Motets romantiques

CDs
Camille Saint-Saëns, Clémence de Grandval, Alexandre Guilmant, Théodore Dubois, Mel Bonis, Henri Duparc, Fernand de La Tombelle, Léon Boëllmann, Charlotte Sohy, Léo Delibes, Gabriel Fauré
CHŒUR DE RADIO FRANCE
Christophe Grapperon

Judith Van Wanroij soprano
Isabelle Druet mezzo-soprano
Cyrille Dubois tenor
Thomas Dolié baritone
Manon Galy violin
Victor Julien-Laferrière cello
Yann Dubost double bass
Anaïs Gaudemard harp
Lucile Dolla organ
Alpha Classics
in collaboration with the
Palazzetto Bru Zane
26/09/2025
1 CD - booklet in English, French and German

This programme of sacred music presents works by well-known composers such as Saint-Saëns and Fauré as well as lesser-known works such as the Kyrie by Clémence de Grandval and Charlotte Sohy, the Ave Maria by Léon Boëllmann and Fernand de La Tombelle, and a Cantique de Jean Racine composed by the deeply religious Mel Bonis to a different text from that chosen by Fauré, in memory of her deceased son Édouard.

Instruments were added ad libitum for performances in the most prestigious religious buildings to encourage performances of the said works in other places as well. Fauré's Tantum ergo, for example, with organ, piano or harp and double bass, could be played in church, in concert, or at home. These discoveries are what make this programme so interesting, bringing the Chœur de Radio France together with vocal and instrumental soloists of the highest calibre under the expert direction of Christophe Grapperon.

Recorded in June 2023, Auditorium de Radio France, Paris.

Tracklist

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
1 Quam Delicta Op. 148

CLÉMENCE DE GRANDVAL (1828-1907)
2 Kyrie

ALEXANDRE GUILMANT (1837-1911)
3 O Salutaris Op. 37*

THÉODORE DUBOIS (1837-1924)
4 Ave Verum*

MEL BONIS (1858-1937)
5 Cantique de Jean Racine

HENRI DUPARC (1848-1933)
6 Benedictat Vobis Dominus

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
7 Deus Abraham

FERNAND DE LA TOMBELLE (1854-1928)
8 Ave Maria*
9 Gloria*

LÉON BOËLLMANN (1862-1897)
10 Ave Maria

CHARLOTTE SOHY (1887-1955)
11 Kyrie

LÉO DELIBES (1836-1891)
12 Agnus Dei

GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)
13 Tantum Ergo*

THÉODORE DUBOIS
14 Benedictat Vobis Dominus

*Palazzetto Bru Zane musical editions

Bru Zane Mediabase
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