Gaétan Jarry - Rameau - Grands Motets (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Gaétan Jarry’s spectacular, intense gestures and steadfast commitment always imbues his musicians with real vitality. This magnificent album is no different, with the soloists, choir and orchestra being carried along the vocal and instrumental coils of Rameau’s grands motets.

Rameau never had an official function as a composer of religious music and his contribution in this field is small in number, though great in quality. However, the four motets he did write pose a few issues. Written in the composer’s younger years, they feature inconsistent writing, as if several hands were involved in creating them. The originals have nearly entirely disappeared, with later versions being almost all that remain—meaning they’ve often been reworked and are sometimes incomplete.

Likely composed around 1720, Quam dilecta features two accomplished fugues which boast a rigourous writing style that’s rather rare in French music. The seven numbers of the motet In convertendo present notable differences in style that raise many questions for historians. Nonetheless, the music finds a noble and sincere expression, especially in the last two movements that contain some of the most beautiful passages ever composed by Rameau. Laboravi clamans is the only motet that was published during Rameau’s lifetime, and he included it in his 1722 “Traité de l’harmonie” (Treatise on Harmony). Its brevity suggests that this single movement may have belonged to a motet that has since been lost. Deus noster refugium is a true French-style “grand motet”. With its rich and varied movements, it represents the composers largest religious work. On top of that, it hints at the lyrical compositions that would later bring Rameau fame.

TRACKLIST

1. Gaétan Jarry - I. Quam dilecta tabernacula
2. Gaétan Jarry - II. Cor meum et caro mea exulta verunt in Deum vivum
3. Gaétan Jarry - III. Etenim passer invenit sibi domum
4. Gaétan Jarry - IV. Altaria tua, Domine virtutum
5. Gaétan Jarry - V. Beati, beati
6. Gaétan Jarry - VI. Domine Deus virtutum
7. Gaétan Jarry - VII. Domine virtutum
8. Gaétan Jarry - I. In convertendo Dominus
9. Gaétan Jarry - II. Tunc repletum est gaudio
10. Gaétan Jarry - III. Magnificavit Dominus
11. Gaétan Jarry - IV. Converte, Domine
12. Gaétan Jarry - V. Laudate nomen Dei cum cantico
13. Gaétan Jarry - VI. Qui seminant in lacrymis
14. Gaétan Jarry - VII. Euntes ibant et flebant
15. Gaétan Jarry - Laboravi clamans
16. Gaétan Jarry - I. Deus noster refugium
17. Gaétan Jarry - II. Propterea non timebimus
18. Gaétan Jarry - III. Sonuerunt et turbatae sunt
19. Gaétan Jarry - IV. Fluminis impetus lætificat civitatem Dei
20. Gaétan Jarry - V. Deus in medio ejus
21. Gaétan Jarry - VI. Conturbatæ Sunt Gentes
22. Gaétan Jarry - VII. Dominus Virtutum Nobiscum
23. Gaétan Jarry - VIII. Venite, et videte
24. Gaétan Jarry - IX. Arcum conteret
25. Gaétan Jarry - X. Vacate, et videte
26. Gaétan Jarry - XI. Dominus virtutum nobiscum



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