Album Summary
Performers
William Hite (Tenor)
Jean Mason
Anne Azéma (Soprano)
Jean Nirouët (Countertenor)
Notes & Reviews:
Jean Gilles' Messe des Morts (Requiem Mass) was one of the most famous and frequently-heard works of eighteenth-century France. Thanks to the Esemble Sagittarius and The Boston Camerata, today's listeners can enjoy this great masterpiece from the comforts of the home.
Notes & Reviews:Recording information: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (07/16/1989-07/17/1989); Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (08/08/1992).
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Works Details
Chant, Gregorian : Requiem aeternam, introit in mode 6 (Liber Usualis 1807a) - Performers: William Hite (Tenor); Anne Azéma (Soprano); Jean Mason; Jean Nirouët (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Michel Laplénie
- Ensemble: Ensemble de Tambours Provencaux
- Notes: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (07/16/1989-07/17/1989); Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (08/08/1992)
- Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
- Period Time: Medieval
- Form: Choral
Gilles, Jean : Requiem (Messe des morts) - Performers: William Hite (Tenor); Anne Azéma (Soprano); Jean Mason; Jean Nirouët (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Michel Laplénie
- Ensemble: Ensemble de Tambours Provencaux
- Notes: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (07/16/1989-07/17/1989); Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (08/08/1992)
- Running Time: 46 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1697-1704
Chant, Gregorian : Absolve, Domine, animas omnium, tractus in mode 8 (Liber Usualis No 1809) - Performers: Jean Mason; Jean Nirouët (Countertenor); Anne Azéma (Soprano); William Hite (Tenor)
- Conductor: Michel Laplénie
- Ensemble: Ensemble de Tambours Provencaux
- Notes: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (07/16/1989-07/17/1989); Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (08/08/1992)
- Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
- Period Time: Medieval
- Form: Choral
Chant, Gregorian : Dies irae, dies illa, sequence in mode 1 - Performers: William Hite (Tenor); Anne Azéma (Soprano); Jean Mason; Jean Nirouët (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Michel Laplénie
- Ensemble: Ensemble de Tambours Provencaux
- Notes: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (07/16/1989-07/17/1989); Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (08/08/1992)
- Running Time: 7 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Medieval
Gilles, Jean : Requiem (Messe des morts) - Performers: Anne Azéma (Soprano); William Hite (Tenor); Jean Mason; Jean Nirouët (Countertenor)
- Conductor: Joel Cohen
- Ensemble: Boston Camerata
- Notes: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (07/16/1989-07/17/1989); Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (08/08/1992)
- Running Time: 46 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1697-1704
Chant, Gregorian : Vere dignum et Iustum est, prefatory hymn - Performers: Jean Nirouët (Countertenor); Anne Azéma (Soprano); Jean Mason; William Hite (Tenor)
- Conductor: Michel Laplénie
- Ensemble: Ensemble de Tambours Provencaux
- Notes: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (07/16/1989-07/17/1989); Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (08/08/1992)
- Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Medieval
- Form: Choral
Gilles, Jean : Requiem (Messe des morts) - Performers: Jean Nirouët (Countertenor); Jean Mason; Anne Azéma (Soprano); William Hite (Tenor)
- Conductor: Joel Cohen
- Ensemble: Boston Camerata
- Notes: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (07/16/1989-07/17/1989); Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (08/08/1992)
- Running Time: 46 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1697-1704
Chant, Gregorian : Qui Lazarum, responsory - Performers: Jean Mason; Jean Nirouët (Countertenor); Anne Azéma (Soprano); William Hite (Tenor)
- Conductor: Joel Cohen
- Ensemble: Boston Camerata
- Notes: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (07/16/1989-07/17/1989); Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (08/08/1992)
- Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
- Period Time: Medieval
Gilles, Jean : Requiem (Messe des morts) - Performers: William Hite (Tenor); Anne Azéma (Soprano); Jean Nirouët (Countertenor); Jean Mason
- Conductor: Joel Cohen
- Ensemble: Boston Camerata
- Notes: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (07/16/1989-07/17/1989); Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (08/08/1992)
- Running Time: 46 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1697-1704

























