Gervais, Charles-Hubert (1671-1744) - Grands Motets: Vashegyi / Orfeo O Purcell Cho - Import CD

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Jubilee Quartet

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New repertoire by György Vaschégyi and the Orfeo Hand Orchestra & Purcell Choir! The Grand Motets by Charles-Hubert Gervais, a French Baroque composer who studied with Lully, are now available in a new release from Jyrzy Vashej, a Hungarian prodigy who has attracted attention by reviving and presenting to the world numerous unknown French Baroque works that were neglected until the end of the 20th century, and his Orfeo Orchestra and Purcell Choir. The new release by the Orfeo Orchestra & Purcell Choir, which he founded, is a collection of grand motets by Charles-Hubert Gervais, a composer of the same generation as Campra and Detusch. Having previously featured Gervais' classic musical tragedy "Iperumnetre" (GCD924007), they turn their attention to the composer's religious music as the next step, completing a collection of five grand motets consisting of five magnificent psalms and hymns. Gervais, who studied under the French Baroque master Lully, served as Music Director and Secretary of Music under Philippe II, Duke of Chartres (later Duke of Orleans), and was appointed Assistant Music Director of the King's Chapel Orchestra, is a composer who has paved the way for Rameau's works for the stage. This release is a valuable recording that amply demonstrates that Gervais did not excel only in opera composition.The handpicked Orfeo Orchestra & Purcell Choir, which has always delivered quality performances in the past due to its strong trust with Vashej, with bold harmonies and light textures, Olivia Drey, Katalin Strayi, Cyril Dubois, and Matthias Vidal, David Vichak, will add to the splendor of the soloists. Tokyo M-Plus