Two Te Deums go head to head! The famous one by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and a completely new one by Henry Desmarets. Charpentier and Desmarets, remarkable composers of both sacred music and opera, shared a taste for Italian music and travel, but they also shared the disadvantage of having spent some time in Jean-Baptiste Lully's 'shadow'! Desmarets' life was somewhat tormented, between disgrace and exile; it was while he was superintendent of music at the Court of Lorraine that he composed two Te Deums , including the Te Deum "de Lyon". Written for the same ensemble as Charpentier's famous Te Deum , it uses trumpets and timpani for the grandiloquent sections. It is a true work of craftsmanship, notably in the variety of instrumentation, but also in its alternation of different vocal forces.
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“…Most music lovers who have a liking for French music may have one or more recordings of Charpentier’s Te Deum in their collection, and may not need another one. However, Desmarest’s setting deserves its place in such a collection. His Te Deum is reason enough to purchase this disc.”
Johan van Veen – Musicwebinternational.com – 20 March 2024
Choc du Classica
Philippe Ramin – Classica magazine (France) – March 2024
“… Most numbers last little over a minute, yet Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas’s sculpted performance cultivates satisfying momentum and continuity.”
David Vickers – Gramophone magazine – February 2024
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