultemus
22 II. Quoniam Deus magnus Dmonis magnus
23 III. Quoniam ipsius est mare
24 IV. Venite, adoremus
25 V. Hodie, si vocem ejus audieristis
26 VI. Quadraginta annis proximus fui generationi huic
The motet for solo voice and two dessus, usually two violins, and the cantata with instrumental accompaniment originated in Italy at the dawn of the 17th century. The genre was introduced to France by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and by travelling Italian musicians and rapidly became one of the key showpieces of Italian taste and style. The genre was deployed superbly in the early 18th century by two magnificent composers who were practically contemporaries: André Campra and Nicolas Bernier.
Campra's natural attraction to Italian music is easily explained, as he was the son of an Italian doctor living in Aix-en-Provence and was also a pupil of the great Poitevin in the same city. Bernier, if we are to believe certain sources, was a pupil in Rome of the Venetian Antonio Caldara, one of the most important composers of his time.