In the first of three programmes featuring French music, Brian Wright is joined by Lionel Sawkins to explore the repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries, including two canticles by Lalande and Charpentier, motets by Rameau and Lully and plangent music for viols by Marais and Sainte Colombe.
Lully Te Deum Le Concert Spirituel, conductor Herve Niquet
Lalande Cantique Quatrième (Sur le Bonheur des Justes)
Charpentier Cantique de Zacharie Rameau In Convertendo
Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie