Lalande: Leçons de Ténèbres Sophie Karthäuser and Eugene Asti

• Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726): O Mors:
• 1 O Mors 00:29
• Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726): Miserere
• 2 I. Miserere mei Deus - Et secundum multitudinem miserationem tuarum 01:52
• 3 II. Amplius lava me - Tibi soli peccavi 02:30
• 4 III. Ecce enim in iniquitatibus - Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti 02:07
• 5 IV. Asperges me hyssopo - Averte faciem tuam 04:06
• 6 V. Cor mundum - Ne projicias me 02:14
• 7 VI. Redde mihi lætitiam - Docebo iniquos vias tuas 01:36
• 8 VII. Libera me de sanguinibus - Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium 03:12
• 9 VIII. Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus - Benigne fac Domine 02:44
• 10 IX. Tunc acceptabis 02:14
• Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726): Tristis est anima mea:
• 11 Tristis est anima mea 01:24
• Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726): Troisième Leçon du Mercredy
• 12 I. Manum suam misit hostis (Jod) 01:58
• 13 II. Omnis populus ejus (Caph) 02:37
• 14 III. Vide Domine 00:58
• 15 IV. Lamed 00:39
• 16 V. O vos omnes 02:35
• 17 VI. De excelso (Mem) 02:26
• 18 VII. Vigilavit (Nun) 01:17
• 19 VIII. Infirmata est 01:18
• 20 IX. Jerusalem 01:57
• Ecce vidimus eum:
• 21 Ecce vidimus eum 01:53
• Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726): Troisième Leçon du Jeudy
• 22 I. Ego vir videns (Aleph) 02:21
• 23 II. Me minavit (Aleph) 01:53
• 24 III. Tantum in me vertit (Aleph) 01:50
• 25 IV. Vetustam fecit (Beth) 01:33
• 26 V. Aedificavit in gyro meo (Beth) 02:16
• 27 VI. In tenebrosis (Beth) 02:38
• 28 VII. Circum ædificavit (Ghimel) 01:57
• 29 VIII. Sed, et cum clamavero (Ghimel) 01:39
• 30 IX. Conclusit vias meas (Ghimel) 01:38
• 31 X. Jerusalem 01:59
• Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726): Vinea mea electa
• 32 Vinea mea electa 01:11
• Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726): Troisième Leçon du Vendredy
• 33 I. Incipit oratio 00:41
• 34 II. Recordare 01:40
• 35 III. Pupilli facti sumus 00:52
• 36 IV. Cervicibus nostris 00:22
• 37 V. Lassis non dabatur 01:43
• 38 VI. Recordare 00:18
• 39 VII. Ægypto dedimus manum 01:19
• 40 VIII. In animabus nostris 00:37
• 41 IX. Pellis nostra 00:41
• 42 X. Mulieres 01:26
• 43 XI. Jerusalem 02:00
• Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726): Plange quasi virgo
• 44 Plange quasi virgo 01:17
• Total Runtime 01:15:57

Info for Lalande: Leçons de Ténèbres

When Lalande left this vale of tears, his fame was at its height: between 1725 and 1730, he was the composer most frequently programmed in Paris. Audiences flocked to hear his motets, notably the three 'Leçons de Ténèbres' and the 'Miserere' for solo voice, written for the offices of Holy Week. Scored for small forces (generally one or two voices and continuo) that respected the guidelines of sobriety and restraint laid down by the Church during Holy Week, the 'Leçons de Ténèbres' blended the very special art of French ‘beau chant’, at once declamatory and highly ornate, with the Gregorian heritage of the tonus lamentationum, a very simple reciting tone that was used to sing the 'Lamentations of Jeremiah' in plainchant at Matins on the three days preceding Easter (the sacrum triduum). Between roughly 1660 and 1735, numerous composers presented 'Leçons de Ténèbres' for solo voice(s) which, performed by the finest singers and accompanied by a continuo group of a sumptuousness and variety that provided a means of sidestepping the papal ban on all other instruments during Lent, attracted a substantial public, making the Offices des Ténèbres a veritable social event.

Sophie Karthäuser, soprano
Ensemble Correspondances
Sébastien Daucé

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